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Tauson, Michaelle Marie. "Seeking asylum in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/66361/.
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Premachandra, W. T. S. Dammini. "Biology, population dynamics, vector potential and management of Ceratothripoides claratris on tomato in central Thailand." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=974373826.
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Chirattikalwong, Anawat. "Natural ventilation and solar control : design analysis of suburban Bangkok housing estates." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1365783.
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The housing estates boom was and is a result of the Southeast Asia economic growth after the economic crisis between 1997 and 1998. Housing estates, especially in the suburbs of Bangkok, are designed by considering only aesthetics and costs without considering the negative effects that might occur to the occupants and nature. These negative effects lead to the insufficiency energy crisis.Determining how to reduce the energy used and increase the living quality in the building type is the critical question for architects to answer. Redesigning the housing estate using sustainable design concepts, especially with a focus on the natural ventilation and shading device strategies, can lift up the occupants' living quality because such design can provide cross ventilation through the house and solar shading to reduce the heat gain in the house. Not only would such design improvements make houses more comfortable for inhabitants, they also would reduce the energy use.The methodologies of research start with spatial analyses to define the general character of this type of house, then the redesigning of a selected existing house is used to focus on natural ventilation and shading devices design in order to improve the occupants living quality and to reduce the energy used in the house. It is hoped that this project can be the first step for other architects to understand the logic of natural ventilation and shading control design strategies within the realm of sustainability.Department of Architecture
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Tirapas, Chamnarn. "Daylighting of the Bangkok townhouse : facade design and spatial improvement guidelines." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292547.
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Bangkok's dramatic growth in the last three decades has brought with it a wide range of urban problems - economic, architectural, environmental, and social. One problem has been a demand for a new dwelling and work spaces. The Bangkok townhouse has served to meet both needs, but the forms it has taken thus far leaves needs improvement.This creative project proposes improvements to the Bangkok townhouses to make it more responsive to its environment as well as interior functions. The improvements focus on facades, reorganization of interior spaces, and physical townhouse elements. The study uses a typological and environmental study to understand and investigate examples of existing Bangkok townhouses. This includes case study analyses to suggest daylighting design strategies for design applications.This study proposes a facade design guideline and a set of physical arrangement suggestions for enhancing the daylight, ventilation, and accommodation capacity of the Bangkok townhouses. In addition, potential applications of the facade guidelines are illustrated. The facade and physical arrangement guidelines can be a fundamental concept for further development and improvement of the Bangkok and other townhouses in locations throughout Thailand.Department of Architecture
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Thongsukplang, Suwadee. "Governing development through leases in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527266.
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Tsukamoto, Mikio Boonyong Keiwkarnka. "Job strain among physicians in Bangkok, Thailand /." Abstract, 2005. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2548/cd375/4737950.pdf.
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Silapiruti, Pornsawan. "Development guidelines and suggestions for Koa Ratanakosin, Bangkok, Thailand." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/440947.
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The Development Guidelines and Suggestions for Koa Ratanakosin, Bangkok, Thailand were established from an analysis of the study site along with the interpretation of results from a public opinion survey. The site analysis consisted of the analysis of physical, social-economic, environmental condition, and development constraints. The assessment of needs and potentials were determined and grouped as physical problem areas. The development suggestions derived from the public opinion survey were determined and grouped as problem areas. These problem areas then led to the establishment of goals and objectives for future development of Koa Ratanakosin.Department of Landscape Architecture
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Siri, Raktida. "Indian tourists' motivation, perception, and satisfaction of Bangkok,Thailand." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9827/.
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The purposes of the study were to: 1) identify Indian tourists' demographics and travel patterns; 2) examine Indian tourists' motivation to take the Bangkok area trip; 3) examine the level of importance of information sources; 4) identify the level of satisfaction of Indian tourists on their travel experience on the Bangkok area attributes; and 5) examine the intention to return and willingness to recommend the Bangkok area and Thailand. The findings showed that Indian tourists were motivated to visit the Bangkok area by both push and pull factors. Family and/or friends and the Internet were considered as important sources in trip decision making. Indian tourists were generally satisfied with the Bangkok area's attributes. They also showed the desire to revisit and recommend Bangkok and Thailand as travel destinations.
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Thaichon, Panthai. "A Study of the Utilization of Educational Media Programs in the Teachers' Colleges in Bangkok." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331093/.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the current status of the educational media programs in six teachers' colleges in Bangkok by analyzing the educational media programs as they are perceived by teachers, educational media teachers, and administrators with regard to utilization, administration, and personnel.
The survey instrument was distributed to the 120 teachers, thirty-seven educational media teachers, and sixty administrators in the six major teachers* colleges in Bangkok. The total number of responses was 185, or 85.25 per cent of the population of teachers, educational media teachers, and administrators. The data were tabulated, and categories of availability and usage of educational media were established. The t test was applied to the data obtained from teachers and administrators to determine if significant differences existed at the 0.05 level with regard to the ranking of qualifications needed by educational media teachers.
The findings from this study indicate that the teachers, educational media teachers, and administrators surveyed are basically in agreement regarding the utilization of educational media. Teachers and administrators agree on the qualifications of educational media teachers who serve in the teachers" colleges and in the majority of teachers' colleges the educational media center is a separate entity. Recommendations with regard to the training of educational media teachers and classroom teachers and suggestions for further study of the us. of educational media in other types of institutions of higher learning in Thailand are made.
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Paitoonmongkon, Chanoknart. "The public relations campaign for Bangkok fashion week, Thailand." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2938.
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The purpose of this project is to apply public relations theoretical frameworks and advertising strategies to the public relations campaign for Bangkok Fashion week to increase the number of domestic participants.
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Vorng, Sophorntavy. "Status City: Consumption, Identity, and Middle Class Culture in Contemporary Bangkok." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5771.
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Doctor of PhilosophyFollowing decades of sweeping social change, a 'new' Thai middle class emerged to become the main agents of the mass demonstrations which have rocked Bangkok for the better part of the past four years. Yet, the academic literature reveals a marked paucity of data on the urban middle class, and on Bangkok's systems of stratification. This dissertation addresses this lacuna with research based on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Bangkok. My investigations suggest that an indigenous spatial-symbolic matrix, encapsulated in centralising and hierarchising mandalic principles, continues to inform both cultural understandings of stratification and the socio-spatial structure of Bangkok. However, traditional status distinctions are now pervaded by the idiom of material wealth introduced by the forces of global markets. Today, life in Bangkok is framed by a hierarchy of affluence which echoes the numerical precision of the premodern sakdina system of status differentiation. Accordingly, I argue that the notion of the 'urban-rural divide' popularly used to describe the conflict obscures a more complex reality in which city and countryside are linked by reciprocal relations within both urban and national systems of status and class. This is clearly discernable in the nature of everyday interclass relations in Bangkok which have been exacerbated by contemporary diminishment and marginalisation of upcountry Thais by the urban middle classes. It is an incendiary dynamic that has been exploited to tremendous effect in the current political power struggle. I demonstrate that the middle class is significantly stratified internally, and explore how middle class culture and identity are drawn in large part from their understandings of status practices of elites. Much of this takes place in the public spaces of the city's scores of shopping malls, which articulate a local vernacular of prestige where hierarchical power relations are inscribed in urban space. Structural constraints and the societal privileging of wealth and connections are constant challenges to middle class aspirations for upward mobility, and the Bangkokian middle class harbours no illusions of Thai society as a meritocracy. This disenchantment has been channelled into a churning politics of resentment with demonstrably explosive potential. Ultimately, however, I argue that middle class discontent will contribute little to reform while the majority of individuals feel their only avenue for social mobility is to negotiate a pre-existing system of stratification which many perceive as unjust.
