การพัฒนาพื้นที่ต้นแบบชุมชนริมคลองฝั่งธนบุรีด้วยเครือข่ายคลังสมองของพื้นที่และแผนผังภูมินิเวศเพื่อการพัฒนาเศรษฐกิจสีเขียวอย่างยั่งยืน

Title

Development of Thonburi Pilot Canal Communities through Local Think Tank Networking and Ecological Spatial Planning for Sustainable Green Local Economy

Keywords

local think tank network,ecological spatial plan,green economy,Thonburi canal communities

Abstract

Abstract ‘Development of Thonburi Pilot Canal Communities through Local Think Tank Networking and Ecological Spatial Planning for Sustainable Green Local Economy’ is an action reserch project aims to develop green economy for Thonburi canal communities and economic cluster with four targeted communities in Bangkok, namely Punbampen (Pasicharoun District) Talad Plu (Thonburi District), Klong Bang Pratun (Jomthong District) and Klong Bangmod (Thung Kru-Bang Khuntian District) as well as communities connected through canal networks. The Project has three reserch processes, including: 1) Development of networks (local think tank) and plans (ecological spatial plans) as strategic tools to develop local green economy 2) Development of pilot sites and platforms for supply chain management and 3) Coodinating the communities’ green economy plans and actions with local government policies and investment opportunties. Throughout these processes, the Project had worked closely with the pilot communiteis and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (both with districts and divisions) and concerned stakeholders. The Project in cooperation with local think tanks identified appropriate green economy appraches based on local ecological assets and needs. It at the same time tried to diminish gaps that lead to unsustainable supply chains both in terms of local goods production and service providing as well as marketing and logistic management. The Project aslo linked the local initiatives with potential supporting networks to sustain the implementation. The analysis and lessons learnt from the project actions illustrated that driving green economy for canal communities had led to positive outputs and outcomes. These include e.g., enhance cooperation networks both within the communities and with other stakeholders, increase agricutural areas and varieties of sightseeing routes, enhance standards of local agricultural production and service providing, decrease households expenses and increase jobs and income, increase marketing channels for local goods and services, enhance efficiency in logistic management and demonstrate business activities with least impacts possible to the society and environment. However, the sustainability of the above outcomes would need aligned supporting ecology in which the Project divided into two major policy recommendations. The first is the policy recommendations for spatial planning e.g., rehabilitation of water quality and conservation of natural resources and cultural diversities which are the key local assests for green economy and development of supporting facilities such as alternative travel routes linking road, rail, bike and canal networks and tourism routes on canal communities livelihoods. The second is policy recommendations for supporting ecology for canal communties’ green economy devleopmnet which include supporting ecology in terms of policies, fundings, capacity buildings and cooperation networks. These needed supports would make the local green economy sustained. And if the canal communities are able to have enough income from the green economy based on their local assests, they would have motivations in protecting their lands and communties and hence this would reduce risks of lossing important local values under the circumstance of increaseing land use change. In addition, local green economy also help enhancing quality of life, conserving local culture and enviornment, decreasing impacts to earth, water, and air and therefore bring sustainability to the communities, surrounding environment and the urban areas as a whole.