Abstract:
This paper is a report on part of a research project commissioned by the Crown
Property Bureau, Thailand (CPB). CPB is a quasi-government agency responsible
for managing the real property of the Crown of the Kingdom of Thailand. Its
main duty is to manage this estate in an efficient, yet equitable way. In Bangkok,
CPB lands amounts to nearly 20 per cent of the total municipal area. Therefore,
the agency’s land management policy not only affects socio-economic situation
and living environments of CPB lands alone, but also broader planning and urban
development of the city. Land development options can follow three options: 1)
by the Crown Property Bureau itself, 2) in collaboration with private developers,
and 3) in partnership with government projects. “The paper will illustrate and
compare each of these land development options through case-studies that
clarify the CPB strategic goals, achievements in socio-economic terms and
impact on the wider neighborhood and urban development.”
