Pitan Singhasaneh creator Apisit Eiumnoh Chairperson Lukens, John E. Examination Committee Demaine, Harvey Examination Committee Berwick, Stephen Examination Committee The Government of Australia Scholasship Donor text series technical report th Bangkok Asian Institute of Technology 1991 continuing eng 75 p. Integrated development planning is generally understood to be an interdisciplinary approach to the coordinated development of a regions' natural resources and infrastructure. This study deals with model-based policy analysis, which is one of the principles and practice of integrated land-use planning and natural resources management. This research made an attempt to demonstrate the use of Pattaya's land use model to identify the effects of different policies and controllable factors on the problematic behavior of real system. The understanding of the system's behavior can assist us in better and improved decision making in natural resource management and also lead us to rational procedures for analyzing problems and making decisions. Pattaya's model of land use change was built by the software called 'STELLA for Business' on Macintosh computer. Changes can be made to the factors within the model itself, or to the weights and scores used in defining suitability criteria of the map's categories. The predicted land use maps can be displayed for us to investigate the cause effect relationship of all changeable factors. The study concluded the great potential of the new science of Geographic Information Modelling System (GIMS). Regardless of the imperfectness of the model itself, it is still valuable for the insights gained into the spatial dynamics of the growth and decline of resort cities like Pattaya, and by extension, of any real resource-based settlement. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Engineering, School of Environment, resources and Development Thesis (Ph.D.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 DGIS (Computer program) Asian Institute of Technology. http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B17463 http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B17463 240699 20260818090636.0