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Impact of the urbanisation of a small town on its hinterlands: Perceptions of households in the hinterlands of Vang Vieng, Lao PDR

This research investigated the perceived impact of the urbanisation of a small town on its hinterlands, using Vang Vieng in Laos as a case study. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 315 households in 12 villages surrounding the town. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics, mean ranking and multiple regression analysis. The research found that the top ten negative impacts centred on environmental problems. Results of a multiple regression analysis showed that the length of time the household heads had lived in the village positively influenced their perceptions, while the number of household members belonging to political parties and the proportion of type of agricultural production being changed to serve urban markets negatively influenced their perceptions. This research indicates that the environmental problems generated by the urbanisation of a small town extended well beyond the municipal area to its rural hinterlands. The authors argue that town development should therefore set environmental protection among its first priorities.

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Maniemai Thongyou, Center for Research on Plurality in the Mekong Region, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Tel: +668 1544 6722. Email: maniemai@gmail.com

ရေးသားသူ (တစ်ဦးချင်း) Thongyou, Maniemai
ရေးသားသူ (အဖွဲ့) Sosamphanh, Bounthavy; Chamaratana, Thanapauge; Phongsiri, Monchai
ထုတ်ဝေသည့်နေရာ Thailand
ထုတ်ဝေသူ Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
ထုတ်ဝေသည့်ရက်စွဲ 2014
အထွေထွေ မှတ်ချက်

Environment Asia,Volume 7,Number 1,8-12,Available at doaj.org.

တင်ခဲ့သည့်ရက်စွဲ ဇွန် 24, 2015, 09:10 (UTC)
ပြန်လည်ပြင်ဆင်သည့်ရက်စွဲ ဇန်နဝါရီ 7, 2016, 22:27 (UTC)