Duangjai Rungrojcharoenkit. Local dynamic and water pollution control in Amphoe Bang Pi and King Amphoe Bangsaothong Samutprakan province . Master's Degree(Environmental Planning for Community and Rural Development). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2003.
Local dynamic and water pollution control in Amphoe Bang Pi and King Amphoe Bangsaothong Samutprakan province
Abstract:
The objective of this research was to study the influences of the global and national
socio-economic changes on local context as well as the effectiveness of water pollution
control. The responses of all stakeholders relevant to water pollution control were considered
with the aim to interpret the pattern of capital circulation which implied the opportunity and
constraint of water pollution control in Amphoe Bang Pli and King Amphoe Bangsaothong,
Samutprakan province. The research employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
The outcomes showed that socio economic changes and environmental movement in
the global and national context of the 1990s led to the construction of more positive
environmental policies in Samutprakan. However, they could not bring about better water
quality as expected due to low capital circulation in the secondary and tertiary circuits
blocking the cost effectiveness on water pollution control. Since the public agencies have
never formulated other mechanisms, except the application of command and control, the
responsibility of water pollution control was not shared among all stakeholders. When there
was change in the provincial economy from deindustrialization in the early of 1990s toward
reindustrialization after the economic crisis of 1997, public officials rarely applied the
stringent environmental regulation to polluters. As a result, there was high ignorance
on the green investment although many industrial firms, in the post economic crisis,
occupied better attitude on capital allocation in the tertiary circuit especially cleaner
technology.
To achieve the entire capital flow for serving better water pollution control, the
following mechanisms should be urgently formulated. First, a clear statement on the
direction of industrial development would provide the secure condition for industrial firms to
invest in long term topics like environmental infrastructure. Second, a green technology
center would reduce the risk of bad investment in research and development for cleaner
production. Finally, people empowerment would keep the public commitment in capital
allocation for water pollution control.