Sustainable Strategy for Governmental Urban Poor Housing Development in Thailand: Contribution of Self-Customize Income Generation Space

Abstract

Within a period of a decade, Baan Mankong Programme (BMP) has been a critical topic of discourse as for urban poor housing scenario in Thailand. This paper unveils the contribution of Income Generation Space (IGS) on the BMP, tools to get IGS, clarifies the categorization of IGS in the BMP as well as pinpoints the imperative factors which help for the IGS enhancement strategy. IGS houses are clarified and made categorizations to unveil the contribution of IGS and trends of spatial utilization of a practical urban poor housing case, Tawanmai community in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The imperative factors for IGS enhancement strategy consist of chronological change, dwellers keenness, dwellers occupation, gender implication, household maneuver system, dwellers education level, as well as transportation issue.

Materials for Extension Low-Income Housing: The Case of Bang Bua Community in Bangkok, Thailand

“…Despite studies on Bang Bua community can be found, the study trends are in the field of social science. The design contribution of two major low-income housing approaches in Thailand has been analyzed, shown in [2]. A role of CODI and BMP has been clarified as shown in [3].…”

“…[4] shows the processes of upgrading the community. Additionally, the role of community architects and supporting key actors have been clarified as shown in [5]. While little attention has been focused on the architectural engineering field, this paper makes an effort to focus on materials for extension of low-income housing.…”