Author: Marian Hermosura Tadefa
AIT Library Call Number: AIT RSPR no. HS-93-11
Year: 1993
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Research Studies Project Report (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1993
Examination Committee: Hans Detlef Kammeier (Chairperson); Jayant Kumar Routray, B.W.E. Wickramanayake (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Rural-regional development is a concept that emphasizes the need to directly address the problems and potentials of a rural region as against the highly-urbanized and industrialized areas or the metropolis. Herein lies an answer to the nagging poverty among Third World countries where majority of the population are the so-called rural poor. Development of the rural region requires the provision of basic services and facilities that will support the goal of productivity of rural labor and capital. Specifically, this means tha.t the rural population have to have access to, at least, the minimum acceptable levels of food, shelter, education, and health. From the point of view of public administration, there has to be a means with which the services that encourage productivity and improve living conditions can be effectively and efficiently delivered. This concept forms the.basis for rural center planning. This study aimed to apply a planning approach for a particular rural center, that is, Sukhapiban or Sanitary District Non Din Daeng, in Lahansai District, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand. It is a small community center of 7,462 inhabitants and around 8 sq.km. in size. However, certain political and economic forces are at play suggesting some level of growth for the Sanitary District in the near future. Now, this growth has to be planned and managed in a way that the needs of the local people, specially the rural hinterland, can be served and the physical and socio-economic problems that go with urbanization is avoided in this case. A Framework for a Rural Center Outline Development Plan was formulated and served as a guide in the implementation of the research and planning activities that ensued. Major methods and techniques used considered time feasibility in research implementation. balanced with the need to generate a fairly comprehensive indications of the development factors in the area. Also, practicality was the main principle adopted in determining the direction of physical growth considering the re
Scholarship Donor(s): Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Germany
Note: A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology
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