03401cas|a2200409 a 4500 20260817161547.0 030523s2002 th uu|m rtt 0| a1eng d .b11889214 AIT Thesis no.UE-01-02 Ekvinay Sayyalath Administrative decentralization to improve urban environmental infrastructure : a case study of a secondary town in Lao PDR Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 103 leaves Thesis ; no. UE-01-02 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 Decentralization provides appropriate performance of development especially administrative decentralization. It is able apply to better delivery urban services especially urban environmental infrastructure, which needs appropriate authority to respond it. Poor urban environmental infrastructure occurred from different factors. It is concerned to several conditions such as economic and social conditions. This study is to explore roles of administrative decentralization to urban environmental infrastructure. To assess potentials to establish municipal administrative authority for deal with urban services in general, for urban environmental infrastructure in specific. The study is emphasized to SWOT analysis. It is found that, in study area, it is in initiative stage, decentralization composed by both advantage and disadvantage results. However, its advantage is more than disadvantage for delivery and management of urban environmental infrastructure. Most people relied that it will bring better environment and sustainable management of urban area. However, local authority, which responds directly for urban environmental management, has been constrained due to financial and human resources are not available there. Reorganization and reallocation of responsibilities and finance are urgently needed. Moreover, political change in the country facilitates for creation of municipal government in the local area for the future. Therefore both upper and lower lines of stakeholders should contribute more participation to the local development. Decentralization in government Laos Urban ecology Laos Perera, L.A.S. Ranjith, Chairperson Zimmermann, Willi, Examination Committee Sajor, Edsel E., Examination Committee Canadian International Development Agency, Scholarship donor Canadian University Consortium (CIDA-CUC), Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis no. UE-01-02 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B07594 .b11889214 mnait u 240403 0 030523 m a u 0 mnait mnarc 22 40 Barcode : 30050120844450 CREATED : 2014-04-30 RECORD # : i12794302 LPATRON : 1026320 LCHKIN : 2016-04-08 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160020854 CREATED : 2016-01-19 RECORD # : i12870304 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 1750 1750 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-01-02 30050120844450 2026-08-17 16:15:48 3 2026-08-17 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-01-02 30050160020854 2026-08-17 16:15:48 2026-08-17 40