Abstract
The aim of this study is to show the land use changes and its factors in the suburbs of Bangkok and propose a sustainable land use plan. At first, we classified Bangkok Metropolitan Region to some homogeneous areas based on natural condition, population, green cover ratio, land use and agricultural type using GIS. As a result, our target site was identified as an urban fringe area. And then, we made land use maps in 1952 and in 1998 of our study site from aerial photographs. These maps indicated that urbanization have been influenced by agricultural and transport infrastructures.
