Level of urbanization in peri-urban Bangkok To analyze whether an area is in ùurbanizationû process, decision was made upon Rubenstein and Pacioneûs clarifications that it is the situation in which major growth is found in urban area so that the growth rate of that particular area is higher than the average rate of population growth in the region (Rubenstein, 2003; Pacione, 2005). The above Table 1 and Figure 1 illustrate that peri-urban Bangkok has been in the urbanization process as its annual rate of population growth in 1993-2007 was much higher than that of BMR. Regarding the changing level of urbanization of each province in peri-urban Bangkok, the United Nationsû identification of level of urbanization was used to categorize the areas where urban population shares less than 20, 20-30, 31-40 and more than 40 percent as low, medium-low, medium-high and high levels of urbanization in consequence (UN, 1995 in Puntip, 2008). Indicating by the change of urbanization level in the peri-urban areas of Bangkok, the characteristics of study area can be categorized into
Level of urbanization in peri-urban Bangkok To analyze whether an area is in ùurbanizationû process, decision was made upon Rubenstein and Pacioneûs clarifications that it is the situation in which major growth is found in urban area so that the growth rate of that particular area is higher than the average rate of population growth in the region (Rubenstein, 2003; Pacione, 2005). The above Table 1 and Figure 1 illustrate that peri-urban Bangkok has been in the urbanization process as its annual rate of population growth in 1993-2007 was much higher than that of BMR. Regarding the changing level of urbanization of each province in peri-urban Bangkok, the United Nationsû identification of level of urbanization was used to categorize the areas where urban population shares less than 20, 20-30, 31-40 and more than 40 percent as low, medium-low, medium-high and high levels of urbanization in consequence (UN, 1995 in Puntip, 2008). Indicating by the change of urbanization level in the peri-urban areas of Bangkok, the characteristics of study area can be categorized into
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