Thailand 4.0 and the Built Environment: Lessons from a Global Entrepreneur
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Thailand has currently been at the most crucial point in the recent history. Since taking control the country’s administration in May 2014, the military regime have been introducing reforms in various aspects including a new direction of development known as Thailand 4.0. Historically a traditional agriculture society, a long list of social and economic development plans adopting since early 1960s put Thailand in the middle income trap with inequality and imbalanced growth. Thailand needs to move away from heavy industries that consume so much resource, energy and quickly deteriorate the environment.
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