Creative Class and Gentrification: The Case of Old Bangkok Foreigner Communities,Charoenkrung and Talad Noi Neighbourhood

Abstract

             The redevelopment of old centre urban has been challenging in many countries where exploiting strong cultural awareness to its population expresses different angles and cultural approaches. Besides state-level advocacy, the creative class was raised as one of the economic forces to regenerate decaying districts. Thus, to accumulate creative people in the city, a proper urban environment should be installed to attract them. Nevertheless, the arrival of newcomers who have creative background sometimes intrudes on the everyday life of local people. The case of Talad Noi and Charoenkrung Road are well illustrated manifestation of both new and local people inscribing their own culture in the area. The question eventually arising with this gentrification phenomenon is newcomers who arrive with specific culture capital cooperate or intrude the existing cultural resources of the local community.