Abstract:
This research aimed to: 1) study the flooding problems of local administrative organizations in the economic area of Rayong Province; 2) study the policy process and problems arising from flood management of local administrative organizations in the economic area of Rayong Province at present; and 3) present the flood management model of the local administrative organizations in the economic area of Rayong Province under the concept of local administrations. This researach was a qualitative research. There were 33 key informants such as representatives from the civil servant network and local government organization leaders, representaitves from the private agency network/ non-profit organization/ charity organization, and representatives from the people network/ civil society that were affected by the floods in the economic area of Rayong Province. Data collection was used by in-depth interview, focus group and observational techniques and data were analyzyed using content analysis in contextual unit.
The research found that:
1. The problem of flood management was caused by heavy and cumulative rain for a long time, wild floods, sudden floods, flooding and overflowing banks, landfill, invasion of upstream forests, and construction of a building encroach on the river, therefore causing the severe flooding problems which cause all people in every region to get hurt and damage.
2. In the policy process, the policy formulations was caused by the current issues in the area and the specified policies were supported by the people and groups but there were problems in the state, not allowing the private sector and groups to participate in policy formulation, as for the policy implementation, there were problems in the lack of competency of the organization, the ability to control and monitor projects, the measurement of progress or the control of operations still did not have a system, the lack of necessary database for planning to support flood management and the problems with communication system and warning that sent information to the public were delayed, as for the policy evaluation, policy were effective and up to date and able to fix problems quickly, people have confidence in the management of the unit and those involved, however, som key informants agreed that management was not effective and was not concrete, the operation was not yet systematic, there was no specific water management unit, local government organizations in the economic areas of Rayong Province cannot manage all the floods by themselves, lack of budget for equipment and tools supply and lack the actual database of the areas to support decision-making, while the effectiveness of management has not achieved the organization's goals and lack of zoning and use measurement to control building of the city plan for flood resolution.
3. The model of flood management of local administrative organizations in the economic area of Rayong Province that was appropriate and should be, as the policy level, because of the operation was currently lacking coordination of relevant sectors, resulting in duplication and unity, there should be an agency responsible for flood management in particular for control and supervise water management in accordance with the frame of government policy, as the operational level, every sector must look at the same porlem and responsible units must be aware of fulfillment of their powers and duties in accordance with the guidelines in the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act 2007 and the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Plan 2015 which focused on prevention and mitigatiion, readiness preparation in conjunction with emergency management, including integrating joint solutions with units and related parties in all sectors, both before the incident, during the event and after the flood, reducing the role of the state and opening the area for other non-state actors to truly participate by the government have only the role of director and coordinator, by applying the concept of tovernance as a guideline for flood management which has importance principles consisting of the collaboration, the negotiation, the flexibility and the trust, for to be used to control and supervise water management in accordance with the policy framework of the government specified.