How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods | Kotchakorn Voraakhom

From 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.
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[@Emm_er]

I love how she took the analogy of that small crack she made bigger as a child, and compared it to this 'bigger crack' she'd created in the form of these green spaces. To others, the breaking of the cement to free a little plant might seem destructive and to some, the creation of a green space might seem like pointless beautification, but from a different perspective- her perspective- it's connecting and compromising on a shared space between humanity and nature for the greater good of both. Very well done. Props to her for her ingenuity and will to push for a better future for her city.

[@irahasnun825]

above all, what touched me the most while watching this is the immense love she has for her city. truly inspiring!

[@jeffarts7695]

The world really needs Landscape Architecture more than anything else

[@BuayaJess]

Such an inspiring and emotional ideas out of her passion and talent towards her city and home. And amazing public speaking skill. This is the 3rd time I watch her talk. Keep your heart going and glowing Kotchakorn

[@pupax2000]

Love innovations like this.

[@InvestingBookSummaries]

I enjoy seeing major innovative changes

[@myphamsihoailam6004]

Fack you i love her

[@danicaaustria4146]

Thank you for doing your best to adapt these cities. As someone who is considering architecture as a career, I find this very inspiring. These green infrastractures doesn't have to sacrifice human comfort for nature. Rather, they can help humans live comfortably while being resourceful.

[@C_Bat]

This is literally how sustainability is created with innovative ideas centralising a simple principle. I dream to be a writer as a surveying student...... but when climate calls, waterlogged pages aren't fun. I'm going to try my best to do that when I have a job or be elected as whatever and hold power.

[@MidnightMoonProductions]

Good! I'm 14 and i wish i had alot of money to help stop global warming and so as my friend

[@C_Bat]

Midnight MoonProductions Hey, who said you couldn't! Fundraisers, bake sales and organising events can raise money or awareness to fight climate change. It may seem little, but every bit counts.

[@naturenurture84]

I cried a little. Loads of love and support to you sister. We won't let your country drown. Tang Jai.

[@Jer_Schmidt]

This is great! 10:25-10:45 I couldn't agree more. Well said.

[@amateurambience]

Great speech my friend! you make me cry again! glad to be a landscape designer and honor to be your friend!

[@see2saw]

I always come back to listen...and i wish leaders and urban planners around the world listen and act....

[@invox9490]

Very emmotional near the end. Good Talk.

[@luluasgaraly3263]

Loved it.so creative n determined

[@kamj19]

Loved this is inspiring to see this as an architecture student

[@suwanatatnina]

Great project! Amazing idea!!

[@athenaguillard7016]

This is so amazing!!!

[@fadillafanni2083]

She is sharing with heart

[@dr.c.c.1671]

Whatever the cause of the problem, this is a great solution! Thanks 🙏💐🌟

[@rishabhjaiswal4707]

Really, it's an amazing idea to develop our city #sinking, in a sustainable way and I salute to such a creative and firm determined architecture's that are making this possible...and the thinking "Tang Jai" is also appreciable...

[@rishabhjaiswal4707]

But, the step she has taken, is toward to save her country from flood and obviously no one can telepathically say whether the flood will come or not....and I think it's not possible to move the number of people from one place to other within a short time period....🤔

[@rishabhjaiswal4707]

@Optical Clarity yeah absolutely, it will gonna be a great idea... such kind of system should be implement in the country under such disaster...

[@rishabhjaiswal4707]

@Optical Clarity I know it's obvious, I didn't mean that so cool down yourself, you are in misunderstanding ...so please calm down dear...

[@worawatsr9803]

I’m confused about her education background. It’s stated that she has a master degree from Harvard, but people are calling her Dr.Kotchakorn. Is the master degree in architect considered a doctoral degree?

[@CheloA]

Es asombroso y gratificante escuchar y apreciar lo que hacen esta clase de personas, por la sociedad, por el clima, por el planeta... Gracias.

[@Msmotionocean]

Good talk!!

[@johncampbell7122]

I Love her heart.

[@kiranmayek3961]

When she started off, I didnt expect her to provide a solution THAT BIG. 'Jugad' (Hindi) on a mighty scale, Love it .

[@susabiwick1609]

what a creation idea! i really love it

[@bungfai2348]

12:06 Thailand is home. This land is my only home. You make me proud to be Thai.

[@LyndaLight]

Wonderful! Thank you for all you’re doing!

[@americanhacks8045]

Love it, I know my limits still I fell in love. Already watched 7 times

[@deanchamberlain1910]

She has an amazing mind that ALL should follow

[@b_uppy]

Very informative! Nobody's mentioned before that a city like New York is sinking. Good to know.

[@nickkohlmann]

You mean, you didn't hear of it

[@b_uppy]

@@nickkohlmann Nobody I know of has said anything, until her. Her park doesn't really address sinking, but rather, water reuse.

