As Cambodia’s second largest city, Battambang is the economic hub in the country’s northwest region. The city has experienced significant population growth and urbanisation over the past 2 decades. A priority of the city is urban street and public space management, particularly the streets connecting the Sangkae River and the Battambang Royal Railway Station.

These streets host the city’s main commercial and government establishments. The area contains the Kampong Seima canal, which together with the river, service and Battambang’s major drainage and wastewater channels. Both water courses receive large amounts of untreated flood and wastewater.

The area around the station includes the productive Boeng Ra wetland, which is surrounded by large formal and informal settlements. The lack of effective drainage and wastewater treatment causes significant social and health problems for residents, particularly those in informal settlements who are disproportionately affected by flood and pollution.

The case study involves transforming a street in the heart of Battambang into a green urban street park that is:

• ecologically supportive
• thermally comfortable
• climatically resilient
• aesthetically pleasant
• artistically interesting.