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Loans to help owners strengthen houses a better use of money than compensation after the fact.
Bangkok and other Thai cities are seeing serious floods with increasing regularity, a planning and design firm estudioOCA has a vision to turn them into "sponge cities".
Water management innovations and local resilience help turn flood-prone community in Pathum Thani into a prototype multi-purpose water catchment area.
Conflicts in drought-stricken areas may make Thailand’s seasonal drought get out of hand, while ONWR tackles the issue through water-sensitive farming policies.
Thailand’s interior ministry struggles to prepare water stocks for consumption until July 2020, as the water crisis is expected to be as severe as the one in 2015.
Sea level rise linked to climate change is threatening Asian cities. Possible solutions are vast, ranging from mangrove planting to population relocation.
Pattaya has revived its plans to tackle chronic flooding, which affects the coastal city and its economy every year during rainy season.
Bangkok could follow an example set by Japan by installing underground water retention areas as a long-term solution to deal with flooding.
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