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Göransson, Ida, and Samantha Winter-Hall. "Scandinavian management : A minor field study in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-11302.
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Bachelor thesis by the school of business and economics at the Linnaeus University in Växjö, Enterprising and business development 2EB00E, spring 2010. Authors: Ida Göransson and Samantha Winter-Hall Tutor: Magnus Forslund Title: Scandinavian management – a minor field study in Bangkok, Thailand. Background: Asia is a region that is developing rapidly. More and more companies are moving there or build a subsidiary. To be able to do this successfully the companies need to accept and comprehend the different cultures. This thesis focuses on Scandinavian companies in Bangkok Thailand and how the Scandinavian management has influenced Thailand. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of how the Scandinavian management influences Thailand. Delimitations: We will conduct this study thoroughly in Bangkok at SAS Southeast Asia office. We have focused only on SAS Southeast Asia head office in Bangkok because it gives us the opportunity to “dig deeper” and explore the different management styles. Method: This is a research with qualitative interviews and formal- and informal observations. Our study has an abductive approach and the interviewees were chosen through convenience- and snowball sampling. The theoretical framework is about; management, culture, Thai culture and Scandinavian management. Result: The thesis will result in this conclusion; ”The Thai managers have been influenced in a way that has made them more independent and questioning. They are not afraid of speaking their mind and have learnt to adapt their way of managing according to the surroundings. They accept the new inputs from the Scandinavian management style that they believe works and improve their own management styles. When the Thai employees are amongst Scandinavians they know how to act and adapt and when they are together with Thai employees that are very Thai and can not change who they are, they can just accept the other management styles and use what they can to improve their own styles because by understanding your own culture makes it easier to understand others, Abramson and Keating (2009)” Enjoy your reading!
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Archer, Diane. "Social capital and participatory slum upgrading in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244821.
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This study applies the concept of social capital to participatory slum upgrading, specifically the Baan Mankong (“secure housing”) programme in Bangkok. The Baan Mankong programme uses community participation to meet the housing needs of the urban poor, with financial assistance from the state. Since starting in 2003, the programme has drawn international praise, and is being scaled-up nationally, yet few studies have examined its social and institutional outcomes, focusing rather on the physical outputs. This study tries to fill this gap: as a programme that aims to be about “more than just houses”, attention needs to be paid to its impacts on both horizontal and vertical associations to determine whether it really offers an increased role for the urban poor in governance. A qualitative approach was taken, using semi-structured interviews, participant observation and discussion groups in four case-study communities. The analysis is structured on three levels: intra-community ties, inter-community ties, and state-community linkages, representing bonding, bridging and linking social capital respectively. At the level of intra-community relations, the study finds that upgrading had positive but temporary effects on collective action. Community leadership can be a uniting or dividing force, determining whether collective activities are sustained. Slum networks, representing inter-community relations, are essential for scaling-up upgrading through learning-by-doing. There is scope for cooperation between different networks for unity in negotiations with the state. With regard to community-state linkages, bureaucracy can still be a barrier to effective cooperation, and trust in officials remains low. This study focuses on those at the core of the upgrading process, and offers suggestions for ensuring that collective action provides the best results for both the urban poor and the state. Social capital is a valuable resource for the poor, when the formation of horizontal and vertical associations is actively promoted. As participatory development becomes the new paradigm and the poor increasingly take the initiative in ensuring their needs are met, a fuller understanding of Thailand’s experiences can help shape housing and community development policies elsewhere.
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Changbumrung, Jiraratana Thesasilpa Supranee. "Aflatoxin in milk from Bangkok and northeast Thailand mothers /." Abstract, 1999. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2542/42E-JiraratanaT.pdf.
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Siri, Raktida Kennon Lisa R. "Indian tourists' motivation, perception, and satisfaction of Bangkok, Thailand." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9827.
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Thanagosai, Suntharin. "Job Satisfaction among Faculty Members at Six Metropolitan Area Teachers Colleges in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331511/.
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The purpose of study was to compare job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction among faculty members at six teachers colleges in the Bangkok metropolitan area with respect to age, gender, length of experience, level of education, administrative position, academic rank, department, faculties, and salary. The findings of this research were compared with previous studies of Vatthaisong (1982) and Karoonlanjakorn (1986), which measured job satisfaction among faculty members in the Northeastern part and in the non-metropolitan areas of Central Thailand. Additionally, this inquiry expanded the two previous studies and speculated on the possibility that Herzberg's two-factor theory is adaptable to Thai faculty members in Thailand. The instrument consisted of ten demographic items and a 67-statement questionnaire. The questionnaire was based on Herzberg's two-factor theory, and used a five-point rating scale for ten facets of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction. The total stratified random sampling population was made up of 400 faculty members from six teachers colleges in the Bangkok metropolitan area. The returned rate for questionnaires was 383 (95.75%). Frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and Scheffe method were used for analyses. The level of significance was set at .05. The findings of this study indicated that faculty members with high ages, high work, experiences, high salaries, high academic ranks, high levels of education, and high administrative positions were more satisfied with their jobs than faculty members with lower rankings in these demographic variables. Male faculty members were more satisfied than female faculty members. The results of this research were similar to Vatthaisong's and different from Karoonlanjakorn's. The faculty members of Vatthaisong's inquiry and those of the present study were satisfied with their jobs in every facet except salary, while Karoonlanjakorn's findings reported that no areas of dissatisfaction were revealed. Because the factors described in Herzberg's theory were not the same as those determined in this study, Herzberg's two-factor theory may not be suitable for use with Thai faculty members in Thailand.
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Bell, John Barry. "Wat Phra Chetuphon : the narratives of form, symbol, and architectural order in the Thai temple." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102787.
