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From the Ted Talk by Kotchakorn Voraakhom: How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods

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(Applause)

Every given project, for me, is an otputrpnoiy to create more green cracks through this concrete jungle by using landscape architecture as a solution, like turning this concrete roof into an urban farm, which can help absorb rain; reduce urban heat island and grow food in the middle of the city; rsuee the abonaednd concrete structure to become a green pedestrian bridge; and another flood-proof park at Thammasat unesiritvy, which nearly completes the biggest green roof on an academic campus yet in Southeast Asia.

Severe flooding is our new normal, putting the southeast Asian region — the rieogn with the most citnlasoe — at extreme risk. Creating a park is just one solution. The aarsewnes of climate cghane menas we, in every profession we are involved, are igalscnrieny obligated to understand the climate risk and put whatever we are wiokrng on as part of the solution. Because if our cities continue the way they are now, a similar catastrophe will happen again ... and again.

Open Cloze


(Applause)

Every given project, for me, is an ___________ to create more green cracks through this concrete jungle by using landscape architecture as a solution, like turning this concrete roof into an urban farm, which can help absorb rain; reduce urban heat island and grow food in the middle of the city; _____ the _________ concrete structure to become a green pedestrian bridge; and another flood-proof park at Thammasat __________, which nearly completes the biggest green roof on an academic campus yet in Southeast Asia.

Severe flooding is our new normal, putting the southeast Asian region — the ______ with the most _________ — at extreme risk. Creating a park is just one solution. The _________ of climate ______ _____ we, in every profession we are involved, are ____________ obligated to understand the climate risk and put whatever we are _______ on as part of the solution. Because if our cities continue the way they are now, a similar catastrophe will happen again ... and again.

Solution


  1. coastline
  2. change
  3. region
  4. abandoned
  5. working
  6. opportunity
  7. awareness
  8. means
  9. university
  10. reuse
  11. increasingly

Original Text


(Applause)

Every given project, for me, is an opportunity to create more green cracks through this concrete jungle by using landscape architecture as a solution, like turning this concrete roof into an urban farm, which can help absorb rain; reduce urban heat island and grow food in the middle of the city; reuse the abandoned concrete structure to become a green pedestrian bridge; and another flood-proof park at Thammasat University, which nearly completes the biggest green roof on an academic campus yet in Southeast Asia.

Severe flooding is our new normal, putting the southeast Asian region — the region with the most coastline — at extreme risk. Creating a park is just one solution. The awareness of climate change means we, in every profession we are involved, are increasingly obligated to understand the climate risk and put whatever we are working on as part of the solution. Because if our cities continue the way they are now, a similar catastrophe will happen again ... and again.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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green roof 4
climate change 3
clean water 3
sinking cities 2
concrete jungle 2
sea level 2
landscape architecture 2
centenary park 2
public park 2
biggest green 2
firmly stand 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
biggest green roof 2

Important Words


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  5. architecture
  6. asia
  7. asian
  8. awareness
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  25. food
  26. green
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  29. heat
  30. increasingly
  31. involved
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  34. landscape
  35. means
  36. middle
  37. normal
  38. obligated
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  40. park
  41. part
  42. pedestrian
  43. profession
  44. project
  45. put
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  47. reduce
  48. region
  49. reuse
  50. risk
  51. roof
  52. severe
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  55. southeast
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  57. thammasat
  58. turning
  59. understand
  60. university
  61. urban
  62. working