Urbanization in Thailand is dominated by the Bangkok urban area

New World Bank data compiled through satellite imagery and geospatial mapping provides new understanding of East Asia’s accelerating urbanization. The new analysis provides vital data at a time when much of the region’s infrastructure is getting built as part of a physical and social transformation in East Asia. According to the World Bank report East Asia’s Changing Urban Landscape: Measuring a Decade of Spatial Growth, urban growth in Thailand is dominated by the Bangkok urban area, which was the fifth largest in East Asia in terms of area and the ninth largest in terms of its population approaching 10 million in 2010. No other urban area in Thailand had more than 500,000 people.Readmore

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