1. Six Strategies
Redefine Goals
1
Shift Focus
2
Enhance Access
3
Prioritise Functionality
4
Integrate with Transport
5
Prioritize accessibility by redefining the goal from "10 sqm of green per capita" to "% of population with
access to at least 10 sqm of green space." This approach promotes a more equitable distribution of green
spaces.
Strengthen Ecological
Connectivity
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2. Redefine Goals
1
Shift Focus
2
Enhance Access
3
Prioritise Functionality
4
Integrate with Transport
5
Shift blue-green infrastructure development from commercial to residential areas to create spaces for
leisure, retreat, and activity generation, rather than merely serving as a commercial backdrop.
Strengthen Ecological
Connectivity
6
Six Strategies
3. Redefine Goals
1
Shift Focus
2
Enhance Access
3
Prioritise Functionality
4
Integrate with Transport
5
Transform sidewalk networks into 'greenways’– shaded bike and pedestrian pathways – that penetrate deep
into residential areas and connect them to nearby blue-green infrastructure, providing easy access.
Strengthen Ecological
Connectivity
6
Six Strategies
4. Redefine Goals
1
Shift Focus
2
Enhance Access
3
Prioritise Functionality
4
Integrate with Transport
5
In future blue-green infrastructure development, prioritize urban regenerative functionality over aesthetics
and tourism - focus on solutions that improve environmental risks, pollution, and green space
accessibility.
Strengthen Ecological
Connectivity
6
Six Strategies
5. Redefine Goals
1
Shift Focus
2
Enhance Access
3
Prioritise Functionality
4
Integrate with Transport
5
Integrate blue-green infrastructure (i.e canals, parks) into the transportation system to provide last-mile
connectivity. Provide boat services along the canals and bike stations at key 'greenway’ nodes.
Strengthen Ecological
Connectivity
6
Six Strategies
6. Redefine Goals
1
Shift Focus
2
Enhance Access
3
Prioritise Functionality
4
Integrate with Transport
5
Improve the quality and resilience of blue-green infrastructure by connecting currently isolated
components through ecological corridors, creating a unified urban ecological system. Link this system to
Bang Krachao District (Bangkok's green lung) to enhance biodiversity and resilience.
Strengthen Ecological
Connectivity
6
Six Strategies
