ENIVRONMENT ASIA

Volume 12, No. 02, Month MAY, Year 2019, Pages 105 - 115

E-sci knowledge framework in community water resources management

Nuttakit Iamsomboon, Pattarawat Jeerapattanatorn, and Piya Duangpatra

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The focus of this research was to study a holistic approach to analyzing problems related to community participation in water resources management using a logical framework approach in the form of a problem tree and an exploratory factor analysis for proper water resources management. This research study aimed to design a framework for learning media that was appropriate for the basic knowledge of local people in a community in Samut Songkhram, a province in Central Thailand. The selected samples in this study were from 400 households, three water resources management specialists and two water resources management scholars in the community. The results found that the learning strategy development of the community regarding water resources management was limited in the evident mechanisms and was insufficient to apply to the process of resolving water resources management problems. However, water resources were considered as the most important environmental issue of the community, and we found four components of knowledge on water resources management: (1) effect, (2) solutions, (3) causes, and (4) importance, which are the most crucial for problem solving. The results of this research could be applied to develop a strategic model for other community learning in order to promote the sustainable coexistence between people and nature.

Keywords

Water resources management; Logical framework approach; Exploratory factor analysis

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