10 Flood and Drought Management Using the Environmental Education Process in tambon Kaeng Phak Kut Amphoe Tha Luang Changwat Lop Buri

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the management of flood and drought
using the environmental education process in tambon Kaeng Phak KutAmphoe Tha Luang
Changwat Lop Buri. 2) to create a training manual for managing flood and drought using
the environmental education process. population of 1,424 households in Kaeng Pak Kood
Sub-district were used. divided into two
Environmental Science. The study was divided into two, 1) quantitative research. Collect
data from a sample of 312 people. The result of this method found that participation on water
resources management in high level. To test the hypothesis that factors significantly related of
their participation in water resources management were education, time of residence, career
and income. The result of hypothesis testing indicated that the sex, age, meeting or training and
groups membership had no relationship with the participation in water resources management.
1.2) Participatory Action Research. Collect data from a sample of leaders and local knowledge.
Datas were collected by participant observation, depth interviewing and focus group the 40
samples. The results showed that the problem of flooding 62.5 percent and 100 percent, the
problem of drought. There are solutions that include the construction of flood gates open-close
to the water and understanding about the management of water to the public. Solutions for
the drought is water supply reservoir and understanding about the management of water to
the public 2) Environmental Education: The samples were high school students in Grade 1 to
Grade 3 to 38 peoples of Ban Tha Kruat School. Questionnaires and training manual were used,
the study found that the average achievement of training, after training than before training.
And evaluate the effectiveness of the training manual is very good. Representing a sample of
the knowledge, skills, attitudes, awareness and participation increased.