Conservation of Bangkok old town

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-411

  Sirisrisak, Tiamsoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Participation; Urban conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 67349251221     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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