กระบวนการเกิดและการเปลี่ยนแปลงตลาดน้ำในบริบทสวน พื้นที่ดินดอนปากแม่น้ำเจ้าพระยาฝั่งตะวันตก / ลักษณา สัมมานิธิ = Emergence and transformation processes of orchard-based floating market on the Western area of Chao Phraya Delta / Luxana Summaniti
The objective of this study was to investigate the emergence and transformation processes of the Orchard-Based floating (OBFM) of Suan Nai Bangkok and Suan Nok Bangchang areas on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River delta. It was hypothesized that the emergence of these markets was resulted from their geographic location, the community settlement along with ridge and groove orchard farming developed into a water network of floating markets as the trading centers of a community, and the transformation was resulted from the development of a road system conditionally with all related agents and tourism. This concurs with the spatial centrality process and Thai-socio-culture concepts. This study was conducted by content analysis, mapping analysis of morphological structures and characteristics using Geo-Informatics and the configuralational model. Amphawa, Taka and Damnoen Saduak floating markets were chosen for the study via a surveying observation and questionnaires. It was fond that the average efficiency accessibility values of the water-based spatial centrality in the former and latter areas were 0.10470 and 0.07223 respectively, while those of the land-based ones were 0.10824 and 0.08216. Now, the former area has been urbanized while the latter is still related to the water transportation network and orchard-based land use. This is important for a riverside community revival. The emergence and transformation of OBFM are the correlational conditions of the spatial configuration, the social logic of space, the promotion and support, and the functional conditions. These correlation conditions can make the OBFM emerge, close down and be revived or transformed for tourism. The most important finding is related to agents in Thai socio-culture context this should be considered in the concept of urban morphology.
