COLLABORATIVE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY IN DEVELOPING LIVABLE CITY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14456/jem.2023.2Keywords:
Livable City Development, Quadruple-Helix Collaboration, Role of University, Bangkok Metropolitan AdministrationAbstract
Urban development towards a livable city should involve the academic sector, business sector and people sector within the area. The purpose of this research was to study the collaborative urban development process of the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), in driving a livable city in the Bang Kapi area of Bangkok. It also extracted the lessons learnt for further urban development. This study was a qualitative research, consisted of a literature review of the institute's approach to drive urban development, in-depth interviews with key executives, and questionnaires from development partners. The study used the information triangulation method to verify data accuracy. It showed NIDA’s collaborative role in driving the development of a livable Bang Kapi community.
The results are two-folded. Firstly, for the process dimension, NIDA has a collaborative role as a ‘co-coordinator’ of Bang Kapi’s quadruple-helix collaboration including ‘government’, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA); ‘academic’, NIDA; ‘business’, department stores within Bang Kapi and ‘the people’, the original landowners, the community’s representatives, the religious groups, NIDA alumni, etc. Secondly, the research revealed a lesson learnt for city development that Bang Kapi is a perfect connection point for public and private transportation systems with multiple modes of travel, combining road-rail-boat mass-transit systems’ hub. It has the potential to become an eastern gateway of Bangkok with commercial, educational, residential and other facilities. In short, Bang Kapi should be a compact city that prevents Bangkok’s urban sprawl, and becoming a sustainably livable district.
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