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Title

The Increase of Productivity and the Raise of Living Quality of Low Income People in the Central Business District of Bangkok

Keywords

Productivity,Living Quality,Central Business District,Bangkok

Abstract

Thailand has an urbanization process caused by the immigrants from rural areas of the country and from neighboring countries who come to live and engage in economic and social activities in the cities especially Bangkok and major cities in various regions. This has resulted in economic growth in both industry and trade and service sectors. It has also significantly contributed to the redistribution of economic returns back to migration origins or rural areas where agricultural sector is the major economic basis. The migration of people from rural areas of the country and from neighboring countries to urban areas, especially Bangkok and regional cities has resulted the rising of both social and economic inequalities. The immigrants who mostly are low-income people often have difficulty accessing employments for better income. They also have difficulty accessing quality and affordable housing as well as assessing limited public spaces in inner city areas where land value is high. As the result, low-income people are facing inevitable problems in their quality of life. The research project on The Increase of Productivity and the Raise of Living Quality of Low-Income People in the Central Business District of Bangkok, consisting of 3 sub-projects as follows: 1. The Factors Supporting the Increase of Productivities of Small Enterprises Operated by Low-income People in the Central Business District of Bangkok; 2. The Management of Housing Stock for Low-Income People in the Central Business District of Bangkok; and 3. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Public Spaces of Low-income people in the CBD of Bangkok, has the objectives to study, analyze and formulate guidelines for helping low-income immigrants from rural to urban areas to earn more from their economic activities and to increase the quality of life by having affordable and standard housing as well as accessing and utilizing public areas appropriately. The results of the study highlight the rationale for the need to formulate settlement policies to enable the urbanization process of the country and the implementation through the urban development planning of Bangkok and regional cities of the country. In addition, urban renewal and development project plans will have to be undertaken for providing employment facilities as well as affordable housing and public areas that are suitable and sufficient to the needs. The suggestions also include the proper use of state land for state purposes and other public uses as well as the use for increasing of productivity and the raise of living quality of low-income people in the inner urban areas.