Kriengkai Julrat. The study of role on community environmental management of community housings' authorities in Bangkok . Master's Degree(Environmental Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
The study of role on community environmental management of community housings' authorities in Bangkok
Abstract:
This research has an objective to study the role of community housing’s
authorities in environmental management. These are in the area of knowledge-giving,
coordination, and leadership. The study compares the independent variables, i.e. age,
educational level, job service time, size of community housing, information receipt, as
well as level of the role in environmental management in 3 areas. They also include
problems, obstacles, and recommendations in regards to the role in community
environmental management. The samples are those community housing’s authorities
at the level of head department and assistant in the Bangkok area for a total of 19
communities. The questionnaire and in-depth interview are used as research tool.
Data analysis is done by SPSS program. The statistics in use are percentage, means,
highest value, lowest value, and standard deviation.
The research result shows that the community housing’s authorities have the
role of community environmental management in knowledge dissemination,
coordination, and leadership at a medium level. The variable having relationship with
this role is information receipt on environment. Variables having no relationship with
this role are age, educational level, job service time, and size of community housing,
with statistically significant result at 0.05. Problems and obstacles in community
environmental management are due to the lack of cooperation and coordination with
related units and community residents. As well, the budget for environmental
supervision is limited.
Recommendations are that community housing’s authorities should coordinate
with the District Office to manage staff for rubbish collection so that there is no leftover
rubbish. They should also take care of the budget and materials support by
National Housing in order to be adequate for environmental supervision in the
community. There should also be campaign activity for residents to participate in
environmental supervision within their own community on a continuous basis. There
should also be an evaluation after the campaign on a constant basis.