Transformation in street food vending in modernizing Bangkok: trading pattern, vendor and product
Street food vending in Bangkok has been transformed in terms of the trading patterns, vendors, and products by the modernizing process. Thai female commoners and Chinese men were the first … Continue reading
An urban political ecology of Bangkok’s awful traffic congestion
By attending to power relations, the production of urban space, and cultural practices, Urban political ecology can help explain why traffic congestions arises and persists but also creates inequalities in … Continue reading
Redefining the Asian Space: A Comparative view of evolving street culture and pedestrian space development in Bandung, Bangkok, and Manila.
Asian streets convey a sensorial experience distinct from the Western model. Traditional knowledge resulting from the environment and sociocultural histories is imprinted on how people use the streets and how … Continue reading
If Street Food Disappears in Bangkok
Bangkok is renowned for its street food, but since 2014 the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has embarked in the removal of tens of thousands of street vendors, including a significant … Continue reading
The Production of Space by the Street Vending System
Street vending draws its substance from the space, the street, and the economic exchange lies on the simultaneous presence of two actors: the customer and the vendor. Thus, it seems … Continue reading
The informal city and rights in South East Asian Cities
David Sweeting – Using intersecting ideas between informality developed by Ananya Roy; the state of exception by Giorgio Agamben; theories on rights to the city by David Harvey and Henri … Continue reading
Bangkok: On Transformation and Urbanism
This book presents reflections and projects elaborated by staff and students within the MSc BUDD during 2010-2015 and stemming from the partnership with Community Organisations Development Institute (CODI) in Thailand, … Continue reading
Building Resilience in Cities under Stress
This report aims to highlight diverse sources of urban fragility and approaches to urban transformation, renewal, and resilience. Five authors explore the drivers of fragility in their cities and offer … Continue reading
The Urban Political Ecology of the 2011 Floods in Bangkok: The Creation of Uneven Vulnerabilities
This paper uses an urban political ecology analysis to question the discourses used by Thai government leaders regarding the causes of the 2011 floods in Bangkok and the solutions that … Continue reading
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