Relationship Between Life-style of Inhabitant and Canal-side Environments in the Process of Transformation in Greater Bangkok
Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper examined and compared similarities and differences of inhabitant's life-style during the stages of physical transformation of their environment. The survey research and field surveys were undertaken to investigate how differences in houses and differences in location of settlements affected the inhabitant's attitude toward environmental concerns. The findings were; (1) Modernity patterns of canal-side settlement correlated with changes in the location of settlement structure. (2) Differences of settlements (distance from CBD) and house types (water-facing houses) were significantly concerned with water treatment. (3) Relationship between the physical and social in canal side settlements and environmental concerns based on their coexistence showed that: (a) water environmental movement was found in Sai Gong Din community on the East side. (b) house styles (pillar house or house on stilts) without destruction environment still was built in Bang Khu Wiang community on the West side.
Authors: Chaweewan DENPAIBOON, Mamoru TOHIGUCHI, Hiroyuki MATSUDA, Seiyu HASHIMOTO
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2583757249