TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesstructure of Bangkok Metropolis are close to the compact city concept. That meansthe residents utilize urban structure such as grocery, kindergarten, day-care center,school, post office, etc. in and around the area of their residences or not more than20 km distant. In addition, the residents’ time for daily life travel and distance foraccessibility to urban facilities, activity participation, and local activities wasrelated to the efficiency of the transport infrastructure. This implies that the urbanstructure directly affects the travel behavior through car ownership and transportattitudes. Hence, the compact city policy in BMR is to be planned in urban landuse for sustainable development. There are three aspects which must beemphasized in Bangkok Mega City as follows:Resizing of urban redevelopment projects. The number of large-scale urbanredevelopments should be reduced from now on, while a large number of smallscaleunit area development projects should be promoted.Building of a network structure should now be formed by transferring its functionsto Bangkok Metropolis vicinity areas,Promotions of mega city policies from the standpoint of residents, such as thedivision of mega city areas into unit areas under separate administrative zones,which will enhance the quality of daily life.The BMA’s policy has solved these problems and the future of mega cities, withview over the growth stages of those cities. The role of the mega city, however,with large-scale urbanization, has had a toll in lifestyle terms, with Bangkoksacrificing affluence and healthy living. A network structure has now been formedby transferring the functions to Bangkok Metropolis vicinity areas, whilepromoting compact city policies from the standpoint of residents, such as thedivision of mega city areas into unit areas under separate administrations as placesfor everyday life....The conclusion of study shows (1) the problems facing Bangkok mega cities haveto be solved to a significant basis. (2) The low income quality of life has to be262