In Search of His Majesty the King’s Underlying Concepts in Royally-Initiated Urban, Community and Architecture Development
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been paid tribute to and presented with many international awards as
the world’s “Development King.” Throughout 60 years of His Majesty’s reign, there have been over 3,000
royally-initiated projects for country development and improving the livelihood of his subjects. This research is
intended to investigate His Majesty’s concepts in royally-initiated urban, community and architecture
development, especially among those projects that are vital and beneficial to social and national development.
It covers royally-initiated projects in urban development and improving the quality of life regarding traffic and
transportation, flood mitigation, improvement of water quality, the provision of open spaces for urban areas,
royally-initiated projects in self-reliant community development, community development through knowledge
management, community development in enhancing spiritual and social cohesion, including royally-initiated
projects in royal architecture and religious architecture development. Applicability analyses focus on the
potential for future application in royally-initiated development models as well as on the legislative dimension.
In parallel to examining the accomplishments and constraints of selected projects, comprehensive
analyses are undertaken concerning concepts and theories/principles related to royal initiatives, His Majesty’s
roles and concepts, royal statements and guidance, activities, etc. To provide a sufficient basis for concept
investigation, relevant information was collected from documentary resources, physical surveys and structured
interviews of key informants. Through systematic analyses of the arrays of concepts among various urban,
community and architecture development initiatives, underlying development concepts, which are substantially
philosophy/principles, have been emerged. Further integration of the proposed significant
underlying concepts reveals a “sufficiency development” approach.
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