Bangkok Streetlife reflects everyday city life and Thai urbanism through the study of transformations of place in three local communities. The book begins with an exploration of both Western urban design theories and the urban morphology, and history of Bangkok. It is based in diverse methods of fieldwork with a primarily qualitative methodology. The methods included interview, participant observation and morphological mapping. Particular attention was paid to: the experience and meaning of public space; the development of social capital; current forces for urban change; and the relation of...