Abstract:
Green infrastructure is defined as parts of urban area with a mix of street trees, parks, cultivated land, wetlands, lakes, and streams that are interconnected. Green infrastructures can be direct source of income and food. They help in cleaning air pollutants, store and sequester carbon dioxide, provide biomass fuel which is renewable, reduce noise pollution, support biodiversity, reduce urban heat island and have general cooling effect, reduce water pollution, and reduce flooding. They also have psychological benefit, health benefits, recreational benefits, and increase peoples sense of community. Therefore, green infrastructures ensure sustainability. Green infrastructures also make urban areas resilient to climate change since they have 1) cooling effect, 2) increase habitat connectivity, and 3) reduce flooding. Therefore, the development and management of green infrastructure should become the priority of Thailands municipalities