The 7, 000-square-metre space mimics rice terraces in the north of the country and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, such as frequent flooding, said Kotchakorn Voraakhom, the landscape architect behind the project.
"We tend to make a distinction between buildings and green spaces but green spaces can be part of building design in cities likeBangkok, which has few green spaces, " said Ms Kotchakorn, the chief executive and founder of Landprocess.
"Rooftops are usually under-utilised but they can be green spaces that reduce the urban heat-island effect, the environmental impacts of buildings and land use, and also feed people, " she said ahead of the farm's opening on Tuesday.
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Bangkok, built on the floodplains of the Chao Phraya River, is forecast by climate experts to sink by more than 1 centimetre annually and become one of the urban areas to be hit hardest by extreme weather conditions in the coming years.
Nearly 40% of the Thai capital may become flooded each year by 2030 due to more intense rainfall, according to World Bank estimates.
Flooding in many parts ofBangkokis already common during the annual monsoon. The rains in 2011 brought the worst floods in decades, putting a fifth of the city under water.
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She recently designedBangkok's first new public park in decades -- a 4-hectare space at Chulalongkorn University that can hold up to 1 million gallons of rainwater.
The rooftop farm at Thammasat University in Rangsit, about 40km fromBangkok's city centre, is open to anyone who wishes to grow rice, vegetables and herbs, said Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, a vice vector at the university.
"Thailandis an agricultural society, but in the cities we are so cut off from the source of our food. With rooftop farms, we can also improve urban food security, " he said.
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With more than two-thirds of the world's population forecast to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations, urban agriculture could be critical.
Urban farms could supply almost the entire recommended consumption of vegetables for city dwellers while cutting food waste and reducing emissions from transportation of agricultural products, according to a study published last year.
As climate risks increase, rooftop farms will no longer be a novelty, said Ms Kotchakorn, who was named last month on Time magazine's inaugural "100 Next"list of rising stars.
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Electricity bills are likely to decline during the last four months of this year, with the power tariff expected to reach 4.3 or 4.4 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit).
Two men working as brokers for a migrant labour smuggling gang were found dead with multiple stab wounds in dense grass in Nonthaburi on Thursday after being reported missing from a house in Samut Prakan last week.
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With more than two-thirds of the world's population forecast to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations, urban agriculture could be critical.
Urban farms could supply almost the entire recommended consumption of vegetables for city dwellers while cutting food waste and reducing emissions from transportation of agricultural products, according to a study published last year.
As climate risks increase, rooftop farms will no longer be a novelty, said Ms Kotchakorn, who was named last month on Time magazine's inaugural "100 Next"list of rising stars.
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Electricity bills are likely to decline during the last four months of this year, with the power tariff expected to reach 4.3 or 4.4 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit).
Two men working as brokers for a migrant labour smuggling gang were found dead with multiple stab wounds in dense grass in Nonthaburi on Thursday after being reported missing from a house in Samut Prakan last week.
BEIJING: China said on Friday that a near-collision in the South China Sea between a Chinese coast guard ship and a Philippine patrol vessel carrying journalists was caused by the latter’s “premeditated and provocative action”.
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