Important Factors Analysis Toward Land Use Development Surrounding the Public Sky Train Station: A case study of the Dark Green Line, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)

The area surrounding the public sky train station, in Bangkok is highly dynamic, has many complicated and important factors to response land development according to the sky train lines of urban development, so the study objectives are 1) to study the important factors toward land use development surrounding the public sky train stations in urban and suburb areas, and 2) to study the trend of land use change surrounding the public sky train stations in urban and suburb areas. Asoke and Udomsuk stations represented the urban and suburban areas, respectively. The researchers collected data by field study to survey the physical characteristics of the area around both train stations, following the concept of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and using the Multiple Criteria Analysis (MCA) for interviewing 12 experts to assess 10 important factors toward the development of land use around the Dark Green Line stations (BTS). The study results indicated that there were 2 groups of important factors toward land use development around Asoke Station (urban area) and Udomsuk Station (suburb area). For Asoke Station; The main factors were: Factor 9: Criteria announced in the Town Planning Law, Factor 2: Connectivity to housing, workplaces, and other mass transits; Factor 10: The importance of business and trade in the area, and Factor 7: Land and housing prices surrounding the train stations, respectively. Likewise, for Udomsuk Station; The main factors included Factor 9: Criteria according to the Town Planning Law, Factor 10: The importance of business and trade in the area, Factor 2: Connection with housing and workplaces and other mass transits, and Factor 4: The distance to the train station, respectively. The important factor has to be in conformance with town planning clarification. The area surrounding the Asoke station could be a big business development because it is an urban area with high land and house prices and it is the economic center of Bangkok. For the area around Udomsuk station, it could be a small business development as it is a suburban area focused on living and convenience /safety distance travel to the station.