Open AccessPak Mun Dam’s long term impact on local residents’ livelihood
Author(s) -
Pattaraphongpan Chaiyamart,
William C. Gartner,
Stephan Carlson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research in business and social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2147-4478
DOI - 10.20525/ijrbs.v10i3.1138
Subject(s) - livelihood , term (time) , dimension (graph theory) , geography , environmental resource management , socioeconomics , environmental planning , sociology , environmental science , agriculture , mathematics , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Multidimensional well-being is an important method for understanding the social functioning of communities affected by the Pak Mun Dam, 26 years after its construction. This is the first quantitative research on the well-being of these communities. In six of eight well-being dimensions, the more distant communities are faring better than those in close proximity to the dam. Furthermore, 24 of 40 items that represent each dimension have statistically significant lower means in the affected community. This result shows the long-lasting nature of negative effects on communities and without appropriate policy action, negative impacts will linger preventing developmental progress from occurring.