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This thesis strives to uncover the central narrative latent in the forms, symbols, and architectural order of Wat Phra Chetuphon, a major royal temple in Bangkok, and to consider its revelatory significance in relation to the broader question of Thai sacred building. Conventionally Wat Pho's architecture is assumed to follow a fully formed Siamese tradition.1 Though conceived within a newly challenging historical context, and with a novel pedagogic programme, the architecture's symbolic value has been, therefore, treated as largely self evident. Yet surprisingly neither the traditions of Thai sacred architecture nor their specific expression at Wat Pho have been clearly articulated.After outlining the conceptual context the thesis undertakes a detailed examination of the temple's different parts and their arrangement. This descriptive strategy proposes Wat Pho's architecture as the primary document available for study, with its specific forms and experience orienting the supporting textual research. Existing scholarship, canonic Theravada Buddhist texts, Brahmanic mythology and the specificities of Siamese history and culture are brought into the discussion as directed by the architecture's particularities. Those forms such as the bai sema and the chofa, which identify the temple's indigenous character and symbolic potential without, however, having universally accepted meanings, are of particular significance to the argument. Equally the complexities of Wat Pho's plan and its experience are considered in relation to their narrative potential.
This descriptive foundation establishes the facts of the architecture and its associations in order to ground the identification of a range of possible narratives. These are reviewed in relation to the symbolic assumptions regarding the Thai temple and Wat Pho that exist. From this foundation a new essential narrative structure is proposed. Like most of the sacred architecture throughout the region Wat Pho expresses aspects of a Buddhist cosmology. Yet in contrast to a spatial analogue (or map) of the universe centred on Mount Meru prevalent elsewhere, it is argued here that Wat Pho's architecture, and the Thai temple in general, articulates a cosmological understanding through a form of represented event; a mimetic recreation of the Buddha's descent from Tavatimsa heaven where he had gone to preach to his mother and the assembled gods. In conclusion Wat Pho's cosmological vision is placed within its own artistic and historical contexts, exemplary of Thai sacred architecture at the culminating moment of its traditional expression and impending transformation.
1Wat Phra Chetuphon is popularly known as Wat Pho, referencing its earlier name, Wat Photaram, which predated its transformation under the Chakri (Bangkok) dynasty.
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Duangyiwa, Chanita. "Modelling future flood risks in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/25751.
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Due to rapidly changing climate and socio-economic conditions, many coastal areas are becoming increasingly vulnerable to internal and external risks of flooding. Low-lying coastal mega-cities in Southeast Asia are widely recognized as hotspots of flood risk. The Bangkok Metropolitan Region is one of the largest coastal megacities in Southeast Asia that is challenged by the potential impacts of climate change and human activities expected over coming decades. The overarching aim of this research is to evaluate present and future flood risks due to the combined impacts of climate (sea-level, rainfall regime and storm surge) and human (land subsidence and drainage capacity) factors in Bangkok Metropolitan region, Thailand. To design plausible future scenarios, flow and precipitation records were examined using the Log Pearson Type III frequency analysis approach. Land subsidence (LS) and sea level rise (SLR) scenarios were derived from historical records and published studies. Future flood risks (fluvial, surface water, and coastal) were modelled under various combinations of key drivers (SLR, storm surge, LS and increased river flow). The October 2011 flood in Thailand was used as a baseline event for coastal and fluvial flood modelling. Scenarios were designed with projections of LS and SLR to 2050, 2080, and 2100. A two-dimensional flood inundation model (FloodMap) was used to derive coastal inundation depth, velocity and extent associated with each scenario. Coupled modelling of one-dimensional river flow (HEC-RAS) and two-dimensional flood inundation (FloodMap) was undertaken. Surface water flood modelling simulated the 2015 event in model calibration. A two-hour rainfall event that occurred in 2011 was used as the baseline to derive future scenarios with increased precipitation of various return periods and topographies accounting for land subsidence. For each type of flood modelling, sensitivity analysis was first conducted to investigate the effects of mesh resolution and roughness parameters on model predictions. Results indicate that the model is sensitive to both resolution and roughness, but to various degrees, depending on the metrics used in the evaluation. Spatial metrics such as the Root Mean Standard Error, F and point depth are able to distinguish between model predictions and reveal the spatial and temporal derivations between simulations. The impacts of flood risk on critical infrastructure nodes (e.g. power supply, transportation network, rescue centres, hospitals, schools and key government buildings) were then evaluated under various scenarios. Overall, results suggest progressively increased risks of coastal, surface water, and fluvial flooding to critical infrastructures over time from 2050, 2080 to 2100. Flood modelling of coastal and fluvial inundation processes suggests that the combined impacts of individual risk drivers is, in most cases, far greater than any of the individual factors alone. This study demonstrates that flood risks in coastal mega-cities like Bangkok must be evaluated in a holistic manner, taking into account multiple key risk drivers and considering the potential joint-occurrence of various types of flooding. Moreover, where numerical modelling was undertaken and infrastructure data are available, local hotspots of flood risks under various scenarios can be identified, allowing potential adaptation measures to be evaluated within the modelling framework developed. This research is the first to consider multiple flood risk drivers and interacting flood risks within a single modelling framework in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. It will have long lasting legacy for flood risk management in the region and beyond, enabling more effective adaptation in a changing climate through: (i) raised awareness of multiple risk drivers and interacting flood risks for both the public and policy makers; (ii) further and more complete assembly of various data sets when they become available based on the template demonstrated in this study; and (iii) identification of hotspots of critical infrastructure and communities at risk using refined and alternative modelling approaches within the modelling framework developed in this study.
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Olsson, Anna. "Patientmiljön på två somatiska vårdavdelningar i Bangkok, Thailand : en observationsstudie." Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-197.
