Success Factors Concerning the Flooding Prevention in Pakkret Municipality, Nontaburi Province

Abstract

Abstract

               This study was designed to investigate the flooding prevention policy, the multi-sectors’ roles and the administrative practices influencing the success of the flooding prevention in Pakkret Municipaliy, Nontaburi Province. The study was quantitative in nature. The needed data were gathered from 400 flood victims when the flooding took place in 2011.The collected data were analyzed by means of structural equation modelling. As a result of the data analysis, the researcher found that the factors favorable to the flooding prevention success in descending order of degree were the following: the flooding prevention policy of Nontaburi Province, the effective administrative practices in coping with the flooding, and the vital roles played by the multi-sectors.

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