Beyond Greater Bangkok: The Review of Pheu Thai Party’s Urban Development Policies

Abstract

Urban development has attracted significant attention of researchers to date. Specifically, Bangkok's complicated development which rapidly extended geographic borders has resulted in the city becoming known as “Greater Bangkok”. However, policies on urban development are of central importance to communities during the general election for members of the House of Representatives in 2023. Furthermore, efforts have been made to spread urban development beyond Bangkok through the development of cities, regions, and secondary cities. On this basis, it has been demonstrated that urban development is linked to a range of political domains, as seen by political party’s policies that share the aspect of a collaborative assembly of diverse economic ideologies and societies. This paper explores sociological and urban anthropological perspectives via the case of urban development policy as envisioned by the Pheu Thai Party. To broaden opportunities and foster the establishment of varied cities, this article suggests that urban development should extend beyond Bangkok. Given a digital economy city, urban tourism, and universal design, it is incontrovertible that a digital economy city, an urban tourism, and a universal design contribute to the existence of the center of Greater Bangkok.