Abstract:
The research is aimed at studying the role, responsibility, and relationships between the southern-west suburban areas of Phisanulok with Phitsanulok urban areas and the role of Naresuan University, how it affects to the community growth and land use changes in southern-west suburb of Phitsanulok. The study finally proposed the development guidelines of southern-west suburban areas in the future. The result of this study shows the rapid expansion of community in Tha-pho Sub-district due to the policy of higher education to develop Naresuan University as the education center of the Lower Northern Region. The development of Naresuan University effects to the role and relationship between Phisanulok urban areas and Tha-Pho Sub-district, whereous the agricultural suburban areas changed the role to support higher education center of Phitsanulok. The economic activities around the campus was expanded rapidly to serve the university population, such as cafeterias, shops, dormitories etc. It was found that, most of university population spend money in the area around the campus about 21.61% of the expenditure per month. It is forcasted that in 2007, the agricultural land around the campus will be changed by increasing the commercial areas such as cafeterias, restaurants, shops, dormitories, rented rooms. Naresuan University will increase their population about 26,875 persons and this will induce the population workforce of 4,893 persons in Tha-pho Sub-district. The demand of lands will be 554 rai. The rapid expansion of community areas in Tha-pho Sub-district caused many problems. The area was the agricultural land adjustment so it could not developed for community growth. The result of this study proposed to support and promote the role of education center of the area and to cancell the status of land consolidation for 2,725 rai to be service areas to support the communities and university expansion in Tha-pho Sub-district. The land in Tha-pho Sub-district are devided into 3 zones ; they are medium density residential areas in the core area. The zone around campus should be allocated to be low-density residential areas and the rest to be agricultural areas. Moreover, land regulations are proposed to guide and control community expansion in accordance to community growth, and Phisanulok Comprehensive plan, including the infrastructure improvement and the environment prevention to support community growth in the future.