03728nam a2200445 4500 20260818134419.0 240398 th eng .b10348554 AIT Thesis no. 1188 Daranee Bunchorntavakul The impact of the growth center on rural areas : a case study in the North of Thailand Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1976 119 p. Thesis ; no. 1188 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1976 At 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. Sociology, Urban Sociology, Rural Research Hwang, M.C., Chairperson Exell, Robert H.B., Examination Committee Kammeier, Hans Detlef, Examination Committee Starr Foundation, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. 1188 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B23949 .b10348554 mnait x 260422 2 951012 m a x 4 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050003023438 CREATED : 1994-05-17 RECORD # : i10433612 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050003023461 CREATED : 1994-05-17 RECORD # : i10433624 LPATRON : 1011373 LCHKIN : 1998-06-09 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160087937 CREATED : 2016-08-05 RECORD # : i12971960 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120930549 CREATED : 2019-11-29 RECORD # : i13235138 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 58216 58216 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. 1188 30050003023438 2026-08-18 13:44:19 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. 1188 30050003023461 2026-08-18 13:44:19 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. 1188 30050160087937 2026-08-18 13:44:19 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. 1188 30050120930549 2026-08-18 13:44:19 3 2026-08-18 20