[@nickkohlmann]

@@b_uppy Yes, that's actually the same. Assuming something doesn't exist / hasn't been said yet because you didn't hear of it would only make sense if you were a god knowing absolutely everything.

[@b_uppy]

@@nickkohlmann You are conflating the two to be the same. I didn't say I assumed, you assumed I assumed. It was not on my radar. There were no assumptions *one way or another, period* . In order to hear something, sonebody in my circle needs to mention it. Your point is tangential regarding my "hearing" something said, btw...

[@moozerdoith]

Happy to see your ตั้งใจ Ajarn !,

[@jam7486]

yes Ted

[@coloringwithd]

A-mazing!

[@JewTube001]

the real innovation is her wardrobe

[@Lord-DJ]

I live here in Bangkok. There literally is no run-off area anywhere due to excessive concrete. People surround themselves with walls too. Unless a policy of concrete removal is initiated then flooding will continue ad-infinitum.

[@saurav_parmar]

Just saw the BIG's TED talk and this one. you can clearly sees the difference.

[@amandabrisbane8716]

Young lady needs to consult with all major cities with this problem.

[@24mithuna]

I cried for the last part.

[@vikramsingha2312]

Talk and presentation in itself was good but I couldn’t make strong connection between the video title and the presentation

[@ronaldsimmons9517]

Making problems into solutions. Now that's thinking. One person, one idea can change the world.

[@marianacastro9016]

México!!! This could be a solution!!

[@chrisfernandes3353]

Mariana Castro check out Bhutan..the TED talk is "this land is not just carbon neutral, its carbon negative" good luck Mexico

[@susabiwick1609]

good luck mexico too, i really love your country cautural and your country music.

[@adityavyas36]

I met her yesterday at QUT

[@Kocan7]

Old Top Gear was truly ahead of its time with HoverVan.

[@akvalia]

Respect

[@garrygballard8914]

💝 her. Beautiful project. It's time for our concrete jungles to die.

[@uniqueash10]

Mumbai, monsoons. Maybe something like this? Edit: I meant, to device an innovative mechanism to deal with the yearly flooding- apart from cleaning the drainage which I'm not sure is done.

[@edukid1984]

I still remember the horrible flood in Chennai a few years back. Seems it would need to find a way to live with water much more urgently.

[@rishabhjaiswal4707]

Yeah, but we can also face them with the sword⚔️ of massive architecture's🙂

[@vikramsingha2312]

I think Mumbai is not sinking 1 cm per year as Bangkok is...only future issue could be sea level rise...in such a scenario no public park system will help :/

[@alphastrength3402]

This right here is the future

[@busterdeadpool]

All sky scapers and tall buildings should be outfitted with tree lines along each level encircling the buildings. Decrease wasted water. Increase o2

[@joelmathew616]

In 2018 Kerala Floods lead to huge destruction summing to atleast ₹30,000 Crore and counting It's was much destructive that the one in Thailand

[@see2saw]

Athe..nammude politiciansinte mandatharam kondu undayathu..

[@academiclesson7052]

Wow Thailand

[@sanjaysankar1255]

❤

[@avoiceinthewilderness4653]

รู้สึกได้ถึงความตั้งใจใส่ใจต่อบ้านเมืองเรา ขอบคุณมากครับ

[@NTac_Tic]

no floods in the Netherlands btw :P

[@annapavlov3461]

A genius female innovator wearing an outfit that is 🔥🔥🔥 - now that is someone I can get behind! #girlpower

[@RS4METODAY]

What a sweet women!

[@ivorydelights]

Tang jai to spreading knowledge!

[@teratikkoanan7671]

My house was flooded too. No need to blame climate change, but the poor flooding protection management. Chula University gave a free space to build a park, and also build commercial complex to get revenue. All MBK Siam and all shopping store rent land from Chula U. Moreover they build the brand new condominium along side that park. Your park is not only fulfilled the flooding protection but also business approach.

[@hdmat101]

What if we made a real life Atlantis instead tho🤔?

[@nickkohlmann]

Yea why we don't pretend this is a legit question

[@nickkohlmann]

@@hdmat101 Why don't we pretend this statement is severely racist

[@hdmat101]

@@nickkohlmann why don't we pretend KZbin deleted my comment because it was a very racist and ignorant statement

[@SukacitaYeremia]

Yea sure Dude! Go do it! Tang Jai! Posting this comment for everyone to see is a big step for that to come true, even if this was a joke.

[@CourtneyCoulson]

Damn that outfit is fire. Oh yeah and good talk too, I guess.

[@kulik03]

Such an intersting name, where is she from?

[@JpegDog]

She tells you that in the first minute

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

*Understand that half the game is keeping quiet, and carefully watching those around you.*

[@gao_lad36]

อยากให้คนไทยใจดี คุณไม่จำเป็นต้องเป็นนางงามแต่คุณก็เป็นคนใจดีได้

[@stlouisix3]

There are tonnes of ways to fight flooding

[@kanyaratkku]

Actually it is too complicate to solve problem for flooding in Bangkok since a long time ago. It should not be solved only one solution. Really don't want to criticize about this due to city planning parts and so on. Anyway I like the blue dresses that can be designed very nice. It is definitely Thai silk, isn't it?

