The 9th International Workshop: Inner City Slum Demolition - Beneficial for All will be organized during December 17 to 19, 2023 at the Thai Real Estate Business School, Bangkok, Thailand organized by FIABCI Thai & Thai Real Estate Business School.  Please see: https://www.trebs.ac.th/en/161/1

 

Come and exchange ideas and find out new solutions for solving slums and squatter settlements by slum demolition.  Slum demolition will help solve the problem of substandard housing, poor environment and poor living condition.  However, it can be done on the basis of physical, legal, financial and marketing feasibilities.  It would be beneficial for the dwellers as well as the society at large.

 

THE PROGRAM

DAY 1: Sunday, December 17, 2023
09:00    Registration (until 18:00)
18:00    Welcome Reception

 

DAY 2: Monday, December 18, 2023
09:00    Introduction to the Program
09:30    Case Studies: Failed Conventional Approaches to House the Poor
            1950's public housing: Limited supplies and wrong target groups
            1960's walk-up apartments: Imitation of western social housing
            1970's sites-and-serviced scheme: Worldwide application and failure
            1980's slum improvement program: Insignificant changes in real terms
            1990's land sharing program: Exception cannot be made norm
10:30    Morning Refreshment
11:00    Actual Shrinkage of Urban Slums in Selected Cities: Why and How? (An ILO Study) in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo
12:00    Lunch
13:00    Case Studies: Successful Private Sector Initiatives in Bangkok
            Percent of slum housing in Bangkok, 43% in 1960 and 2% in 2023
            Percent of private housing in Bangkok, 3% in 1974 to 70% in 2023
            Formal housing (1970-2023), 4.5 million units built
14:00    Case Study in Kathmandu, Nepal
15:00    Afternoon Refreshments
15:15    Case Study in Kampala, Uganda
16:00    Case Study in Jakarta, Indonesia
17:00    End of Presentations and Free and Easy Night

 

DAY 3: Tuesday, December 19, 2023
09:00    Tool 1: Land Readjustment Scheme, Adding More Land Supplies
10:00    Morning Refreshments
10:15    Tool 2: Construction Technology for Mass Housing
11:00    Tool 3: Modeling of Mass Appraisal for the Relocation of Slums
12:00    Lunch
13:30    Study Visits
            A site of a former inner-city slum of 1,500 homes in late 1950's compared with the existing uses to ensure that it should not be kept.

            Bonkai Slum – Ban Eur Arthorn

            A high-rise condominium built for slum dwellers to compensate for the removal of them which is a good example of compensation.

17:00    End of the Program
18:00    Farewell Dinner on the Cruise.

 

Fee:
Early-bird registration fee is US$ 400 (before Friday October 27, 2023). Normal fee is US$ 500. Please fill in the registration form and see payment details at our website: https://www.trebs.ac.th/en/register.php?id=161

This fee includes the cost of lectures, materials, and field transportation, lunches and refreshments during the whole program. It does not include the cost for accommodation and travel arrangements.

 

Accommodations:
Area Place Hotel is recommended to you at the cost of USD 40 including breakfast.  It is only 1 minute walk to the Thai Real Estate Business School. Please see also other alternative hotels in this area.

 

CONTACT:
Ms.Monthida Riabriang
FIABCI Thai
5/15 Nonsi Road, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Tel. (+66) 2295.3171 Ext. 104 Fax. (+66) 2295.1154
E-mail: monthida@thaiappraisal.org
URL: https://www.trebs.ac.th/en/161/1