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Green, climate resilient areas are a “good long-term investment” for cities, she said, and “the best solution for the next generation.

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About Kotchakorn Voraakhom

Kotchakorn Voraakhom (Thai: กชกร วรอาคม, born 1978) is a Thailand landscape architect and chief executive officer of Porous City Network, a social enterprise that looks to increase urban resilience in Southeast Asia. She is also the founder of the Koungkuey Design Initiative, which works with communities to rebuild public spaces. She campaigns for more green space in cities and is a 2018 TED fellow.

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The floods changed my life.

For us, climate change is primarily a water crisis,” she said. “Our people can feel its impacts in their daily lives, each year through worsening floods, rising sea levels, and severe drought.

To date, Thailand has tried to tackle its flooding problem by building “higher and higher dams,” she said, arguing that this is the wrong approach and a solution “based on fear.”

Green, climate resilient areas are a “good long-term investment” for cities, she said, and “the best solution for the next generation. - Kotchakorn Voraakhom

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