The Emergence and Transformation Processes of Waterfront Community Markets in Tha Chin River Basin

Abstract

In this study of “The Emergence and Transformation Processes of Tha Chin River’s Waterfront Community Markets,” the markets that originated generally in the reigns of King Rama V through to King Rama VII have been studied. The objective was to investigate whether or not the transportation networks and the spatial centrality had any association with the emergence and transformation processes of the Tha Chin River’s waterfront community markets. The framework of this study includes the research and analysis of transportation networks that affected the spatial centrality of the target markets. To assist the investigation, it seems reasonable to assume that the transportation networks and the spatial centrality had a direct bearing on the process of emergence and transformation of the waterfront community market within the Tha Chin River Basin area. Therefore, the study is separated into three periods using maps from the Royal Thai Survey Department as a means to demarcate the three different time zones namely, the first period (2436 BE – 2484 BE) which is shown by the map of 2455 BE – 2482 BE, the second period (2484 BE – 2505 BE) which is indicated in the map entitled L7017, and last but not least, the last period (2506 BE –2554 BE) which is illustrated by the L7018 map.