Low-income Lifestyle and Demand on Technologies and Facilities in Income Generation Space Utilizing Family in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand

摘要

In the era that urban poor housing has been a critical topic of discourse, Thailand through Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI) has launched the program called Baan Mankong Program (BMP), slum upgrading program.This research represents the case under the BMP to unveil which occupation can be performed by low-income Thai through utilizing their own houses, named Income Generation Space (IGS), make categorization of occupation through utilizing IGS trends to explore low-income lifestyle.Additionally, aiming to clarify what technologies and facilities that are needed in supporting the lifestyle and earning, sort out categorization of those necessities.The outcome revealed that popular earning is selling food,occupation that give services to customers, trade, and mixed occupation respectively.While the imperative issues for earning through IGS involved with communication, transportation, and earning lifestyle with daily life outlook.This research showed that at present, the demand on technologies and facilities has entered urban earning lifestyle through IGS, even in urban low-income community.Technologies, communication, transportation are mutually adapted to urban lifestyle.Moreover, the research has shed light on what urban low-income are needed and deficient, particularly the trends in IGS utilizing family.It will pave the way for a sustainable low-income housing program.