The Development of Thai-Myanmar Border Towns: The Urban Geopolitical Economic Analysis

• Main Authors: Po-chih Hung, 洪柏智
• Other Authors: Samuel C. Y. Ku
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xhtqp9

博士 === 國立中山大學 === 中國與亞太區域研究所 === 106 === The shape a city takes is always influenced by how people cluster. In the trend of increasing concentration, governance and markets will be created, as will border towns. We can determine that the most important factors for the development of this type of city are “border trade” and “cross-border trade.” These factors encourage people’s migration and goods exchanges every day in border areas, and this becomes the way of life in border towns. The national boundary between Thailand and Myanmar is approximately 1,800 km, but there are only three famous and important border towns: Mae Sai, Mae Sot, and Ranong. We can find a common aspect in these three towns; they are all very close to another border town in Myanmar and are only separated by a river. We can use the new theory, the Urban Geopolitical Economic Theory, to understand the development type of these three border towns, and try to find out what are the most important factors good for border towns’ developing.First, we try to understand about the history between Thailand and Myanmar. Second part, we use the Urban Geopolitical Economic Theory to analyze the development of three border towns and try to discuss political, economic and social issues, and these are chapter4, 5 and 6. About the chapter 7, we would like to compare these three border towns. The last chapter is the conclusion.