Table 3. Goals, indicators, and results from Bangkok urban greening project (adapted from Fraser (2002))
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Goal |
Indicator |
Highlights from year 1 |
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Establish urban green plans |
Area planted/improved |
55 x 55 m area planted with shade trees; 5 x 300 m area of gardens |
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Empower communities |
Number of people active in community working group |
Approximately 20 people in each community in working group, 100 person days
of labor volunteered to project |
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Reduce poverty |
Income generated by gardens |
Ten gardens, each of which provided 10% of household food requirements
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Empower women |
Equal gender representation at all events |
Initial lack of any female participation in working group in one community
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Forge links between communities and government |
Resources provided by government to communities |
60 person days of labor paid for by government |
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