Collaboration Mapping in Sustainable Development: A Case Study from Haze in Chiang Mai

Abstract

A sustainable city does not come from only high technological development in many cases; an area based sustainable development was found in the city with good collaboration between stakeholder within the city. Taken from a case study of haze pollution in Chiang Mai, the government has been dealing with haze in a temporary and short-term manner for over a decade, rather than implementing sustainable solutions. The reoccurrence of haze has caused conflict between the local government and its citizen. The new socially organized group “Breath Council” has sparked a new light and shifted the power to solve haze in Chiang Mai. This is a new space for collaboration and participation between previously conflicted actors. This paper depicts implementing a social collaboration strategy in the institution/relationship arrangement toward sustainable development.