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Titel: Patientmiljön på två somatiska vårdavdelningar i Bangkok, Thailand Bakgrund: Miljö ur ett hälsoperspektiv omfattar den fysiska, kulturella och psykosociala aspekten av omvårdnad. Miljön på en vårdavdelning kan både främja hälsa och ha en ogynnsam verkan. Omvårdnad är ett universellt fenomen men kulturen formar människans syn på hälsa och även hur hälsa kan uppnås. Sjukvården i Thailand präglas av buddhismen. Syfte: Beskriva miljön kring patienter på två somatiska vårdavdelningar i Bangkok. Design: Studien har inspirerats av etnografisk metod. Data insamlades genom observationer, utförda under tio arbetspass, nedtecknades i loggböcker för att därefter bearbetas med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Två teman formades: Dagliga rutiner och patientens omgivning med kategorierna rang/attityd, omvårdnad, miljö/aktivitet och ljud/lukt. Första temat beskriver vardagen för patienter och vårdpersonalen samt vilka omvårdnadsmetoder som användes. Det andra temat beskriver miljön och pågående aktiviteter. Slutsats: Den svenska kulturen och den thailändska kulturen skiljer sig vilket påverkar hur vi från den svenska kulturen observerade miljön kring patienterna i Thailand. Den thailändska kulturen speglas i patientmiljön på avdelningarna; det råder en stark hierarki bland vårdpersonalen och det utförs många rutinmässiga omvårdnadsåtgärder. Patienterna är omgivna av mycket personal som orsakar rörelse och ljud i patientsalen, men skapar också trygghet i form av att ha nära kontakt till patienten.Title: Patient environment in two somatic wards in Bangkok, Thailand Background: Environment from a health perspective includes the physical, cultural and psychosocial aspects of nursing. The environment in a ward can both promote health and have an adverse effect. Nursing is a universal phenomenon, but culture shapes people's views on health and also how health can be achieved. Medical care in Thailand is characterized by Buddhism. Aim: Describe the environment around the patients in two somatic wards in Bangkok. Design: The study was inspired by ethnographic method. Data were collected through observations, conducted over ten sessions, was recorded in logbooks and then processed by content analysis. Results: Two themes were formed: Daily routines and Patient environment, with the categories rank/attitude, care, environment/activity and sound/smell. First theme describes daily lives for patients and caregivers and the nursing methods used. Second theme describes the environment and activities. Conclusion: The Swedish culture and the Thai culture are very different, which affects how we from the Swedish culture observed the environment around the patients in Thailand. The Thai culture is reflected in the patient environment at the wards; there is a strong hierarchy among health professionals and many routine nursing activities are performed. Patients are surrounded by staff members that cause movement and sound in the patient room, but also create security by having a close contact to the patient.
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au, adt@murdoch edu, and Chamlong Poboon. "Anatomy of a traffic disaster : towards a sustainable solution to Bangkok's transport problems." Murdoch University, 1997. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20061122.142856.
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Bangkok's extreme traffic problems have been traditionally explained in terms of a lack
of road infrastructure and policy responses for many years have almost exclusively
stressed road investment to the exclusion of all other forms of transport infrastructure
development. This thesis questions this interpretation of the traffic problem and its
chief policy response: building still more roads. It suggests that in order to effectively
analyse Bangkok's traffic predicament and to formulate more sustainable responses to
the crisis, an understanding is required of Bangkok's land use and transport
development, as well as a systematic and detailed perspective on the similarities and
differences between Bangkok and many other cities around the world, particularly
those in Asia.
This thesis suggests that Bangkok has passed through three key periods: a water-based
transport and walking period, a transport modernisation period and a motorisation
period. In each period up to motorisation Bangkok appeared to maintain a harmonious
relationship between its high density, mixed use urban form, ideally suited to nonmotorised
modes and to public transport. Even in the motorisation period, high
density, mixed use development has mostly followed major road corridors and
remains well-suited to much higher public transport and non-motorised mode use than
currently exist. However, in this period, rapidly rising motor vehicle ownership and use
began to come into conflict with the city's pre-automobile form. Road infrastructure
could not be built fast enough to keep pace with traffic growth, despite almost
exclusive commitment of resources to roads. High capacity public transport systems,
including rail, renewed water transport and busways failed to materialise to help curb
the motorisation process and to provide much needed relief on the roads. A basic
conflict or mismatch between urban form and transport began to emerge, leaving the
city ill-equipped to cope with the automobile and subject to large environmental, social
and economic impacts from congestion.
The thesis argues that while Bangkok's per capita road supply is low in an
international sense, it is not atypical for an Asian city and road availability per hectare
is similar to many other cities around the world. Likewise, common arguments about
an inadequate road hierarchy are systematically analysed and are shown to be
insufficient in explaining Bangkok's present crisis. The thesis thus suggests that
attempting to tackle the traffic problem through an intensification of road building
efforts will not provide the relief sought, but will only exacerbate the traffic impacts
which are shown to be already at the limits of international experience.
The international comparison of Bangkok with other cities, highlighting basic
similarities and differences in land use and transport features, continues to build upon
this argument. It shows that Bangkok lies at one extreme in many transport
characteristics such as the amount of travel per hectare, and within the Asian cities, it
is very high in vehicle ownership and use and energy use, comparatively low in public
transport use and very low in non-motorised modes. The thesis suggests that in
physical planning terms, Bangkok's traffic crisis appears to stem from a set of
mismatches between its transport patterns, urban form and transport infrastructure.
These mismatches are between: (1) vehicle use and urban form: higher levels of private
vehicle use than can be properly accommodated in its dense, tightly woven urban
fabric; (2) vehicle use and road supply: levels of private vehicle use which are
incompatible with its road availability and which are uncharacteristically high
compared to other Asian cities; (3) transit use, urban form and road supply: lower
levels of overall transit use than would be expected in a city of its urban form and road
availability; (4) transit infrastructure, urban form and road supply: a public transport
infrastructure which is inadequate to meet the demands for transit movement inherent
in such a dense city, particularly a lack of rail infrastructure; (5) non-motorised modes
and urban form: levels of non-motorised mode use which are uncharacteristically low
for such a dense, mixed use urban fabric. These mismatches are mainly the consequence
of a long series of inappropriate and ineffective transport policies and investments
which are biased towards private transport and which have at least in part arisen
from narrow and outdated transport planning processes.
In order for transport planning in Bangkok to address the suggested roots of the crisis,
the thesis contends that at least two key constraints would have to be dealt with: the
traditional urban transport planning process and the institutional fragmentation in
transport policy and implementation. Notwithstanding, there are forces pushing in the
direction of change and these are examined in terms of the growing global and local
trends towards sustainability, community outrage over traffic and the role of NGOs.
Based on these findings, this thesis provides a case for a series of policies to help deal
with Bangkok's traffic disaster. In line with global trends towards sustainability as an
organising principle for urban policy development, these policies are offered within a
framework of developing a more sustainable transport system in Bangkok. The policies
suggested cover priority to public transport infrastructure development, transitoriented,
mixed land use development, transport demand management, improvement
of waterway transportation, facilitation of walking and cycling and institutional
reform of Bangkok's transport decision making structure. Opportunities for further
complementary research are suggested.
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Thianthai, Chulanee. "Cosmopolitan food beliefs and changing eating habits in Bangkok /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3095277.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-267). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Jareed, Ongkasuwan Arnold Robert. "Job satisfaction among teachers in private schools in Bangkok, Thailand." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1994. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9521338.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1994.Title from title page screen, viewed April 11, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Robert L. Arnold (chair), John R. McCarthy, Louis G. Perez, James C. Palmer. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-175) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Naknouvatim, Thidaporn, and Supatcha Tangkananan. "The effective marketing strategies for yogurt business in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-12462.
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Kaimook, Nattaporn. "The study of Wai Phra Kao Wat in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, Durham University, 2018. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12874/.
