Author: Somboon Sungoonshorn
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Diss no. HS-01-02
Year: 2001
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (Ph.D.) – Asian Institute of Technology
Examination Committee: A.T.M. Nurul Amin (Chairperson); Yap Kioe Sheng, John C.S. Tang, Bishwapriya Sanyal, (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This study is based on an investigation of IS participants living in Bangkok slums for knowing if they have adequate access to the needed services or not. Specifically, the study seeks to investigate if access to the services is hampered or obstructed by any policies, management measures, official procedures, of government agencies or public private institutions or even because of the beneficiaries themselves. Also included in the objective of the study is to find an effective channel to provide the needed services. In view of the resource constraint, the field research study was limited to three slums communities of Bangkok to study. Also, the study focussed on two major types of services: the so-called welfare and non-welfare service needs of the poor. The focus on the welfare services (WS) and non-welfare services (NWS) was rationalized on their respective role to improve quality of life and productive capacity of the poor. This focus is also justified by the fact that basic urban services such as water and electricity are now accessible to the most slum communities in Bangkok. The survey was conducted by interviewing 210 household heads, selected through multi-stage sampling and systematic random sampling (SRS) techniques. The findings suggest that most of slum dwellers are engaged in IS activities (79.05 %) and are of poor socio-economic conditions: low education, precarious employment and low income. Comparative data on socio-economic conditions show that IS participants’ conditions are much poorer than their counterparts in the formal sector even though both groups live in similar congested areas and slum conditions. Field observation as well as survey data confirm interlocking of poverty, slum and informal sector. This interlocking existence of poverty, slum living, and reliance on informal livelihoods calls for public policy and actions targeting on three facets to relieve human deprivations in the urban environment. Welfare and non-welfare services are taken up for in-depth investigation in the study b
Scholarship Donor(s): Government of Thailand Asian Institute of Technology
Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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