The Building and Developing Living Weir with the process of participation Civil Society

Abstract

          Community water scarcity  is necessary to create knowledge, awareness  and community participation.The aims of this study were to investigate 1) to study knowledge, awareness, participation behavior and satisfaction of civil society towards the living weir, and 2) to study the integrity of the ecosystem and the utilization of living weirs in the area of ​​Phaya Yen Subdistrict, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The sample used in the research totaling 300 people, consisting of: government agency state enterprise private sector temple/monastery and people in the community. The research tools were questionnaires to measure knowledge, awareness, participation. and satisfaction Including an observational form on the sustainability of the ecosystem. Data was analyzed with a computer program. The statistics used consisted of frequency, percentage, mean score, and standard deviation. and categorizing qualitative data and descriptive data.

          The major findings indicated as follows: 1. In terms of knowledge on the creation and development of living weirs Overall, knowledge was at a high level, the overall awareness of the construction and development of living dams was at the highest level. Participation in the construction and development of living dams The overall level was moderate. and satisfaction with the creation and development of living check dams Overall, it was at the highest level 2. Integrity of the ecosystem, it can be classified into 4 dimensions: 1) Environmental dimension, it was found that the physical characteristics of the canals Especially above the point where the weir is built. There are more green areas in the form of vegetation. 2) In the ecological dimension, it was found that there was an increase in biodiversity in terms of plants, plants, animals, aquatic animals and amphibians. 3) In the economic dimension, it was found that communities had   ...