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The study presents a new form of pilgrimage introduced by Thai authorities and involving visiting to nine temples (Wai Phra Kao Wat) in Bangkok. I will focus on four main aspects of this phenomenon. Firstly, the study will describe the dynamic application of the practice (Wai Phra Kao Wat) including the forms of devotion, the designation of temples by authorities, the pilgrims’ experience, and the role played by local ‘communities’ (chumchon). Secondly, the study will consider this pilgrimage as a case study with which to explore how Thai cultural phenomena provide multiple avenues for Thai people to reflect on their perception of the relation between Buddhism (Theravada Buddhism in particular) and the state. Thirdly, the study explores the contribution of ‘new’ performances of religiosity in popular Buddhism into shaping modern economy and rhetorical politics. Lastly, the study will provide the significance of Wai Phra Kao Wat that could shed light on important contemporary Thai cultural phenomena such as the emergence of ‘pilgrimage tourism’ on socio-cultural and economic changes and the relationship between ritual practice and Thai citizenship. The ethnographic methods including participant observation and interviewing are mainly employed throughout the fieldwork. I conclude that Buddhism in contemporary Thailand becomes an instrument to negotiate identities and meanings at the level of governance. Wai Phra Kao Wat, a state-oriented campaign, has been then utilised to enhance Thai capital’s venture into the global economy as well as to establish regime legitimacy with the inculcation of nation, religion, and monarchy.
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Cheramakara, Narudh. "Valuation of aviation externalities : a case study in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14733.
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Aircraft noise, for the first time in Thailand, has gained public attention as a significant environmental issue since Bangkok s Suvarnabhumi Airport opened in 2006. Residential areas around the airport are expanding rapidly while local residents are protesting about the noise from the new airport which suggests a tension between economic benefits and environmental problems at the airport. This thesis sets out to obtain valuation of aviation externalities at Suvarnabhumi airport using the stated choice method. It is the first study to obtain and compare valuations from perspectives of the polluters (Thai air passengers) and the polluted (residents) at the same airport. Furthermore, this is the first study to obtain a valuation of local impacts from aircraft operations and from air passengers. It starts by investigating perceptions and awareness of the benefits and costs of aviation activities among Suvarnabhumi s residents and passengers using focus groups and questionnaires. It then employs the stated choice method to elicit willingness-to-pay (WTP) and willingness-to-accept (WTA) values of aviation externalities. The results found that the perceived environmental problems at Suvarnabhumi airport are in line with the literature mainly involving aircraft noise and its effects. This study also found that the development of the airport and surrounding area, while creating business and employment opportunities, has also created traffic and flooding problems. In terms of air pollution from aircraft, residents concerns are confined to local impacts from aircraft. Thai air passengers were found to be more concerned with engine pollution than noise. These findings were reflected in the values obtained. Two stated choice designs were used to elicit values. The first rerouted the aircraft flight path away from residents homes thus reducing aircraft noise and pollution in the area. This design also included travel time to place of work or to the shops. The rerouting attribute was not statistically significant. However, the travel time attribute reveals that residents were willing to accept 14.23 baht a month to have their travel time to work or shopping increased by 1%. The second design was used to obtain and compare values between Suvarnabhumi s residents and air passengers. In this design, attributes for aircraft noise, local air pollution and carbon emissions were included. Residents willingness to pay to reduce aircraft noise by 1% is 104.76 baht/year whereas passengers are willing to pay less, at 70.63 baht per year. Air passengers place a higher value on local air pollution than the residents. Passengers are willing to pay 97.72 baht to reduce local pollution by 1% per year, whereas residents willingness to pay is 45.36 baht. Lastly, passengers WTP to offset carbon is 473.26 baht per flight, whereas residents carbon offset coefficient is not statistically significant. The obtained values are well within the range of existing studies on aircraft noise and carbon emission valuations. Findings from this study suggest that current mitigation measures at Suvarnabhumi airport are still inadequate. There are areas where the situation is likely to get worse given the rapid growth in aviation activities and urban development at the airport. The values from this study may be used to help form the basis of fairer and more transparent compensation system alongside an operational mitigation policy to address aviation impacts. On the passenger side, the stated willingness-to-pay to reduce the impact gives an opportunity for the Thai aviation industry to promote an environmentally friendly behaviour among the travelling public.
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Bitar, Petra. "Omvårdnadsmiljön på två somatiska vårdavdelningar i Bangkok, Thailand : - En observationsstudie." Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-214.
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Titel: Omvårdnadsmiljön på två somatiska vårdavdelningar i Bangkok, Thailand Bakgrund: Miljö ur ett hälsoperspektiv omfattar den fysiska, kulturella och psykosociala aspekten av omvårdnad. Miljön på en vårdavdelning kan både främja hälsa och ha en ogynnsam verkan. Omvårdnad är ett universellt fenomen men kulturen formar människans syn på hälsa och även hur hälsa kan uppnås. Sjukvården i Thailand präglas av buddhismen. Syfte: Beskriva omvårdnadsmiljön kring patienter på två somatiska vårdavdelningar i Bangkok. Design: Studien har inspirerats av etnografisk metod. Data insamlades genom observationer, utförda under tio arbetspass, nedtecknades i loggböcker för att därefter bearbetas genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Två teman formades: Dagliga rutiner och patientens omgivning, med kategorierna rang/attityd, omvårdnad, miljö/aktivitet och ljud/lukt. Första temat beskriver vardagen för patienter och vårdpersonal samt vilka omvårdnadsmetoder som användes. Det andra temat beskriver miljön och pågående aktiviteter. Slutsats: Den thailändska kulturen speglas i omvårdnadsmiljön på avdelningarna; det råder en stark hierarki bland vårdpersonalen och det utförs många rutinmässiga omvårdnadsåtgärder. Vårdpersonalens största fokus i det dagliga arbetet är arbetsuppgifterna; det är svårt att tyda om patienternas omvårdnadsbehov styr omvårdnadsarbetet. Patienterna är omgivna av mycket personal som orsakar rörelse och ljud i patientsalen, men skapar också trygghet i form av att ha nära kontakt till patienten.Title: Nursing environment in two somatic wards in Bangkok, Thailand Background: Environment from a health perspective includes the physical, cultural and psychosocial aspects of nursing. The environment in a ward can both promote health and have an adverse effect. Nursing is a universal phenomenon, but culture shapes people's views on health and also how health can be achieved. Medical care in Thailand is characterized by Buddhism. Aim: Describe the nursing environment around the patients in two somatic wards in Bangkok. Design: This study was inspired by ethnographic method. Data were collected through observations, conducted over ten sessions, was recorded in logbooks and then processed by content analysis. Results: Two themes were formed: Daily routines and Patient environment, with the categories rank/attitude, care, environment/activity and sound/smell. First theme describes daily lives for patients and caregivers and the nursing methods used. Second theme describes the environment and the ongoing activities. Conclusion: The Thai culture is reflected in the nursing environment at the wards; there is a strong hierarchy among health professionals and many routine nursing activities are performed. The health professionals’ main focus in their daily work was the work tasks; it is hard to decipher whether the patients’ care needs govern the nursing. Patients are surrounded by staff members who cause movement and sound in the patient room, but also create peace of mind by having close contact to the patient.
