Air Pollution Prevention and Solution through Community Participation in Song Khanong Subdistrict, Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan Province
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This research article aimed to 1) examine the prevention and remediation of air pollution through community participation in Song Khonong Subdistrict, Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan Province; and 2) explore community opinions and recommendations regarding air pollution prevention and remediation through participatory processes in the same area. This quantitative research targeted residents of Song Khonong Subdistrict, with a sample size of 367 individuals determined using Krejcie and Morgan’s table and selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire validated for content by experts. Descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were employed for analysis.
The findings revealed that 1) Overall, community participation in the prevention and remediation of air pollution was at a high level ( = 3.78). Among the specific aspects, participation in operational activities scored the highest ( = 3.89), followed by participation in monitoring and evaluation ( = 3.79), decision-making ( = 3.78), and benefit-sharing ( = 3.67); and 2) Regarding opinions and recommendations for improving air pollution control through community participation, respondents suggested activities such as educational training programs (24 mentions), community network building (13 mentions), promotion of renewable energy (10 mentions), tree planting in public areas (8 mentions), community regulations to reduce burning (8 mentions), establishment of fire-waste monitoring groups (7 mentions), community meetings (5 mentions), and installation of air quality monitoring devices (2 mentions).
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