There is something strange about the footpaths on Bangkok streets, something that defies the commonsensical notion that a wealthy, highly urbanised and extremely popular tourist city should have footpaths that are at least walkable, if not convenient, clean, user-friendly and, dare we hope, beautiful. Try walking down most of the crowded streets in Thailand's capital.

Health authorities will step up surveillance in the hazy northern provinces as the number of patients suffering from lung cancer, heart and respiratory diseases increases.

The rapid rise in motorcycle numbers and continued operation of old three-wheelers remain Asia's main challenges in effecting emissions cuts to deal with climate change, transportation experts say. By Adianto P. Simamora , The Jakarta Post

A pre-requisite in my daily life and at work involves meeting with people who happen to share the same predicament: they all seem to suffer from noise pollution. By Jessada Tandhasetti, Bangkok Post

Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 116, Number 9, September 2008

Deputy Transport Minister Songsak Thongsri on Thursday morning inspected the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority's readiness in launching the free bus services.

Extreme weather conditions, rising sea levels and health problems potentially related to environmental pollution have prompted Thailand’s new government to draft a plan that will require major industrial companies to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 15-20 percent.

Bestlin Group has won a bid to supply the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) with 45 air-conditioned, gas-fuelled buses costing 388 million baht for the Bangkok Rapid Transit (BRT) project. By Supoj Wancharoen

10-14 December 2007, Thailand

For a decade, Bangkok cobbler Swang Porgaew has staked out a place beneath a staircase where he fixes shoes while wearing a mask to filter out the toxic fumes from his industrial glue and the city buses.

Bangkok’s new form of mass transportation - the Bus Rapid Transit or BRT – is expected to boost property prices along its route, according to the research team at leading property consultants CB Richard Ellis.

CDM Country Guides is a series of manuals on CDM project development for Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand developed by IGES. These guidebooks aim at facilitating CDM project developments in Asia by providing essential information to both project developers and potential investors.

With the intention of efficiently solving the air pollution problems in all areas nationwide in accordance with the Constitution of the Royal Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2540 (1997) and the Act on Decentralisation Procedures for Local Administration Organisations B.E. 2542 (1999), which both emphasise on decentralising the State powers and authorities toward the local communities for their independence and self-decisiveness, Pollution Control Department (PCD) has therefore established Thailand Air Pollution Centre of Excellence (TAPCE) on 14 January 2002.

As a consequence of population increase, city development and a growing number of motor vehicles on its roads, Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, has experienced serious air pollution problems over the past several decades.

Open dumping and landfilling are the prevalent solid waste disposal practices in Thailand.

Air pollution data in Bangkok, Thailand indicate that levels of PM10 are significantly higher than in most cities in North American and Western Europe, where its health effects are well-documented.