Author: An Sang Kyung
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-81-03
Year: 1981
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1984
Examination Committee: Karl E. Weber (Chairperson); Jamlong Atikul, Hans Detlef Kammeier, Takashi Onishi, (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Thailand faces a set of problems with respect to regional inequalities that are remarkable similar to those in other parts of the Third World, Sustantantial imbalances of opportunity between provinces have arisen, to a large extent as a result of the spatial pattern of settlement and the associated distribution of social services. The analysis in this study is concerned with inter-provincial inequalities and with the subdivision of territory on the basis of observed differences, since this is clearly a matter that should be central to any government policy making and planning. The study begins with two places of analysis: one on economic performance and another on social inequality in Thailand, both in a provincial context. Principal component analyses are applied to a 72×28 data matrix. Pronounced inequalities in socio-economic development among provinces, regions, urban and rural areas are revealed. The empirical pattern of interrelationships between these two systems of variation is explored by canonical correlation technique. The result supports the hypothesis that economic growth has positive relationship with the level of social equality. Finally, a socio-economic regionalization is proposed for steering socio-economic development. Component analysis isolates the basic patterns of valuation of socio-economic characteristics among provinces, and grouping analysis classifies the provinces on the basis of these patterns. Non-contiguous grouping produces socio-economic typologies grouping of provinces with a contiguity constraint produces uniform socio-economic regions. Based on the analysis of the real problem that has been carried out in this research, pertinent conclusions are drawn within the framework of regional development planning.
Scholarship Donor(s): Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), The Federal Republic of Germany
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillments of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
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