The government has realized the necessity of urban sustainable development in accordance
with enhancement the capacity of the cities and small towns. In 2004 the Ministerial Cabinet had a
resolution on formulating National and Regional Physical Plan, in order to prepare policy guideline for
future landuse, urban roles and functions, urban local linkages and regional transportation network.
The main objectives are to create regional balancing, sustainable development and made all the cities
and local livable. However in the period of the missions transferring from the government to the
local which has not yet completed, there has been problems in the organization restructure, the
amendment of the law and many regulations which need to be adjusted throughout the system,
including building capacity, knowledge, new understanding to the manpower both in the central
and in the local. So, there has been concerning voices from time to time about the unreadiness to
decentralize power to the local government, particularly the problem of the personal, of the capacity of
the local authority which has to carry the transference burden .
The operation phase during the period of transference of the decentralization to the local, the
law concerned has opened the local to contract out the experts to assist in the development
operation, especially on the urban planning and development management. This helps decrease any
pressure from the problems of local manpower capacity in this phase. And if considering on gaining
advantage of the decentralization to the local, it has been found that the imminent requirement
is to give a chance to people to participate more in their own local development. This issue is the
most important experience which will be chosen to be the implementation example to mention
under the implementation on “Development Project of Healthy City, Healthy Community.”