Integrating Income Generation Space into Sustainable Low-income Housing Planning Outlook in Thailand

摘要

Planning effort is one of the most important factors that contribute to the practical success of many housing development programs.And low-income housing development has been so far a critical topic of discussion.Thailand in a past decade, there has been two concrete governmental low-income housing scenarios that have played effective roles in provision and development low-income housing for its country.First endeavor is renowned as to the Baan Eua-Arthorn Project (BEP) that is provided by the National Housing Authority (NHA) of Thailand, and the second referred as to the Baan Mankong Program (BMP) that is supported by the Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI).The BEP aims to provide low-cost housing nationwide, while the BMP focuses on slum upgrading issues.This paper aims to clarify on how IGS outlook can be integrated into the planning point of view.The research results showed that IGS plays its importance and effective role that could be used as a strategy to support low-income daily life earnings both for the BEP and the BMP.Additionally, the research outcomes revealed the possibility to utilize IGS integrated into planning strategy to help implementing a sustainable low-income housing program in Thailand.