Bangkok Air Pollution Inequality

The document examines how air-pollution exposure in Bangkok is disproportionately higher for certain groups based on their occupation, income, and housing. It finds that informal workers are more prone to pollution-related health symptoms and that public awareness of air quality is generally low, relying more on district-level beliefs than government data. The brief proposes six policy measures, including improved communication, expanded healthcare access, provision of masks, labour safety training, stricter vehicle emission inspections, and enhanced pollution monitoring capacity.

• Air-pollution exposure in Bangkok is higher for specific groups due to their work and living environments, particularly those working outdoors, in cooking-related occupations, living near highways or train tracks, residing in poor informal settlements, or lacking air conditioning.
• Informal workers are more likely to experience health symptoms associated with air pollution than formal workers.
• Most surveyed individuals have low awareness of local air quality, with perceptions of exposure driven by beliefs about their districts rather than government monitoring data.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Bangkok Air Pollution Inequality. https://www.sei.org/publications/bangkok-air-pollution-inequality/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Bangkok Air Pollution Inequality. 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/bangkok-air-pollution-inequality/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Bangkok Air Pollution Inequality |date=7 March 2023 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/bangkok-air-pollution-inequality/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023bangkok, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Bangkok Air Pollution Inequality}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/bangkok-air-pollution-inequality/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }