STUDY TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: BANGKOK CBD RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

As the destruction of the environment is one of the most important problems affecting the country, the Thai government needs to take legal measures to deal with it. Environmental impact assessment is a tool in the field of natural resource and environmental management under the Enhancement and Conservation of National Environment Quality Act. B.E. 1992: NEQA: 1992 requires that owners of building development project including unity housing projects with over 80 units under the Building Control Act submit reports about the environment impact of their projects. In this regard at CBD, it was found that, as there are a high number of unity housing development projects, the assessment process of the reports about the environment impact have been delayed.

From the studies, the delay was due revisions of the reports regarding the issues of traffic, fire prevention, measures, economic and social conditions, green area, land use, waste management, aesthetics, sewer system, waste water treatment, use of water, light shading and detail information about the projects in question.

It was also found that the project reports were revised several times, moreover, the delayed and time-consuming consideration process was found in the project reports of the 23-meter-or-more high-rise buildings in the cities, which have a much more serious impact on the environment than the not-over-23-meter-high building in the same area.