Nut Nonthasuti. The role and relations of stakeholders involving the changes in the inner city district of Bangkok : the case study of Thaprachan-Thachang-Napralan . Master's Degree(Technology of Environmental Management). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
The role and relations of stakeholders involving the changes in the inner city district of Bangkok : the case study of Thaprachan-Thachang-Napralan
Abstract:
Krung Rattanakosin, the inner city of Bangkok, has been promoted by the
government as the tourism attraction in the frame of the urban development policy. The
changes of the district are based on the interaction of the related stakeholders. This research
aims to study the global and national influences on the role and relations among all
stakeholders (governments, landlords and renters) affecting changes in the Thaprachan-
Thachang-Napralan districts of the inner area of Krung Rattanakosin from 1977 to 2003. The
research employed documentary research, informal interview and participatory observation.
The study found that Thai society, in particular under the Thai political and economic
structure, has responded to the world economy as well as the international conservation
movement, influencing the role and relations of all stakeholders in the Krung Rattanakosin
area. The adjustment of all stakeholders caused impacts on the district in land and building
usage, the type of business and the flow of capital as well as the inhabitants’ social relations.
Obviously, the stakeholders most influential to the changes between 1977-1997 were the
central government, known as the Rattanakosin Committee, and the renters. However, from
1997 to 2003, the stakeholders having the most influence on changes, especially on the
landscape in the district, were the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and, through the
property management policy, the Crown Property Bureau. However in the next few years
among the economic competition of Asian countries by promoting the tourism policy, the
central government through the Ratchadamnern Project instead of the Rattanakosin Project
would be the driver of changes of overall Krung Rattanakosin and Thaprachan-Thachang-
Napralan districts in, particular by subsidizing the local government. Another actor who have
had influenced on the development in the district is the Crown Property Bureau. While the
renters have become passive in terms of improving the area. This opens the possibility that in
the future they may be forced to move out of the district