An analysis of the problems associated with rapid but spatially restricted economic development. The book assesses a range of aspects of uneven development in Thailand, including industrialization, urbanization, tourism, and environment and sustainability.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
figures, boxes, references, index
Maße
Höhe: 159 mm
Breite: 222 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-85972-085-1 (9781859720851)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction - uneven development in Thailand; Thailand's rapid economic growth - causes, sustainability and lessons; development or maldevelopment? the contradictions of Thailand's economic growth; paternalism and planning in Thailand - facilitating growth without social benefits; the Thai manufacturing sector - new patterns of expansion; problems of regional industrial development in North-East Thailand; development in Thailand's extended metropolitan region - the socio-economic and political implications of rapid change in an Ayutthaya district, central Thailand; continuity, change and "development" - the case of Thai textiles; rural industrialization in Thailand - village industries as a potential basis for rural development in the north-east; tourism development and social differentiation in Koh Samui; trekking in northern Thailand - impact distribution and evolution over time; the effects of tourism development on an Akha community - a Chiang Rai village case study; farmer differentiation in southern and central Thai agrarian systems - who benefits from agricultural growth?; who benefits from agricultural extension?; "training and visit" and the role of rural people's organizations in the upper north of Thailand; conclusion - future paths towards development in Thailand.
