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Title

Mechanisms of Public Participation to Promote The Local Economic Development Through The Learning Spaces of Pathum Thani Province

Keywords

Learning City,Learning Space,Local Economy,Physical Design and Development,Participation,Design Thinking

Abstract

The mechanisms for public participation towards promoting the local economic development of Pathum Thani province through the learning spaces consists of 2 sub-projects. The first one (Project 1) is “The Development of Mechanisms for Driving the Learning City in Promoting the Local Economy of Pathum Thani”. And Project 2 is “Development of Prototype Area-Based Learning towards Inclusive City for Pathumthani”. The objective is to develop a mechanism to drive the learning city towards sustainability, leveraging promotion of participation processes in the development network in Pathum Thani area. Also, to develop a pilot area for a sustainable learning city within Pathum Thani province through a participatory process. Achieving these objectives will lead to upgrading of the rate of learning in Pathum Thani Province and judicious utilization of the citys resources in building a local economy through the Learning City area. The study area is Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province, which is divided into 4 municipalities, namely: Rangsit City Municipality, Bueng Yitho Town Municipality, Thanyaburi Subdistrict Municipality, and Sananrak Town Municipality. The result from this study showed that a potential strategic development area can be divided into 4 learning districts. 1) Historical learning area: this area connects to the history of Rangsit Prayoonsak Canal through Chulalongkorn Pratunam and boat noodle. 2) Food and health learning district: this district links the area of herbal enterprises, Chinese food culture that persists in the area, promotion of urban health areas by upgrading the Bueng Yito Municipal Sports Center area to support the health activities of Bueng Yitho Medical Center, 3) Recreational areas for learning: this area focuses on promoting areas for exercise and a variety of activities to link nearby learning resources, e.g., the Science Museum, the new Dusit Zoo. 4) Learning areas for nature and ecosystems: the condition of the area is that of agricultural areas with green corridor along both sides of the canal and its livability can attract active space for walking and cycling. When the mechanisms to drive activities related to learning is considered, it was found that in the past mechanisms such as planning, involvement, and celebration were used. However, due to the fact that creation of an identity for the learning area demonstrated no outstanding results in terms of activities and areas, as well as in accessibility limitations, the publics perception for accessibility to learning areas with relatively low level has a leverage. Therefore, the proposed mechanisms for learning space development focused on promoting the involvement and collaboration, alongside promoting the activities and events including funding allocation to develop the identity of the learning area through promoting access to learning areas/activities. However, considering the potential of each activity, different levels of potential in driving mechanism were indicated. So, adoption of appropriate mechanisms alongside the promotion of network collaboration plays an important role that should be improved upon to promote and develop the area, while enhancing local economy and creating learning opportunities leading to a better quality of life for citizens in the study area.