Victoria Brown

• MArch Architecture
• Understanding Community Resilience: Effects of home-based enterprises on community strength

The informal canal-side settlements in Bangkok face serious social and economic hardships. In light of the 2011 flooding further physical hardships are becoming a concerning issue.  This application funded a field trip to Bangkok to carry out a detailed group study into the risks and vulnerabilities facing informal communities. My personal research investigates the home based enterprises located within these settlements, studying how they were affected by the flooding and their role in increasing community resilience.

This group research project forms part of on-going collaborative research between the Bangkok University and the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) of Newcastle University.

Funding source: Newcastle University