02670nam a2200253   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000280007324500920010126000520019330000110024549000230025650001580027950200570043752015780049465000210207265000310209370000310212470000480215570000510220371000420225481000550229685600650235120260818134419.0240398         th                  eng    a.b103485540 aDaranee Bunchorntavakul14aThe impact of the growth center on rural areas :ba case study in the North of Thailand  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1976  a119 p.1 aThesis ;vno. 1188  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand  aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1976  aAt present, the 'growth pole' strategy is used to develop the  lagging regions in Thailand.  The economic and social impact of one growth center is analyzed in this study to see whether the growth center has served its functions or not. The economic impact of Chiengmai City on rural areas is measured in terms of the generated income and the multiplier effect through the  spending of the factories and the residents in Urban Chiengmai.  The social impact is analyzed in terms of the influences of the city on the way of living, thinking, and attitudes, etc. of the rural people with the hypothesis that the nearer the village is to the city, the more influence it will receive. Time-distance criteria is used to classify the rural areas into 3 zones; half an hour, one hour, one hour and a half from the city. The finding of the spending patterns of the factories and the residents in Urban Chiengmai shows that there is not so much economic  impact on the rural areas as in the urban areas. In addition, the  economic impact is lessened in zones of farther distances.  The social impact findings show that there are some influences of the city on the rural people but the outcome is not so clear since the distance of the there zones are too short to differentiate the social impact among them.  Finally, the correlation between the accessibility in terms of  time from the villages to the city is considered. The result is that  accessibility has high correlation with the frequency of visits which means that the social contact of the rural people has been increased.  0aSociology, Urban 0aSociology, RuralxResearch1 aHwang, M.C., eChairperson1 aExell, Robert H.B., eExamination Committee1 aKammeier, Hans Detlef, eExamination Committee2 aStarr Foundation, eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. 1188  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B23949