MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF AN ORCHARD SYSTEM IN THE LOWER BASIN OF CHAO PHRAYA DELTA: A Case Study of Amphawa Neighborhood

Abstract

An orchard system, in the lower basin of the Chao Phraya Delta, could be regarded as a
sustainable land reclamation process that contributed its indispensable role in providing
space compatibly suitable for settlement, for five hundred years ago. This study led to a result of
the land formation process through the orchard system in the Amphawa neighborhood, by clarifying
the correlation between the waterways and the orchard unit. From an apparent hierarchy of
waterways, and for reason of the geographical advantage which had much influence on the
capacity of irrigation and accessibility to water, the first settlement was possibly located along
the main waterways. And according to the development pattern of the unit of land-parcels and
grouping of land-parcels, there was a systematic land formation process performed to accomplish
the linkage and fabric of an orchard neighborhood.