Author: Kanokphan Jongjarb
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-13-13
Year: 2013
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2013
Examination Committee: Bernadette P. Resurreccion (Chairperson); Philippe Doneys, Edsel E. Sajor (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This research study aims to identify gendered vulnerability and adaptation to water stresses in the peri-urban area of Bangkok, Kracheng village II and III, Samkok District, Pathumthani province. The study reveals that the water stresses including excessive water and water variation hindering canal water flow causing low water quality have been generated from the unplanned urbanization of Bangkok Metropolis Region (BMR) attributing to the peri-urban characteristics including rapidly increasing population without adequacy of infrastructure, land use change and urban bias policy. The gendered drivers, the intersection of gender role which constrained education levels, types of occupations and income generation, registered house status resulted from patrilocality, and lack of gender sensitivity in local authority create gendered vulnerability to water stresses. The poor men and women, non local housewife and local housewife, and female head of household and male of heads of household are affected in the different level of exposure in a gender-specific way. Additionally, to cope with those changes, traditional gender roles are constructed in the adaptive capacities among women and men. The differentiation of gendered adaptation strategies are also differentiated by economic resource. Men use the form of formality and women use the form of informality to secure their livelihood toward water stress impacts. The institution, male predominant, constrained the gender adaptation and abandon gender specific needs which exacerbate women’s ability to cope with changes from the national to local level. The research used mixed method approach qualitative and quantitative strategies including household survey, in-depth interview and focus group discussion in order to discover gendered drivers to vulnerability and adaptation.
Scholarship Donor(s): International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Royal Thai Government; Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Science in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development,
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