Bangkok's plan to transform an abandoned tobacco factory site into a public park aims to tackle chronic flooding issues exacerbated by climate change. The city faces severe flooding risks due to rising sea levels and increasingly intense rainfall. Poor urban planning has resulted in extensive concrete surfaces obstructing natural drainage, overwhelming the existing canal system. The new park design, developed with sponge city principles, focuses on creating absorbent surfaces to manage stormwater effectively, thereby improving water quality in the area.
The park project was an opportunity to absorb and clean this water, as the canal water mixes with public sewage, leading to very bad water quality.
Cities like Bangkok can mitigate flood risk by making their surfaces more absorbent like a sponge, capturing stormwater before it can turn into runoff.
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