Wow!: Thai low-cost housing plan puts slum dwellers in charge
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the success of a rehousing scheme in Bangkok known as Baan Mankong…
Salty water in Bangkok is new “reality” as sea pushes farther inland
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thai authorities are trucking drinking water to parts of Bangkok and urging residents to shower less as a worsening drought and rising sea levels have increased salinity, a growing risk faced by many Asian cities, climate researchers said. Bangkok’s water authority said the capital’s tap water was becoming saline as seawater […]