by Ricky Ward | Apr 25, 2022 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
We need more trees in Chiang Mai to make it more comfortable for cyclists throughout the day and to help encourage others to get out of their cars and use their bicycles instead. Along the main Irrigation Canal from Mae Daeng, Chiang Mai has paths for cycling and...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 9, 2017 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง
Following the deadly fire in London in June 2017, cities around the world are asking questions about fire safety standards and, in places as remote as Melbourne in the antipodes, finding them lacking. So the question here is, what about Chiang Mai? Building systems...
by Ricky Ward | Mar 28, 2017 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
Chiang Mai If I was asked who in Chiang Mai would get my vote for the most visionary resident of Chiang Mai, my first thought would be Mr Nikhom , proprietor of Chang Peuk Hotel, for it is he who was responsible for this tree planting beside the moat just West of...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 24, 2017 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
The grounds of Wat Suan Dok lie outside the old Chiang Mai city moat to the west on Suthep Rd in the direction of the mountain of that name. (Click on any photo to see a description and again to magnify the image) The temple name Wat Suan Dok translates as Flower...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 4, 2016 | Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
This is not the first time. Chiang Mai regularly sees gross acts of tree vandalism both by private land holders and state actors. People continually complain about chopping trees near powerlines when seldom is it necessary and almost never done in a way respectful of...
by Ricky Ward | Nov 2, 2015 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
Two old men sat on the park bench. Although they came from opposite quarters of the world they shared a common mother tongue as they met in a third quarter, a place where foreign tongues were ill understood, even unwelcome. Two eccentrics; two bicyclists; two...
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