[@swordwaker7749]

As far as I know, Thailand is not Netherland.

[@leonardogerbassi8030]

Sinking city? R'lyeh anyone?

[@b_uppy]

Much is being ascribed to cars, cows and carbon, but little is said about the earth's tilt being significantly altered by the 2011 Sendai quake and 2004 Banda Aceh quake as big reasons for the name change from global warming, to global weirding and climate change.

[@brendarua01]

What great ideas! And this should bring it home to the deniers. Well done.

[@kameshballal6649]

Hey

[@AungThiha92]

Now, Bangkok along with the rest of the world has another problem. Air pollution!!!! Man, I'm coughing while I'm typing this comment from Bangkok.

[@3bydacreekside]

That name tho

[@engchoontan8483]

The cost of planning/demolition/rebuilding/renovations/modifications... have to be balanced with the lost of productivity-efficiency/opportunities/... during the transition. The level of air-pollution/water-pollution/gamma-radioactivity-pollution/logistical-inflation/financial-sabotage/infrastructure-damage/cross-pollution/sabotage-modification devices-effort/... are ludicrous for each item, similar to the airline-industry. Every item cannot pay for itself in terms of losses. The baseline of $usd+1t in savings and yearly GDP of $usd+500b and fully built high-tech baseline with knowledge-economy and service-industry (past decades of political propaganda) prepatory works, must be factored into new-world-order. The losses during transition and the opportunities lost to other economies and the defence maintenance-running costs thereafter are, similar, per item, cannot pay for itself. A few years ago, some people observed, you might as well work for money instead of robbing the world(nothing much left to rob). When you factored in all these and the results-potential, you might as well build a new bangkok elsewhere. It will be at least 100 times cheaper than to be stubborn about being evil.

[@engchoontan8483]

Every city will need those minimu, numbers of educated workers and money and capabilities and ... which will all be run down to zero during the new-movement. Plus funds to do all those dreaming

[@engchoontan8483]

The simplest calculation, the-west use singapore("richest", "most" well educated, "most" skillful, "most" reserves - city, per capital, most ... highest ... best ...) as a benchmark, due to their dog-eye snobbish mentality-attitude. Many area.sss, world number-one. The-west think they are better-higher. This is the joke. Same with the nincompoops of bigger countries. Your baselines... inferior by a whole lot.

[@engchoontan8483]

Wind and water shifting is progressive-regressive step by step. Quickest town planning is 1km-sq per 2-years. Observe changes and effects, plan the next many 1km-sq around it. Not the millennial ideology of 1-know-it-all supercomputer.

[@sharonscott3841]

Polar shift no climate change😞

[@bestsatisfyingvideos8895]

The climate because some country are empty of rain forest.

[@CustomClass5]

That's great but it's going to be completely underwater in 50 years

[@jetusirilimp7127]

It sink, i am in Bangkok

[@williamaderera3371]

thanks...love from israel

[@bomkut3]

I wish Vietnamese gov can watch this youtube

[@guyfieri7531]

hi

[@PradeepKumar-ix5rw]

This is the world base. I would like to say something about my country (India) that Today very few of us( Youth) are concerned about the nature. If I share these things people just ignore it because they have the scrolling fever, that to collect other things rather than these. How I can help the nature, how I can suggest people to come out from their fashinating world and even give an hour to our nature?? I am helpless 😔

[@haeschensk8er]

I appreciate her solution to the flooding problem but don´t see a connection to climate change here. The floods are not caused by rising sea water levels but by the complete sealing of 150k hectors of land and a ground underneath that has almost no capacity to absorb water. Nevertheless, a very smart project

[@galleryg998]

haeschensk8er wait, I see what your saying, but I think the increased rainfall from climate change makes the situation worse. But the situation exists because of all the concrete. But agreed, a great solution

[@fionafiona1146]

Climate change also makes rain less regularly, making more flash floods less beneficial in terms of hydration.

[@peppybalentine711]

She said that it's connected to the spreading of the city and the concrete everywhere.

[@moomoomoo33ass]

Wow ! A video that isn’t about politics or gays. Cool!!!!

[@elinope4745]

Climate change lost my car keys!

[@jemoederrs]

lol we dutch have the problem and know how to deal with it... so take our idea´s and fix your city

[@Kongolox]

ok wtf she's wearing..??

[@brianmarshall3931]

AOC is gonna love this one! After she tears all the buildings in the USA down to "renovate" them - she can start on the concrete and pavement! If the whole country doesn't decide they don't want to work anymore...

[@SeraphX2]

lol this made my day

[@jjc5475]

she ain't dutch so she ain't much.