| Author | Liu-weikl, Ling |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. HS-94-10 |
| Subject(s) | Development planning--Thailand
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| Note | A Research Study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Research studies project report ; no. HS-94-10 |
| Abstract | District Development Planing has been given emphasis after many efforts have failed to
bring out the expected results in eradicating rural poverty and reducing rural-urban disparities in
the regional and rural development process. New development concepts and strategies, in the
meantime, are advocated and adopted. New approaches are practiced and experimented. The
needs for training new types of regional and district development planners are identified. The
SPRING programme is one of the efforts given to train the professional regional I district
planners under the decentralized condition. SPRING postulates some selected theoretical
positions and a series of methods and techniques related with the planning process which are
together referred to as the SPRING approach in this paper.
The SPRING approach is taught in the classroom, exercised in the workshop and in the
field. But finally it is expected to be applied in the planning practice by the trained participants.
However, through a questionnaire survey in this study, although the prevalent opinions showed
that the SPRING approach is a problem and action oriented interdisciplinary bottom-up
participatory disttict development planning approach, there are some constraints of fully applying
it presently in the real planning practice in many Asian countries. The constraints are with the
general framework as well as with some planning methods of the approach; and also with the
existing political, social, economic and cultural context. The latter, to a large extent, has to be
seen as given conditions in the developing countries. The comparison between the SPRING
planning approach and the Changwat planning practice in Thailand serves as an example to
illustrate the gap between the conceptual approach and the regional planning practice. Further
study on the application of the planning approach by the SPRING graduates has been suggested in
order to improve the approach and keep the SPRING programme vital.
Notes:
1. This Research Study was completed as part of the requirements for the SPRING
(Asia) Program. SPRING, an acronym for Spatial Planning for Regions in
Growing Economies, is an M. Sc. program jointly offered by AIT and the
University of Dortmund, Germany. Under the SPRING Program, a Research
Study canying 12 credits must be conceptualized and completed within only
one term, i.e. from 1st May to 31st July. Preferably, the topic should be related
to the preceding district development workshop. The SPRING Program thus
differs from other M. Sc. programs at AIT where most students write a thesis
which spans at least eight months.
2. Professor Klaus R. Kunzmann (University of Dortmund, Germany) attended the
final examinations of the SPRING (Asia) students in August 1994. |
| Year | 1994 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. HS-94-10 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kammeier, H. Detlef; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Demaine, Harvey;Routray, Jayant K.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
(DAAD), Germany; |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 |