The Bangkok Metropolitan Region's opportunities for urban green growth

Chapter 2 reviews current policies in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) in the following six areas: energy, land use and transport, housing and buildings, water resource management, solid waste management, and green manufacturing and research and development (R&ampD). The analysis focuses on the following: 1) Current policies in each area. This will give more precise information on the actions taken by various authorities and the policy instruments and tools used to reach goals in each of these areas. It helps to identify gaps between existing opportunities and policy responses. 2) Policy outcomes. Where data were available, the impact of each policy is analysed to assess its effectiveness and to identify options for improvement. 3) Policy synergies and complementarities. To strengthen the impact of urban green growth policies, it is important to assess the extent to which the BMR has integrated areas of opportunity into coherent and effective policy packages. The results call for several urgent policy actions.