The Challenge

How can citizens understand and compare urban issues across Bangkok's 50 districts?

Bangkok faces uneven environmental challenges across its 50 districts, flooding in some areas, air pollution in others, limited green space everywhere. But this inequality remained invisible without tools to compare conditions and budget allocation across districts.

Approach

Working with WeVis (formerly ELECT) and researchers from Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Political Science, I transformed academic findings into an interactive civic platform.

First, we established foundational context: explaining the Bangkok Governor's role, duties, and responsibilities—helping audiences understand how district priorities connect to local governance.

Then, we presented the data: an interactive map visualizing district-level challenges (flooding, water pollution, air pollution, green space) alongside government spending, enabling citizens to explore priorities and hold local government accountable.

What I Did

• Designed storytelling content about Bangkok's governance background

• Created interactive exploration map for comparing environmental data across 50 districts

• Developed UI/UX for exploring budget allocation alongside urban challenges

Outcome

The platform Bangkok Follow-Up launched in 2020 as a civic tool making urban inequality visible across Bangkok's 50 districts. The design structure and core interface I created continue to serve citizens as of 2025, with WeVis maintaining updated district data on the evolving platform.

Behind the scene

Link

Original (2020): elect.in.th/bkk-election
Updated: bkkfollowup.wevis.info