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Green Bangkok 2030 — Citywide Pocket-Park Programme for Flood-Prone Neighbourhoods
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Launched in 2019 by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Green Bangkok 2030 is converting underused public, state and private land into a network of about 101 pocket parks (~104 hectares) by 2030, with phased delivery through 2025, though city-wide monitoring data is lacking.
101
Sites identified for conversion to green space
104 hectares
Total area targeted for conversion
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
- Period
- 2019–2030 (ongoing)
- Keywords
- urban greening, municipal government, flood mitigation, public-private partnership
Context
Launched in December 2019 by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and partners, Green Bangkok 2030 aims to convert underused land into public green space, targeting 10 m² of green space per resident within a 400-metre walk.
Results
About 101 sites (roughly 104 hectares) have been identified for conversion, including the 41-hectare Benjakitti Forest Park; Stockholm Environment Institute research documents these pocket parks filling green-space access gaps in flood-prone, low-income neighbourhoods, though no city-wide monitoring of canopy cover, carbon sequestration or flood-retention volumes has been published, and some sites face land-title and funding delays.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k)
- Time to results
- Long (> 3 years)
- Staffing & skills
- Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, PTT Public Company, Thai Association of Landscape Architects, Big Trees Project, We!Park, Thailand Urban Tree Network
Conditions for success
- Conversion of underused public, state-enterprise and privately donated land
Common failure modes
- Land-title and funding delays affecting some planned sites
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-08-26
- Bangkok Metropolitan Administration — accessed 2026-08-26
- Nation Thailand — Bangkok creating 101 'pocket parks' on area twice the size of Lumpini Park — accessed 2026-08-26
- Stockholm Environment Institute — Nature within reach: can pocket parks bridge Bangkok's green gap? — accessed 2026-08-26
- C40 Cities — The Green Bangkok 2030 Project — accessed 2026-08-26
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