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12th October 2011

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The city of Bangkok in Thailand is having the most issues with climate change and flooding of all of the delta cities in Asia, due to long-term neglect of water management strategies. Like most delta cities, Bangkok was originally settled to be in league with the natural environment. But also like most delta cities, recent development has ignored the natural environment. Similar to New Orleans and Shanghai, Bangkok was originally developed to be mainly agricultural, and was comprised of fruit orchards. Located on the Chao Phraya River delta, Bangkok was settled in the fourteenth century, and made up of  small towns connected by waterways. These waterways served as a mode of irrigation for the orchards, and worked well with the natural ebbs and flows of the surrounding water. Flooding was not seen as a negative event,  and was soaked up by the fields and helpful to the orchards. In the 19th century, the city incentivized the development of canals as an addition to the waterways between settlements. Giving incentives to developers was a good way to get the canals built quickly, but it also left them vulnerable to unplanned changes. Similar to New Orleans, the development of the city was left to the whim of developers, who are easily influenced by changes in funding and design. - excerpt from my thesis, which is becoming more and more timely

The city of Bangkok in Thailand is having the most issues with climate change and flooding of all of the delta cities in Asia, due to long-term neglect of water management strategies. Like most delta cities, Bangkok was originally settled to be in league with the natural environment. But also like most delta cities, recent development has ignored the natural environment. Similar to New Orleans and Shanghai, Bangkok was originally developed to be mainly agricultural, and was comprised of fruit orchards. Located on the Chao Phraya River delta, Bangkok was settled in the fourteenth century, and made up of  small towns connected by waterways. These waterways served as a mode of irrigation for the orchards, and worked well with the natural ebbs and flows of the surrounding water. Flooding was not seen as a negative event,  and was soaked up by the fields and helpful to the orchards. In the 19th century, the city incentivized the development of canals as an addition to the waterways between settlements. Giving incentives to developers was a good way to get the canals built quickly, but it also left them vulnerable to unplanned changes. Similar to New Orleans, the development of the city was left to the whim of developers, who are easily influenced by changes in funding and design.

- excerpt from my thesis, which is becoming more and more timely

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