Coming to terms with Bangkok's environmental problems

Abstract

This paper describes Bangkok's environmental problems and the government's initiatives to address them. It is drawn from information in Thailand: Natural Resource Profile prepared by the Thailand Development Research Institute. The paper is divided into seven sections. After a brief introduction to the city of Bangkok, Section II is on water resources, land subsidence and flooding, Section III on water quality, and Section IV on domestic and industrial solid wastes. Section V looks at air pollution, Section VI at noise pollution, with a final section on the working environment. Figures for costs in the paper are given in baht, the Thai currency; in 1988, there were some 25 baht to the US dollar. © 1989, Human Settlements Programme, IIED. All rights reserved.