The fire at a chemical factory in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province raises a lot of questions about city planning and, in particular, about laws on industrial facilities. An expert says the history of the area is something that needs to be considered.

 

Dr. Pornsan Vichienpradit, a lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Architecture at Chulalongkorn University, told Thai PBS World that, in the case of Samut Prakan, the factory was built in 1989. The city planning law and regulations were first enacted five years later, in 1994.

 

“We cannot blame them for violating the laws, because they were there before them. Also, the community just expanded later. There were aerial photos showing that more people began to move into the area when Suvarnabhumi airport opened. Between 2002 and 2005, the area started to get crowded.”

 

There is also speculation that the law, amended in 2017 by the current administration, enables such an industrial facility to co-exist in the residential area, though Dr. Pornsan explains that the 2017 law does not directly relate to this circumstance.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/samut-prakans-city-planning-allows-residential-areas-close-to-factories/

 

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I'm shocked!!!

 

There is city planning???

Thailand would be a much nicer place if they understood what city planning is actually for and what zoning means

12 hours ago, webfact said:

raises a lot of questions about city planning and, in particular, about laws on industrial facilities.

Sadly, this tragedy reminded me of this:-

 

12 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

I'm shocked!!!

 

There is city planning???

No. As evidenced by the article.