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Spatial Composition Andconfiguration Changes In The Bangkok Metropolitan Regionlandscape, Komgrij Thanapet, Shiann-Far Kung
Spatial Composition Andconfiguration Changes In The Bangkok Metropolitan Regionlandscape, Komgrij Thanapet, Shiann-Far Kung
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Bangkok and five provinces in the vicinity, called Bangkok Metropolitan Region, BMR, occupies 7,650 Square Kilometers of the most significant delta area and productive agricultural lands of Thailand. According to 2012 database of the Land Development Bureau, Thailand, the BMR has more than 140 types of land-use classifications related to various agricultural usage; paddy fields, crop fields, orchards, perennial plots, horticulture, farming facilities and aquaculture lands. It could be said that BMR's surrounding landscapes, the richness of patches and the diversity of ecology are defined by complex patterns of mixed land-uses. The goal of this study is to understand the …