Landscape Change Analysis: Ecosystem Services in the Peri-urban Agriculture of Bangkok

Abstract

Over the past decades, Bangkok peri-urban has been transformed from agricultural villages to urban development communities. Within the flat terrain and poor drainage characteristic of Chao Phraya Lower Floodplain, peri-urban agricultures are considered to be one of landscape patches and areas that creating and adding ecosystem services and values for mega urban areas. The significant loss of agricultural landscape of Bangkok peri-urban means that the loss of seasonal water retention areas, productive landscapes, as well as habitat for urban wildlife. This research classifies and analyzes landscape transformations especially agricultural landscape structures and functions of eight selective sites surrounded by the urban fringe of Bangkok. By tracing over the landscape change patterns backs form 1952 to 2018, the study areas include; 1) Rangsit Klong Sam and Klong Si, Pathumthani 2) Bang Kradi, Patumthani, 3) Lum Lukka Klong Hok Wa, Patumthani, 4) Klong Chorakea Noi and Klong Lat Krabang, Bangkok, 5) Bang Pla, Samut Prakarn, 6) Kok Kham, Samutsakorn, 7) Tha Mai, Samutsakorn, and 8) Klong Mahasawat, Nakorn Pathom. It is also critical linking and discussing on the ecosystem functions and services toward sustainable landscape management. This paper concludes the research gap between the lack of policies to practices for promoting the ecosystem services linking to the preserving and focusing on peri-urban agriculture landscape of Bangkok.

The Agrihood Design: Valuation of Ecosystem Services for NbS Visions in Peri-urban Housing Estate Development, Bangkok, Thailand

“…The study area is located in peri-urban Pathum Thani province, approximately 55 km north of downtown Bangkok (Figure 1). Traditionally, this area was predominantly agriculture, although it is now transitioning rapidly to include residential developments, commercial and higher-education institution zones, and industrial estates (Klinmalai & Kanki, 2013;Tsuchiya et al, 2015;Loc et al, 2020;Irvine et al, 2022b;Likitswat & Sahavacharin, 2023). The land use map in Figure 1 clearly illustrates the urban development core of Pathum Thani, particularly east of the Chao Phraya River along a central north-south arterial for Thailand, Phahonyothin Road (Highway 1).…”