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An illustration of a riverside "vendor hub." (Nakvathnak Chanrith)

Opinion: Any Redesign of Riverside Must Include Street Vendors

Phnom Penh should lean into the role street vendors play in our lives, and provide them with clean, orderly, dedicated places in which to do their work — starting with a hub on the city’s riverside, writes Future Forum junior researcher Prak Norak.

People exercise on the boardwalk at the Phnom Penh riverside in 2022. (Chanrith Natvathnak/Future Forum)

Beyond Beautification: Riverside Must Adapt to Climate’s Heat

In order to make the riverside comfortable at all hours of the day, the bottom line is that the area needs more trees in the long-term, and awnings, umbrellas and canopies to protect from the sun, writes Future Forum’s Prak Norak in part four of a campaign to pedestrianize Sisowath Quay.