Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Bangkok, the Capital of Thailand, is the
center in economic, social, political and cultural aspects and it is the only city in Thailand which has a
special administration system : the Governor of Bangkok is elected by popular vote ; the city has its
own revenue and budget for the administration. Bangkok covers the area of 1,568.737 square
kilometers , have 2,020,019 households.
The population of Bangkok is now close to 7 million by registered record or about 10
million of daytime population who commute from vicinity and nearby provinces. This highly populated
city is currently faced with some unavoidable urban pollution problems in addition to traffic congestion
problem like any other large cities. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has realized the importance
of solving these problems and tried to improve the people’s quality of life together with the
environmental development by creating the Bangkok Development Plan as the principle for the city
development.
The presently used plan is the BMA’s Public Administration Plan which is effective
between the year 2005-2008. The main vision of this plan is that Bangkok Metropolis is a livable
city with strong communities, warm families, good governance and participation from all social
sectors. To make the BMA’s Public Administration Plan conform to the national development
guideline as well as the BMA’s long-term development direction in response to other surrounding
changes. BMA’s administration plan included the following information as the main input.
To fulfill the development of the Bangkok City to be a livable city as specified as the above
mentioned vision, 9 main strategies is developed as follows :
1. Solving and alleviating traffic problems via alternative transport and intelligent traffic
system
2. Environmental management and energy conservation
3. Safety enhancement public disaster mitigation
4. Creating standard quality of education and learning opportunities for people of all
ages
5. Aggressive promotion of life quality including art and culture awareness
6. Reinforcement of urban economy as well as art and cultural conservation tourism
7. City planning and development for the purposes of the pleasant and sustainable living
8. Urban management and administration based on good governance
9. Enhancement of urban administration efficiency through information technology
system