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Participatory Placemaking for Inclusive Food Security: A Case Study of Chiang Mai Urban Farm, Thailand
SDG Target 11.1 strives to ensure that everyone has access to adequate, safe, and affordable housing and basic services to upgrade slums. In urban areas, public spaces are essential and should be regarded as a basic service. This study is a case study of a placemaking process along the Mae Kha Canal in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which is situated within low-income informal settlements near the city center, where dwellers live in densely populated areas with no proper public spaces. To achieve resilient communities, architects in the city proposed this co-creation placemaking project, which aims to transform a state-owned gray area into a community garden to provide an inclusive public space and ensure food security for the poor during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examines the practical participation framework to explain collaboration among local communities, public administration, and academics in which architects act as facilitators to create the co-design under people-oriented leadership. Best practices, including processes and products, are demonstrated. Finally, the lessons learned and limitations of the project are discussed to improve upon and gain further insight into how the participation model can be applied to transforming a public green space to increase food security in a low-income community and is motivated by local people.
Participatory Placemaking for Inclusive Food Security: A Case Study of Chiang Mai Urban Farm, Thailand
SDG Target 11.1 strives to ensure that everyone has access to adequate, safe, and affordable housing and basic services to upgrade slums. In urban areas, public spaces are essential and should be regarded as a basic service. This study is a case study of a placemaking process along the Mae Kha Canal in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which is situated within low-income informal settlements near the city center, where dwellers live in densely populated areas with no proper public spaces. To achieve resilient communities, architects in the city proposed this co-creation placemaking project, which aims to transform a state-owned gray area into a community garden to provide an inclusive public space and ensure food security for the poor during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examines the practical participation framework to explain collaboration among local communities, public administration, and academics in which architects act as facilitators to create the co-design under people-oriented leadership. Best practices, including processes and products, are demonstrated. Finally, the lessons learned and limitations of the project are discussed to improve upon and gain further insight into how the participation model can be applied to transforming a public green space to increase food security in a low-income community and is motivated by local people.
Participatory Placemaking for Inclusive Food Security: A Case Study of Chiang Mai Urban Farm, Thailand
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Rubbo, Anna (editor) / Du, Juan (editor) / Thomsen, Mette Ramsgaard (editor) / Tamke, Martin (editor) / Duangputtan, Patcharaporn (author) / Mishima, Nobuo (author)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
2023-09-20
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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