People Opinions on The Dams Building to Prevent Coastal Erosion and Mangrove Forest Areas Project at Sawang Arom Village, Khlong Dan Sub - district, Bang Bo District, Samut Prakan Province Forest Resource and Environmental Administration Forestry Kasetsart University

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to determine socio-economic characteristic, opinions level and factors affecting people opinions on the dams building to prevent coastal erosion and mangrove forest areas project at Sawang Arom village, Khlong Dan sub - district, Bang Bo district, Samut Prakan province. Data gathered by employing the designed questionnaire and interviewed 169 households head representative   who located in the area of Ban Sawang Arom, Village No. 9, Khlong Dan sub-district, Bang Bo district, Samut Prakan province. Statistical analysis methods employed for testing the setting hypothesis were t-test and F-test with the given significant level at .05. (p-value = .05)

The results of this study indicated that most of the respondents were male, and with the average age of 45.50 years, their educational level were at primary school. General occupation was their main occupation, originally domiciled in the village. Their average household income was 131,390.53 baht per year, and with an average settlement period of 32.94 years. They were member of a social group, experienced in preventing coastal erosion, received from the implementation of the project and knowledge about the project at a high level. People opinions on the dams building to prevent coastal erosion and mangrove forest areas project at Sawang Arom village, Khlong Dan sub - district, Bang Bo district, Samut Prakan province were at the high level with an average score of 3.93. Factors affecting people opinions on the dams building to prevent coastal erosion and mangrove forest areas project at Sawang Arom village, Khlong Dan sub - district, Bang Bo district, Samut Prakan province were household income, social group membership, receiving information, coastal erosion prevention experience and benefit from the project