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This page is where you will find all the Bangkok associated partners projects, resources, reports, policies, and papers.

Partners

Bangkok, C40 Cities

Description: city profile and case studies

https://www.c40.org/cities/bangkok

Resources

Reports

Bangkok Climate Change Plan, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Description: mitigation and adaptation measure and implementation plan

http://www.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000231/web_link/air/MP%20Full%20Report%20_Kiso%20clean%20-11.pdf

Bangkok resilience strategy, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Description: plan for climate adaptation, economic development, and livability

https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/downloadable_resources/Network/Bangkok-Resilience-Strategy-English.pdf

Bangkok Assessment Report on Climate Change 2009, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Green Leaf Foundation and United Nations Environment Programme

Description: climate mitigation and adaptation assessment

https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/7905/BKK_assessment_report2009.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

Academic articles

Limthongsakul, Sani, Nitivattananon, Vilas, & Arifwidodo, Sigit Dwiananto. (2017). Localized flooding and autonomous adaptation in peri-urban Bangkok. Environment and Urbanization, 29(1), 51-68.

Description: drivers of flooding and impacts on community storm water infrastructure

https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247816683854

Wongsa S., Vichiensan V., Piamsa-nga N., Nakamura S. (2019) Urban Flooding and Adaptation to Climate Change in Sukhumvit Area, Bangkok, Thailand. In: Mannina G. (eds) New Trends in Urban Drainage Modelling. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham.

Description: pilot case study using GIS

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99867-1_111

Saito, N. (2014). Challenges for adapting Bangkok’s flood management systems to climate change. Urban Climate, 9, 89-100.

Description: governance and policy study of BMA’s approach to flooding

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2014.07.006

Laeni, Naim, Van den Brink, Margo, & Arts, Jos. (2019). Is Bangkok becoming more resilient to flooding? A framing analysis of Bangkok's flood resilience policy combining insights from both insiders and outsiders. Cities, 90, 157-167.

Description: analyzes the approach to flooding in the Resilience Strategy

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.02.002

Boossabong P. (2017) Floods and Food in the City: Lessons from Collaborative Governance Within the Policy Network on Urban Agriculture in Bangkok, Thailand. In: Allen A., Griffin L., Johnson C. (eds) Environmental Justice and Urban Resilience in the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.

Description: analysis of resilience and justice potentials of an urban agriculture policy network

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47354-7_12

Additional sources

Enhancing Adaptation to Climate Change by Impact Assessment of the Flood in Bangkok. W. A. Marome.

Climate Change and Thailand: Impact and Response. D. Marks.

Urbanising Thailand: implications for climate vulnerability assessment. R. M. Friend, K. Hutanuwatr, Y. Inmuong & B. Lambregts.

Urban Flooding and Climate Change: A Case Study of Bangkok, Thailand. N. Thanvisitthpon, S. Shrestha & I. Pal.

A Preliminary Review on Frameworks for Thai Climate Risk and Approaches in Social/Economic Vulnerability Assessment in Bangkok. K. Hutanuwatr.

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