Parvathi Nair, Anna Sinnott, Tarek Razzouk, Felipe Larach, Noor Al Ghafari, Kitty Kam, Elian Peña and Josue Robles Nattavadee Peanpanichskul, Peerapat Singkalvanich and Prechapong Arkadsopa

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Strategic Development Pressures

Klong Mai Tai Site

Mayor

Community Leaders

Community Architect

Interviews with 12 Community

Members

Survey (5 houses) Use

Space ---Materials

Info gaps

Community Round Table

(8 people)

Participatory Action Research (30 people)

Klong Ta-Kok- Community

Interview - Observations

- Participatory Workshop Living space

-Construction Materials Survey & Knowledge Exchange

Observations and Informal Interviews

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Strategy and Methodology for Site Work

Interviews Comparison Site

Second hand building materials

market

Competitionland (public and private)

- BTS Sky train- Large scale infrastructure (water)

- Industrial Logistic- Road expansion

- Government Centers

AirportUrbanizationBKK Growth Decentralization

Squatter settlements

Evictionrelocation

Ban Man Kong

Secure Tenure (private land)

Leasing (30 years + 10 years + ...)

Long term Tenure

Security

Competition for Land

Time

How to reconcile the demand for public and private land, the development of infrastructure and squatter settlements in Bang Poo?

D E V E L O P M E N T P R E S S U R E

Source: interview with Mayor of Bang Poo and community architect

Plan Making System

How can Municipality and communities improve the holistic planning within Samut Prakarn Province?

• Lack of holistic plan making processes

• Top down planning process with limited participation

Source: interview with Mayor of Bang Poo, NULICO and community members.

Central GovernmentHighways Dept. Treasury Dept.

NULICO

Samut Prakarn Province

LeaderCommunitymembers

Mueng District

Bang Poo Municipality (Mayor)

LeaderCommunitymembers

LeaderCommunitymembers

Institutional Planning

Communities

Environment and Flooding

Comprehensive Plan (actualised 2009). Land Uses

Agriculture UseMangrove Conservation

Floo

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Slum communities

How to balance the environmental degradation of land due to the ineffective implementation of environmental protection policies with adverse impacts on communities?

• Weak Implementation of Comprehensive Plan

• Development (eg airport)• Environmental Flooding• Communities

Source: Community architect, interview with housholds, observations, Comprehensive Plan 2009

NULICO

1. Community network

2. Success of previous exp.

3. Support of other community

(training, negotiation techniques)

4. Start to know each other - Empowerment-Self-sufficiency of individual (knowledge)- Trust in the community

Ban ManKong : Delivery of housing, Secure housing tenure, Quality of life, Ability to know each other, Community service (Social welfare)

Leader

Leader

Leader

MAYORMunicipality Relationship

Baan ManKong Achievements Source: Interviews with NULICO

Accessibility

EXCLUDEDHOUSEHOLDS

BAANN MANKONG HOUSEHOLDS

Excluded Households:1. Affordability: cannot

join savings groups (informal-rural economy)

2. Inclusion: Baan Mankong criteria loans (<55 years)

COMMUNITY

Baan Mankong Households1. Low income households2. Lack of community

engagement3. Lack of relation between

members of other communities

4. Weak relation with CODI: access to poor fund

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How can Baan Mankong become more accessible for vulnerable people (eg very poor and elderly)?

Community Mobilisation

Can strengthening links between communities members within the Baan Mankong programme improve community mobilsation?

• Poor community mobilisation beyond savings group

• Isolation- weak physical and social connections between communities

Leader Leader Leader

Communities Communities Communities

Building the knowledge of understanding physical environment.

Quality and quantity approach – an extensive survey of 5 households on spatial and social levels

Spatial cognition of the households

Zones of activity & social interaction

Existing community

‘in-between spaces’

precedent

Use of Living SpaceThe gap in transformation physical environment

Source: Interviews, surveying and observation

Affordability

How can affordability issues within Ban Mankong be addressed?

• Recyclable construction materials from existing dwellings translates into financial asset

• Reduce the cost of houses to make them more affordable – initial estimates from the survey suggest this could be a third (50,000B) of the overall cost of each unit

• Reusing materials can reduce the need to buy new additional construction materials.

• Selling and/or buying from the second hand market can reduce construct costs

ta-bae ka mai. Second-hand wood shop

Source: Interviews, surveying and observation

Improving Community Mobilisation

Approach: Address community mobilisation through expanding the links between community members in different communities.

Potential Activities:• Events and opportunities for

interaction• Training and knowledge groups,

house wives, young people, occupation groups, construction knowledge.

• Share places as markets, sports centres, community centres.

• Involve the people in Environmental improvements.

Source: Interviews with NULICO

Leader Leader Leader

Communities Communities Communities

Planning System Participation

Samut Prakan PAO – Plan Making & Development Projects

Bang Poo Municipality

NULICODistrict

Samut Prakan People

Organization

Bang Poo City Formula

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Community Feedback

Information dissemination

Baan Mankong

Source: Interviews with Mayor community architect

Strong Link

Create direct relationship between Bang Poo Municipality and the Province to participate in the plan making process

Improve information dissemination to community members and participation in the planning process

• The power of the mobilization of communities.• The value of local knowledge and self-sufficiency• The strength of networking and collective

knowledge for the community• Be flexible in your research approach• The importance of the role of women in Baan

Mankong• Always introduce yourselves before an

interview...

What have we learned?What we learnt

Thank you to Klong Mai Tai Community