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Yen, Lydia. "Lessons from the Allocation of Food Vendors in Bangkok, Thailand." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427899010.
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Rabibhadana, Akin. "The organization of Thai society in the early Bangkok period, 1782-1873." [Bangkok] : Mūnnithi Phūmpanyā : Samākhom Wičhai Chœ̄ng Khunnaphāp hǣng Prathēt Thai, 1996. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/64683689.html.
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Pattamasattayasonthi, Ekachai. "Reinventing flexibility : a hybrid paradigm for Thai markets in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62884.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133).
This thesis asserts that the current form of the proliferating modernization of Thai markets in terms of economic growth and the incorporation of building technology to improve goods storage, attractive envelope, and shopping environment, is actually neither modern nor sustainable for the Thai socio-economic system. Despite fact that Thai Markets have claimed to be modernized over time, they are merely heavily populated for a few hours each day, and otherwise remain barren. Recent reports of the declining state of the Markets also exhibit the failures of the current model of Thai markets, which avow to be modern yet are not sustainable nor competent, creating bigger crisis in Thai urban culture. My thesis argues that the temporal condition of underutilized space and the declining state of Thai markets are in fact architectural problems that need to be resolved spatially and programmatically. This thesis proposes that a new breed of architecture for Thai markets is conceivable and necessary in order for Thai markets to survive while nurturing the rich urban goods distribution, consumption, and dynamic urban spectacles. This thesis will investigate the possibilities of a new paradigm for Thai markets in Bangkok by hybridization between the Thai markets and street markets to create a model that is rather an ephemeral form of architecture, a new multi-functional space for market vending and urban activities, resulting from the braids of streets networks. This place will become a new civic building type --- which is a cross-breed between street and architecture, landscape and buildings --- to assemble the public around their common needs for commodities, leisure, and interaction.
by Ekachai Pattamasattayasonthi.
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Potter, Joanne R. (Joanne Ruth). "Dilemmas in water and wastewater pricing : the case of Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69331.
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Af, Darmansyah Siriwan Grisurapong. "Nursing process utilization among registered nurses in Siriraj Hospital Bangkok, Thailand /." Abstract, 2000. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2543/43E-Darmansyah-AF.pdf.
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Saifah, Yotsawee. "DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE IN EARLY ELEMENTARY GRADE SCHOOLS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/497.
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The purposes of this study were (a) to examine early elementary grade teachers' developmentally appropriate beliefs and their teaching practices in public schools in Bangkok, (b) to explore the functioning of developmentally appropriate practice in the two chosen early elementary schools, and (c) to determine the factors that influence the teachers' implementation of developmentally appropriate practice in the selected early elementary schools. This study was a mixed-methods investigation, integrating two main phases: Phase One (survey method) and Phase Two (case studies). In the first phase, 335 early elementary grade teachers from 35 public schools in Bangkok were examined for their developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices. Three surveys modified from Buchanan, Burts, Bidner, White, and Charlesworth (1998)--Teacher Demographic Questionnaire, Teacher Belief Scale (TBS), and Instructional Activity Scale (IAS)--were administered to the participating teachers. As the scores of the completed surveys were computed, two schools demonstrating the highest mean on Teacher Belief Scale (TBS) were chosen for the further case studies. In Phase Two, ten early elementary grade teachers from two selected schools were investigated. A case study design was employed to research the participating teachers' implementation of developmentally appropriate practice. Data sources included teacher interviews, classroom observations, and related document analyses. All collected data were coded and categorized in order to analyze the emergent themes and findings. Among the 335 teachers from 35 schools, the findings revealed that there was a significant difference of the teachers' developmentally appropriate beliefs; however, the results of data analyses showed that no significant difference of the teachers' developmentally appropriate teaching practices was found. The findings also suggested that there was a low positive correlation between the teachers' self-reported developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices. The scores of the teachers' developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices are varied across the classroom characteristics (i.e., grade levels taught, class size, and number of children with special needs) and the teacher characteristics (i.e., educational levels, majors/areas of expertise, years of graduation, and years of teaching experience). In the case studies, the observed teaching practices of the teachers from the two selected schools were not consistent with their reported developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices. The teachers reported their partial application of developmentally appropriate practice. The factors that both supported and delayed the implementation included: the class-size of the classroom (number of students), parental involvement, and administrative systems. Also, the supporting factors were teachers' professional attitudes and the fact that teachers taught in self-contained classrooms, whereas the teachers' workload, the children's lack of readiness, and the limited school physical environment were noted as delaying factors. Recommendations for further research and practices are detailed.
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NEGRI, MAURO PIETRO. "L'evoluzione olocenica della Lower Central Plain di Bangkok (Tailandia) sulla base delle faune fossili a molluschi." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/57180.
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Fossil molluscan assemblages are analyzed in order to reconstruct the evolution of the Northern Gulf of Thailand during Holocene. The marine sediments (Bangkok Clay Formation) of the Lower Central Plain of Bangkok and the coastal plain of Phetchaburi were sampled in 16 localities, obtaining fossil shells whose 14C ages range from 9000 to 2000 years BP.
A statistical treatment of abundance data returned four major groups, namely the Dendostrea rosacea association (intertidal mud), the Corbula fortisulcata - Mactra luzonica association (shallow infralittoral sandy mud), the Nuculana mauritiana - Timoclea scabra association (infralittoral sand spit) and the Timoclea scabra - Arcopagia pudica association (infralittoral mud). The data allowed both a stratigraphic correlation along two transects covering all the Holocene basin and the creation of digitalized maps showing the presumable extension of the Thai paleogulf around the apex of Flandrian transgression event (about 5500 years BP).
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Li, Yuk-shing Kevin, and 李育成. "Urban poverty and poverty reduction programs in Bangkok and Shanghai." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31953153.
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Mahony, Sorcha M. "Searching for a better life : young people living in slum communities in Bangkok." Thesis, University of Bath, 2010. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516015.
