THE LAWS AND METROPOLIS RELEVANT OF BANGKOK FLOOD PROTECTION FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

Abstract

The flooding problem caused by many factors whether amount of rainfall according to the rain season, water holding area, drainage area, construction blocking the waterway, joint management between government agencies, land subsidence and sea level. Sea level rising is the major role of flooding especially for the areas that close to sea or the area that have less level of land from sea. In this case, such area or city shall have high risk of being affected by flooding. For Thailand, Bangkok is the city with high risk of being such affected by sea level rise. Whereas Bangkok having only 1.5 meters above sea level, while experiencing soil subsidence with an average rate of 1.5-2 centimeters per year, therefore, the prevention and solution of flooding problems must be considered and concentrated on factors that contribute to significant impact on Bangkok. At present, the law has been enacted to prevent and solve the problem of soil subsidence due to pumping and using groundwater. However, there are no laws and measures to prevent and solve flooding problems due to sea level rise. In this case, it may cause Bangkok to effectively prevent and solve the problem of flooding in the city. Such sea level rise is a direct result of climate change. Therefore, the author aims to study and analyze the laws and metropolis relevant of preventing and solving the flooding problem in Bangkok in order to amend laws and metropolis to cover Bangkok flood problems due to the climate change in a timely manner for prevent damage to Bangkok including people who is living in Bangkok.