Copenhagen Sponge City Flood Mitigation Project
Sector: Government • Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Source: Yale E360
An ambitious citywide plan in Copenhagen to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to manage stormwater and rising sea levels. The project includes green infrastructure like parks, wetlands, bioswales, and sponge parks, as well as gray infrastructure such as subterranean tunnels, basins, and pumping stations to soak up, store, and redistribute floodwaters and protect the city from
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Government, Residential, Water Supply and Storage, Commercial
- Location
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Yale E360
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Taiyo status | Under Construction |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | An ambitious citywide plan in Copenhagen to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to manage stormwater and rising sea levels. The project includes green infrastructure like parks, wetlands, bioswales, and sponge parks, as well as gray infrastructure such as subterranean tunnels, basins, and pumping stations to soak up, store, and redistribute floodwaters and protect the city from extreme rainfall and sea level rise for the next 100 years. |
Original sector | Urban Planning |
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Country | Denmark |
City | Copenhagen |
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Source | Yale E360 |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Government, Residential, Water Supply and Storage, Commercial |
Article published date | 2025-09-16 |
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