Participation Factors in Community Water Resource Conservation of People in Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study the level of participation in community water resource conservation, 2) study the priority of participation factors in community water resource conservation, and 3) recommend the guidelines to enhance people participation in community water resource conservation in Nonthaburi province. The sample consisted of 3,120 people in 5 municipal areas of Nonthaburi province (Muang Nonthaburi, Bang Sri Muang, Pak Kret, Bang Kruai, and Bang Bua Thong district). The questionnaire was employed to collect quantitative data. Data analysis applied mean, standard deviation, frequency, correlation coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. The results reveal that 1) people participation level in community water resource conservation in Nonthaburi was at a moderate level. The range of mean score from the highest to the lowest is preservation, recovery, and development sequentially, 2) people in Nonthaburi province give the highest priority in participation in community water resource conservation in recovery, then development and preservation respectively, and 3) it is recommended that to promote community participation in water resource conservation in Nonthaburi province  one should focus on recovery, development, and protection respectively, resulting in the best result according to the given priority of people in Nonthaburi province