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This thesis explores the everyday lives and dreams of young people living in urban poverty in Thailand, focusing on their practices and aspirations within three key spheres of action. In recent years, a number of emerging bodies of literature have taken youth in the developing world as the objects of their analysis; the literature on youth in Thailand, studies of youth and development within the Thai and international spheres, and the new anthropology of youth each focus on the lives of young people – social, cultural and economic – and see youth as active agents in the creation of society, culture and the economy. This thesis, drawing on the analysis of ethnographic data, contends that each of these bodies of literature constructs young people in partial or misleading ways, and in particular that insufficient emphasis is placed on the unintended consequences that can ensue from everyday practice and the pursuit of dreams. It argues that if these emerging literatures on youth in the developing world are to adequately conceptualise and represent young people, then they must attend to these unintended consequences. As the thesis will demonstrate, doing so facilitates analysis of the ways in which different spheres of action affect each other, of the structures that constrain and enable young people, and of the way in which attempting to participate in dominant cultures can have profoundly counter-productive outcomes. The thesis also explores some of the methodological processes involved in immersion in, and withdrawal from, „the field‟. It argues that one of the tasks of social research is to bring out the multiple and shifting nature of interpretation, and to be explicit about the contexts in which such interpretations are produced.
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Natharat, Prayotudomkit Palmer James C. "Defining teacher burnout in public and private elementary schools in Bangkok, Thailand." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1995. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9604380.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1995.Letters and survey instruments in English and Thai. Title from title page screen, viewed April 26, 2006. Dissertation Committee: James C. Palmer (chair), Larry D. Kennedy, John R. McCarthy, Judith A. Mogilka. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-77) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Nintachan, Patcharin. "Resilience and Risk-Taking Behavior Among Thai Adolescents Living in Bangkok, Thailand." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/2124.
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Sanders, Erin. "One night in Bangkok : Western women's interactions with sexualized spaces in Thailand." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12018/.
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Key words: Thailand, sex tourism, sex industry, authenticity, voyeurism, tourist experience Research on sex tourism in Thailand has often focused on western men’s sexual interactions with local women (Cohen, 1982; Enloe, 1989; Brown, 2001), and the sexualized entertainment on offer in eroticized tourist spaces/places is assumed to be aimed at western male tourists (Manderson, 1992; Bowes, 2004). While a number of academics have studied sexualized spaces and venues, little has been written on how and to what extent western women engage with this type of touristic entertainment in the Thai (sex tourism) context (Odzer, 1994; Manderson, 1995; Sikes, 2006). This is despite the fact that the number of female tourists visiting Thailand has increased over the past decade (TAT, 2007), and some evidence suggests that the sex industry in Thailand caters for female tourists (Vorakitphokatorn et al, 1994; Williams et al, 2007). This thesis will argue that western women are curious about the nature of the Thai sex industry, and that some tourist women seek to visually explore sexualized tourist areas as part of their ‘tourist experience’ in Thailand. Sex tourism is a contentious subject area, and investigating the extent to which western women might engage with the sex industry as part of their tourist experience necessitates a critical engagement with theoretical understandings of female sex tourism. The findings suggest that western women’s desire for an authentic tourist experience in Thailand facilitates their entry into sexualized zones. While the history of the sex industry in Thailand has helped to popularize its notoriety, discourses on tourist-oriented sexual spaces suggest that visiting a sexual show is something that is ‘ok’, and further is part of ‘real Thailand’. However, women’s visual engagement with the Others who inhabit these spaces reveals a darker side,and perhaps a voyeuristic desire to visit these venues. While part of their motivation to consume the sex industry stems from their understanding of the sex industry as authentically Thai, their contradictory interpretations of Thai sex workers reveals a darker, more complicated picture. This thesis will examine the lines that divide tourism from sex tourism practices to suggest that consuming difference and the desire to engage with exotic (and erotic) Others underpins all touristic engagements, including tourist interactions with the sex industry. Visual sex tourism practices will be outlined here, and current definitions of sex tourism will be deconstructed to reveal a more complicated picture of tourism/sex tourism practices, which calls for a closer examination of gendered tourism behaviors.
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Moore, Russell David. "Condominium development and gentrification in Bangkok, Thailand : a study of housing pathways." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2019. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/24083/.
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This thesis explores the use of a housing pathways framework to understand how households impacted by mass transit-induced gentrification and displacement in a neighbourhood in Bangkok navigate the field of housing and experience neighbourhood change. It focuses on the experiences of both gentrifiers and long-term residents of a neighbourhood, including those displaced. The housing pathways approach is framed around a combination of the theory of the habitus as interpreted by Bourdieu and phenomenological philosophy. Findings are based on a case study area of neighbourhoods close to a recent mass transit line extension, where two new stations were built. The study consisted of in-depth interviews with households living in the condominiums, in the neighbourhood, and in cases outside of the neighbourhood if they had been displaced from the area. There were also in-depth interviews with individuals from estate agencies, development companies, the Bangkok planning department, and the national low-cost housing provider. The research contributes to knowledge by adding to the literature on housing pathways. This is achieved through employing the concepts of the structural and biographical habitus and using vignettes to bridge these two approaches. It also contributes to knowledge by adding to the literature on gentrification, finding that although contextual factors must be considered, the theories developed in the West can provide significant insights when applied to neighbourhood change in Bangkok. The first key finding is that housing pathways have been shown to be complex in nature, influenced by traditional values but intertwined with emerging cultural shifts within contemporary Thai society. Another key finding of this study is that gentrification is intrinsically linked to aspects of mobility and proximity, similar in nature to the gentrification in the West seen by those as driven by practical considerations. Like in the West, it has also been found that social mixing between the new and old populations is limited and that displaced households and those in insecure tenurial positions suffered significantly in dealing with gentrification and attempting to resettle if they had been forced to move.
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Barmish, Maia. "Participatory communication and community-based rabies elimination in Bang Bon, Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23052.
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Rabies is a global epidemic that affects the developing world disproportionally. This deadly disease is largely transmitted to humans via dog bites and is caused and perpetuated by human behaviors, including people not sterilizing and vaccinating dogs. Through the lens of participatory communication and culture theories, this thesis explores the extent to which communication tactics of a dog population and rabies control program in Bangkok, Thailand are participatory and whether this influences community efforts to vaccinate and sterilize free-roaming dogs in the city’s Bang Bon district. At a high level this study examines how empowering people at all levels of society in the planning and implementation of solutions to development challenges affords more sustainable outcomes. In doing so, it attends to issues of communication purpose, access, dialogue, culture, voice, feedback, cultural reflexivity, agency, participation and ownership. This study is an inductive qualitative inquiry that employs case study and interview research methods—specifically semi-structured, in-depth interviews with key informants and a small-scale survey. It uses the comparative analysis approach alongside its theoretical framework to draw conclusions from the research.
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Jirojanakul, Pragai. "The quality of life of construction workers' children in Bangkok metropolis, Thailand." Thesis, University of Bath, 2000. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323579.
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Arlai, Phatcharasak. "Numerical modeling of possible saltwater intrusion mechanisms in the multiple layer coastal aquifer system of the Gulf of Thailand." Kassel : Kassel Univ. Press, 2007. http://d-nb.info/98659637X/34.
