MODEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT BY INTEGRATING PRINCIPLE OF BUDDHISM OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN SAMUT PRAKAN PROVINCE

Abstract

          Objectives of this research paper were to: 1. Study environmental quality management, 2. Study factors affecting environmental quality management, and 3. Propose a model of environmental quality management by integrating Buddhist principles of local government organizations in Samut Prakan Province. Methodology was the mixed methods: Data for the quantitative research were collected from 309 samples with questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using a statistical package. The qualitative research, data were collected from 17 key informants by in-depth interview and analyzed by descriptive content interpretation.

          Findings were found that: 1) Environmental quality management of the local government organization, by overall, was at a high level. 2) Factors affecting the environmental quality management of the local government organization were found that the management development, community participation and the implementation in line with the principle of Itthipadha 4 affected the environmental quality management of the local administrative organization. With statistically significant level of 0.01, 3) Model of environmental quality management by integrating Buddhist principles of the local government organization. Samut Prakan Province, there was an element of environmental quality management by integrating Buddhist principles, namely, a love for promoting the management of solid waste and its transformation into energy, keeping an eye on air quality in critical and vulnerable areas. Monitoring restoration of the main rivers and improving the coastal erosion prevention and surveillance systems.