S. (Suwanna) Rongwiriyaphanich

Suwanna Rongwiriyaphanich is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft. She started her doctoral research in November 2008 under the supervision of Vincent Nadin, a Professor of Spatial Planning and Strategy. She holds also a position as a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Architecture, Naresuan University in Thailand, with her background as an architect as well as an urban planner in teaching and research. Her research project concentrates on developing a territorial management policy analytical framework that takes cultures as an important aspect for consideration, and policy regarding flood risk management in urbanised delta regions.

• PhD candidate, Present, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; Dissertation: Territorial  Management Policy  Analysis from a Cultural Perspective
•         Master of Infrastructure Planning (MIP.), August 2003, Centre for Infrastructure Planning, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Dissertation: 
          In search of new approaches for problem estates.
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), April 1998, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

•          2010            A Studio Mentor at the Department of Urbanism, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
•          1998-2008  An Instructor at the Faculty of Architecture, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
•          1998            A Research Assistant at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
•          1997            An Internship Architect at Dearborn Street Design and Development International Co.Ltd.

policy analysis, institutional analysis, planning cultures, policy transfer, flood management, development of urbanised delta regions

2011

•         Rongwiriyaphanich, S. (2005) A Study of Infrastructure Investment Planning Regarding Tourism Development in Sukhothai Historical Park: Alternatives and Socio-Economic Impacts to the Local Communities, Journalof Architectural/Planning Research and Studies (JARS), 3: 153-84.
•        Rongwiriyaphanich, S. (2006) Regional Planning Regarding Sustainable Heritage Conservation and Local Development, Planning, Sustainable Local Heritage Conservation: The Transdisciplinary Approach.
•        Rongwiriyaphanich, S. (under a revision process) Land Policy and its Effects on Hybrid Rural-Urban Development Patterns and the Degree of Resilience: A case study of the territorial development in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region
•        Rongwiriyaphanich, S. (a working paper) Policy Analytical Framework from a Cultural Perspective: A Case of Flood Risk Management in the  Bangkok Metropolitan Region.