Institutional traps and vulnerability to changes in climate and flood regimes in Thailand

Lebel, Louis; Manuta, Jesse; Garden, Po

doi:10.1007/s10113-010-0118-4

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“…While improved urban stormwater management plans may have less impact on large scale flooding, they may be able to effectively alleviate the temporary local flooding observed in urban and peri-urban areas. The urban stormwater management plans should be integrated with the larger flood planning framework, particularly as it impacts land use management, although such integration can be challenging in Thailand (Lebel et al, 2011).…”

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Low Impact Development Modeling to Assess Localized Flood Reduction in Thailand

Chaosakul

Koottatep

Irvine

2013

JWMM

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The causes and impacts of, and emergency responses to, the recent catastrophic flooding in northern and central Thailand, including Bangkok, are reviewed. A number of short term and long term engineering solutions have been proposed to avoid or minimize future flooding impacts. Low impact development (LID) technologies might be one reasonable, sustainable, approach to solving urban drainage and water quality problems in Bangkok, but the local urban approaches should be integrated with watershed wide planning efforts.PCSWMM was used to model single and multiple LID technologies in a case study of a peri-urban village near Bangkok as a preliminary exploration of LID benefits in terms of stormwater quantity and quality. A 2 y design storm for Thailand was used in the modeling. The design plans of LID technologies, using either CAD or Google SketchUp, were visualized through Google Earth, and were costed using local information.All LID scenarios reduced combined sewer overflow (CSO) volume, CSO pollutant loadings and the durations of surface flooding, although single rain barrels installed at all houses had a relatively small (4% to 9% reduction) impact. This may be related in part to the fact that a 2 y storm in Thailand is more similar to a 50 y or 100 y storm in northeastern North America. The combined rain barrel and bioretention cell scenarios offered the greatest control in reducing CSO discharges, but the costs may be prohibitive in Thailand at present.

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Low Impact Development Modeling to Assess Localized Flood Reduction in Thailand

Chaosakul

Koottatep

Irvine

2013

JWMM

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“…This means that despite a new plan, the rainwater runoff from the city, in combination with anticipated stronger rainfall, is more likely to increase than decrease. Thailand's highly centralized administrative system [50,51], with its slow and redundant bureaucracy or overlapping responsibilities, further hampers policy-makers in adopting relevant flood reducing urban planning measures. In conclusion, we suggest that governmental flood management agencies reconsider building more conventional flood protection measures, such as watergates and floodwalls.…”

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Emerging Livelihood Vulnerabilities in an Urbanizing and Climate Uncertain Environment for the Case of a Secondary City in Thailand

Beringer

Kaewsuk

2018

Sustainability

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Increasing flood risks in Thailand are leading to new challenges for flood management and subsequently for livelihoods, which are still significantly agricultural. Policy makers prefer building flood protection infrastructure over utilizing non-structural measures like urban planning regulations to mitigate risks. We argue that unplanned urbanization intensifies flood risks and livelihood vulnerability and may even create new poverty patterns in peri-urban areas. However, urbanization can also strengthen the adaptive capacity of people in flood risk areas by providing more secure employment opportunities. We assess the livelihood vulnerability of Pra Lab, a peri-urban area of Khon Kaen City in Northeast Thailand, using a qualitative and quantitative analysis. The study relies on a vulnerability index developed from a household survey and rainfall statistics, complemented by household in-depth interviews. We further identified factors of unplanned urbanization in Khon Kaen City and Pra Lab through interviews with relevant local government offices. Our findings show that Pra Lab's household livelihoods are moderately vulnerable to flood due to high financial (i.e., income, debts) and physical vulnerability (i.e., housing, urban systems, infrastructure). Major factors of unplanned urbanization that contribute to flood risks are lack of land use regulations, inefficient monitoring of land and house elevations, reduced pervious surfaces, ineffective water governance and insufficient wastewater treatment.

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“…For example, Lebel et al (2011) points out that coastal floods and tsunami is one of six main flood regimes that are affected by climate change. They identify that coastal farming and fisher communities, tourism dependent communities and small fisher coastal communities and urban dwellings in low-lying areas are vulnerable to the coastal flood and tsunami.…”

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Vulnerability Indicators of Adaptation to Climate Change and Policy Implications for Investment Projects

Miller²,

Sanchez-Aragon³

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Institutional traps and vulnerability to changes in climate and flood regimes in Thailand

Cited by 120 publications

References 28 publications

Low Impact Development Modeling to Assess Localized Flood Reduction in Thailand

Low Impact Development Modeling to Assess Localized Flood Reduction in Thailand

Emerging Livelihood Vulnerabilities in an Urbanizing and Climate Uncertain Environment for the Case of a Secondary City in Thailand

Vulnerability Indicators of Adaptation to Climate Change and Policy Implications for Investment Projects

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