TED Talks
Kotchakorn Voraakhom: How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods
TV-PG
2019 • E27 Jan 22, 2019 13mFrom London to Tokyo, climate change is causing cities to sink -- and our modern concrete infrastructure is making us even more vulnerable to severe flooding, says landscape architect and TED Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom. But what if we could design cities to help fight floods? In this inspiring talk, Voraakhom shows how she developed a massive park in Bangkok that can hold a million gallons of rainwater, calling for more climate change solutions that connect cities back to nature.
