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Project

Vivienda en los canales Lat Phrao y Prem Prachakorn

Bangkok (Khlong Lat Phrao) · Bangkok · Thailand

Participatory urbanism2016

An extension of the Bang Bua model to the Lat Phrao and Prem Prachakorn canals, tied since 2016 to flood works: some 13,000 families in 88 informal communities. Communities redesign and rebuild their homes set back from the water with CODI loans; by March 2022, 44 projects were under way for 4,394 families. Here participation coexists with pressure: a military junta order sped up relocations in 2017, with homes of about 28 m², monthly repayments and residents who refused to move.

Led by
CODI and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, with the canal-side communities
Status
Active
Participation
Co-governed
Visitable
No, it is a programme; the rebuilt neighbourhoods are inhabited
Website
en.codi.or.th/canal-housing-development ↗
Contact
No public contact on record
Last reviewed
27 September 2026

Verification

Verified

This place is backed by at least one primary and one secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months. The sources appear below with their consultation dates.

  • Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
  • Partial one source on record
  • Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending

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