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Praphruitkit, Nitaya. "A Comparison of the Roles and Needs of Middle and Lower Class Thai Parents in Helping Their Children's Reading Development." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330614/.
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The problem of this study was a comparison of the roles and needs of middle and lower class Thai parents in helping their children's reading development. The sample was selected from the parents of the preprimary schools in Bangkok, Thailand, in the fall of 1986. A total of 366 parents, including 185 from middle class and 181 from lower class, participated in this study.
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Getkham, Vinich. "A Study of Student and Faculty Perceptions of the Academic Advising Needs of Students in Six Teachers' Colleges in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331971/.
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The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the academic advising needs of students as perceived by students and faculty advisors through faculty advising functions in the six teachers' colleges in Bangkok, Thailand. Fifteen faculty advising functions were included in a questionnaire validated by a panel of three judges. The questionnaires were distributed to students and faculty advisors in the six teachers' colleges by two selected research assistants. A total of 180 faculty advisors and 540 junior and senior teacher training students at the six teachers' colleges in Bangkok, Thailand, were selected using stratified random sampling. The usable and complete questionnaires received included 109 from faculty advisors (60.56 per cent) and 350 from students (64.81 per cent). The t-test, the Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W, and the Spearman's Coefficient of Rank Correlation were employed to determine and compare the differences, the agreements, and the relationships of academic advising needs of students as perceived by students and faculty advisors, respectively. Analyses of the data revealed that students and faculty advisors in the six teachers' colleges in Bangkok, Thailand, perceived a mismatch between student advising needs now being fulfilled and student advising needs that should be fulfilled. Apparently, the academic advising programs in the teachers' colleges were not meeting the student needs. However, for student advising needs which should be fulfilled, both students and faculty advisors ranked personal, vocational and career, and academic areas very high. Overall, students and faculty seemed to agree on the advising needs which should be fulfilled.
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Vajiranivesa, Pon, and Ponv@nu ac th. "A Housing demand model: a case study of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand." RMIT University. Property, Construction and Project Management, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100122.143414.
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Housing -as a special product- distinguishes the behaviour of its demand and supply. An imbalance of housing supply against demand can be a crucial part of economic crises, as happened in Thailand between 1996 and 1997. Can the housing market be controlled in a robust and rigid system? A secure market depends on balancing demand and supply dynamics; therefore, any demand has to be quantified. This research demonstrates how housing demand can be modelled by using a System Dynamics approach. This modelling concept has been set up, using the root causes which generate housing demand. Causal factors which influence housing demand are collated, and mapped. A model simulating housing demand was developed. Keys to this are demographic, social and economic factors. This model is presented with a view to pursuing new approaches for housing demand modelling. Conceptual ideas are developed on how to quantify housing demand, and the result of the simulation can then be used as a basis for policy and decision making in housing markets. The housing demand model developed from this research depends on many interrelated factors. These factors can be categorized into three broad groups, following precedent set by a review of available literature. Initial factors included demographics which deal with population number, age structure, including migration, birth and death rate. Next, social factors, in terms of marriage, divorce and splitting-household rate (i.e. household formation rate) play a major role in creating
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Chonthinate, Nimsombun Kennedy Larry DeWitt McCarthy John R. "Moral judgments of administrators, teachers and last-year undergraduate students in Bangkok, Thailand." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1995. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9604366.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1995.Title from title page screen, viewed April 26, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Larry D. Kennedy, John R. McCarthy (co-chairs), Judith A. Mogilka, James C. Palmer. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-84) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Choi, Alex Hang-Keung. "Non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs) and democracy in Thailand, the 1992 Bangkok uprising." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2002. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ65667.pdf.
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Wisaweisuan, Nitinant. "An economic analysis of residential location patterns : a case study of Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436654.
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Hayashi, Kanna. "Policing and public health : experiences of people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44847.
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Background: In recent years, Thailand has intensified policing efforts as a strategy to address a continuing epidemic of illicit drug use. Thailand’s “war on drugs” campaign of 2003 received international criticism due to extensive human rights violations. However, few studies have since investigated the impacts of drug policing on people who inject drugs (IDU) in this setting. Drawing on the Risk Environment Framework, this dissertation sought to: explore IDUs’ lived experiences with police; identify the prevalence and correlates of experiencing beatings and drug testing by police; examine the relationship between exposures to policing and syringe sharing; and assess changes in the availability of illicit drugs among IDU in Bangkok, Thailand.
Methods: Between June 2009 and June 2012, a community-recruited sample of IDU in Bangkok participated in a serial cross-sectional mixed-methods study and completed interviewer-administered questionnaires and semi-structured in-depth interviews. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and a thematic analysis was conducted to document the character of IDUs’ encounters with police. A variety of multivariate regression techniques were used to estimate independent relationships between exposures to specific policing tactics and indicators of drug-related harm, as well as to examine a temporal trend of street-level availability of illicit drugs.
Results: Respondents’ narratives indicated that drug policing involved numerous forms of human rights infringements and negatively influenced healthcare access among IDU in Bangkok. Reports of beatings and drug testing by police were common (38% and 67%, respectively) and were independently associated with various indicators of drug-related harm, including syringe sharing and barriers to healthcare. Street-level availability of illicit drugs increased significantly between 2009 and 2011.
Conclusions: The findings indicate that the over-reliance on repressive drug
policing is not suppressing the illegal drug market and is instead contributing to police-perpetrated abuses, the perpetuation of risky injection behaviour, and an impediment to healthcare among IDU in Bangkok. These findings raise concern about the ongoing policing practices and point to the need for providing greater police oversight, as well as a shift toward more balanced approaches to drug control in this setting.
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Arthabowornpisan, Orachorn. "The Development of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331505/.
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The purpose of this study was to describe the development of Thailand's oldest private university, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand, from 1963 to 1987.
This historical research used records and documents which are primary sources from the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of Thailand together with interviews with the chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, president, faculty and staff of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. Secondary sources were reports and publications from the Ministry of University Affairs and libraries in Thailand.
The areas of emphasis in the study were government policies on private higher education, legislation that initiated the founding of the University, the founder, the university's goals, the university's organizational structure, financial sources, admission policies, physical plants, programs, faculty and students.
It was found that the Thai government encourages the establishment of private higher education institutions. The Private Higher Educational Institution Act of 1979 was enacted to allow Private universities to be equal to government universities.
The university of the Thai Chamber of Commerce was founded by the Thai Chamber of Commerce with the purpose of training Thai students for the business sector and promoting the economic stability of the nation. The university's organizational structure is centralized and is self-supporting. The university strives for academic excellence, and thus supports the development of the nation.
Suggestions for further study include: (a) the study of private higher education institutions which were established with all of the various fields of study in place, and (b) a study to identify factors that will contribute to the future development of the university of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and other private universities in Thailand.