Editing Bangkok (section)

===Parks and green zones===
[[File:Panorama_of_Lumphini_Park_and_Thai-Belgium_Bridge.jpg|alt=A park with many trees and a lake at sunset; many buildings in the background|thumb|Panorama of [[Lumphini Park]] at sunset, an oasis amid the skyscrapers of [[Ratchadamri]] and Sukhumvit]]
[[File:Chatuchak Park (I).jpg|thumb|[[Chatuchak Park]]]]
Bangkok has several parks, although these amount to a per capita total park area of only {{convert|1.82|m2}} in the city proper. Total green space for the entire city is moderate, at {{convert|11.8|m2}} per person. In the more densely built-up areas of the city, these numbers are as low as {{convert|1.73|and|0.72|m2}} per person.<ref name="Bunvong"/> More recent numbers claim that there is {{convert|3.3|m2|ft2}} of green space per person,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ocharoenchai |first1=Nanticha |title= Seeing green is believing |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/social-and-lifestyle/1578442/seeing-green-is-believing |access-date=2018-12-14 |work=Bangkok Post |date=2018-11-19}}</ref> compared to an average of {{cvt|39|m2|ft2}} in other cities across Asia.{{efn|For comparison, London, England, has {{cvt|34|m2|ft2}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Tower project 'suspicious'| url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1278859/tower-project-suspicious|access-date=1 July 2017|work=Bangkok Post|date=2017-07-01|department=Editorial|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170701185634/http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1278859/tower-project-suspicious|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Bangkokians thus have 10 times less green space than is standard in the region's urban areas.<ref>{{cite news|title=A shopping complex, or a 'green lung'|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/A-shopping-complex-or-a-green-lung-30259964.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061248/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/A-shopping-complex-or-a-green-lung-30259964.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2015|access-date=13 May 2015|work=The Nation|date=2015-05-13}}</ref> [[Green belt]] areas include about {{cvt|700|km2}} of rice paddies and orchards on the eastern and western edges of the city, although their primary purpose is to serve as flood [[detention basin]]s rather than to limit urban expansion.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Beyond greenbelts and zoning: A new planning concept for the environment of Asian mega-cities|journal=Landscape and Urban Planning|volume=47|issue=3–4 |pages=159–171|first1=Makoto |last1= Yokohari |first2=Kazuhiko|last2=Takeuchi|first3=Takashi |last3=Watanabe |first4= Shigehiro |last4=Yokota|date=10 April 2000|doi=10.1016/S0169-2046(99)00084-5 |bibcode=2000LUrbP..47..159Y }}</ref> [[Bang Kachao]], a {{cvt|20|km2|adj=on}} conservation area on an oxbow of the Chao Phraya, lies just across the southern riverbank districts, in [[Samut Prakan province]]. A master development plan has been proposed to increase total park area to {{cvt|4|m2}} per person.<ref name="Bunvong">{{cite journal|last1= Thaiutsa|first1=Bunvong|first2=Ladawan |last2= Puangchit|first3=Roger |last3= Kjelgren|first4=Wanchai |last4=Arunpraparut |title=Urban green space, street tree and heritage large tree assessment in Bangkok, Thailand|journal=Urban Forestry & Urban Greening|date=1 August 2008|volume=7|issue=3|pages=219–229|doi=10.1016/j.ufug.2008.03.002|bibcode= 2008UFUG....7..219T }}</ref>

One of Bangkok's largest parks is the centrally located [[Lumphini Park]] near the Silom–Sathon business district with an area of {{cvt|57.6|ha}}. It is connected by a 1.3&nbsp;km elevated pedestrian and bicycle walkway to the Benjakitti Park, which includes a recently completed expansion including wetlands, skywalks, and rare plants. Other parks include the {{convert|80|ha|adj=on}} [[Suanluang Rama IX]] in the east of the city, and the [[Chatuchak Park|Chatuchak]]–[[Queen Sirikit Park|Queen Sirikit]]–[[Wachirabenchathat Park|Wachirabenchathat]] park complex in northern Bangkok, which has a combined area of {{convert|92|ha}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangkok.go.th/publicpark/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220110719/http://www.bangkok.go.th/publicpark/ |archive-date=2012-12-20 |website=bangkok.go.th |title=Public Park Office, Environment Department |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> More parks are expected to be created through the Green Bangkok 2030 project, which aims to leave the city with {{convert|10|m2|ft2}} of green space per person, including 30% of the city having tree cover.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.unfccc.int/blog/the-greening-of-bangkok |title=The Greening of Bangkok |publisher=UNFCCC |date=18 March 2021 |access-date=2 April 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627210130/https://newsroom.unfccc.int/blog/the-greening-of-bangkok |archive-date= Jun 27, 2021 }}</ref>