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Finding heritage-based fixes for floods
Oped, Montira Horayangura Unakul, Published on 27/10/2022
» Whenever floods ravage Thailand, we hear many calls to enlarge drainage channels, construct new riverside barriers and build more pumping stations. But despite years of heroic engineering work, floods keep wreaking havoc.
How to avoid EEC waste 'time bomb'
Oped, Kannika Thampanishvong & Promphat Bhumiwat, Published on 22/06/2022
» Despite the government's bravado about the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) being the country's economic powerhouse, one important question still gets an elusive answer: Has the EEC fulfilled its promise of protecting the environment?
Crisis shows need to pivot to new tourism model
News, Montira Unakul, Published on 20/07/2020
» In just the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, 90% of World Heritage sites were closed. Similarly, a global survey showed that 90% of museums were shut down, with 10% unlikely to ever open their doors again. Many other cultural tourism destinations have seen major declines in visitor numbers.
Eastern Economic Corridor must continue
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 07/12/2018
» As the election looms, the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will likely leave behind a very mixed legacy. Far from being a clean-up crew against graft and a technocratic team for effective policy performance when it seized power more than four years ago, this outgoing government has had its fair share of unaccountable corruption allegations and policy directions that merely served its own vested interests of staying in power after the polls.
Seksan was spot on
News, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2018
» Re "Seksan blasts divisive politics," BP, March 10.
The challenge of big-city diversity
News, Montira Unakul, Published on 06/03/2018
» Migration is a fundamental force shaping many of our societies today. Indeed, it is now more important in determining the demographics of cities than fertility and mortality.