Development Model for Sustainable Livable City of Maha Sarakham Province

Abstract

The purposes of this mix research were to study 1) the levels of factors which affected the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province 2)  the level of development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province 3) theco-relation of  factors which affected the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province 4)the factors which affected to the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province and 5) the model the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province. The samples in quantitative research were 400 people who are 18 years of age and over in Maha Sarakham Province calculated by Taro Yamane’s formula and selected through random sampling techniques. The instrument used in the quantitative research was a five rating scale questionnaire with 0.993 of reliability and 20 persons in focus group activity for qualitative research. The statistics for quantitative research encompassed frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression by stepwise method with the statistic significant level at.05. for the analysis of qualitative research, the description and explanation were applied.    

       The results of the research were as follows; 1) The levels of factors which affected the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province as a whole were rated at high level. 2) The level of development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province as a whole were rated at high level. 3) The co-relation of factors which affected the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province was rated at high. It was .880 (R = .880) and 4) The factors which affected to the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province as a whole which the significance level at .01 with variables such as the communication factor(X₁₂). The public organization at state level (X₅) The technology factor (X₁₁). The personal trait (X₁₃). The private sector factor (X₇). The area factor (X₈). The public organization at regional level (X₄₎) which able to predict the changing of the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province as a whole with 80.40 percent (R² = .804) shown in the unstandardized predicted equation from the multiple regression of five variables as follows;

       = -.130 + (.217X₁₂) + (.201X₅) + (.190X₁₁) + (.100X₁₃) + (.106X₇) + (.094X₈) + (.113X₄)

       and shown in the unstandardized predicted equation from the multiple regression of five variables as follows;

        = .237Z₁₂ + .221Z₅ + .195Z₁₁ + .108Z₁₃ + .112Z₇+ .093Z₈+ .107Z₄

And 5) the development model for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province was composed of
the people factor, the public organization at district level factor, the public organization at local level factor, the public organization at regional level factor, the public organization at state level factor, the public personnel factor, the private sector factor, the area factor, the historical factor, the technology factor, the communication factor, the personal trait factor, the social geography factor, the politician factor, the long life learning factor and the safety factor which affected the development for permanent livable city of Maha Sarakham Province in 8 aspects, namely; the sociology, the economic, the environment and natural resources, the infrastructure and the physical, the good governance and the city management, the culture, the education and the equity and comparable.