Temple and community: The relation and evolvement between religious architecture and the temple community in Bangkok during the Rattanakosin period (1782-now): Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Arun and Wat Pho

This research explores the evolving relationship between temple architecture and the temple community during Thailand's Rattanakosin period. It reveals insights into the nation's ethos and cultural richness. Buddhism, central to Thai identity, shapes communal life in Thai temples, or Wats. Admit three key case studies—Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Arun,...

NCORS Open Data Ecosystem: Beyond Open Data!

Monitoring Megathrust-Earthquake-Cycle-Induced Relative Sea-Level Changes near Phuket, South Thailand, Using (Space) Geodetic Techniques

Temporal changes in vertical land motion (VLM) in and around Phuket Island in southern Thailand following the great 2004 Sumatra–Andaman megathrust earthquake have impacted the relative sea-level change estimates based on tide-gauge (TG) records. To better monitor the VLM, two new continuous global navigation satellite system (GNSS) stations...

Assessment of flood early warning and response in an urbanized catchment: A case study of the Tub Ma basin in Thailand

Rapid urbanization has altered the natural hydrological cycle of the Tub Ma catchment, inducing major floods after heavy rainfall events. For that reason, structural mitigation measures were built, including floodwalls along the channel and a pumping station at the outlet. However, no operational rules were available for operating the river...

'Desigrated': Desiccant Integrated Facade System

Desigrate’ is designed to serve as a façade component of office buildings. Therefore, the building technology aspect of climate, façade detailing, and façade assembly is thoroughly discussed, optimized and evaluated to provide a product which acts efficiently as a cooling system and enhances the insulation of the building. Hence serving as a...

Project Koh Tao: Tackling water shortage

Additional Master Thesis - This report serves to inform the local government of Koh Tao on the status of their current water system and advises on an alternative in order to make sure that future tap water demand can be met in a sustainable and reliable manner.

Bridging the gap

This thesis aims to research how the city of Bangkok can deal with flooding and preserve the socio-economic context of informal settlements along the city’s canals by using spatial and non-spatial measures

Performance measurement of public facilities in Thailand: A case study of Dhanarak Asset Development

This paper aims to present Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are used in public real estate management practice in Thailand, and to discuss similarities and dissimilarities between theory and practice. The findings from a single case study are compared with data from 55 other public organisations in Thailand. The case study has been...

Understanding culture in territorial management and its implications for spatial planning: The case of floodplain management in urbanised delta regions in the Netherlands and Thailand

Previous experiences have shown that the implementation of planning policy does not always lead to the originally intended territorial management outcomes. This issue is particularly crucial when policy ideas, institutions, models and programmes are transferred into places with different cultural settings without adaptations (Knieling and...

Evaluation of the usability of a rapid flood model

Floods are one of the most devastating natural disasters, hitting various regions in the world each year. In the last decades the potential damage caused by floods has increased. The need for tools, like flood maps and flood models, for real time monitoring and forecasting of floods has also increased. When an upcoming flood is expected, and...

Modelling of factors impacting adoption of precast concrete systems

Construction technology utilizing prefabricated concrete elements is known as a ‘precast concrete system’. In Western countries, this system has been widely used in constructing bridges, office buildings and residential buildings. A precast concrete construction system provides the advantages of construction effectiveness, high levels of quality...

Environment-friendly bank protection in Thailand

Environment-friendly bank protection by incorporating mangrove vegetation is a new concept in Thailand. The objectives of the study can be described as to make an inventory of using a systematic approach on environment-friendly bank protection as a case study with mangrove river bank in Thailand and to study on wave damping characteristic by...

Hoogwaterbestrijding op de Nam Mun, Thailand

Dit rapport is het resultaat van een studie over de mogelijkheden van hoogwaterbestrijding op de Nam Mun, een rivier in Thailand. Daarbij is tevens rekening gehouden met de behoefte aan irrigatiewater voor landbouwgebieden in het stroomgebied van deze rivier. De Nam Mun is een zijrivier van de Mekong, gelegen in het noordoostelijke deel van...