Land evaluation in an agricultural land reform area using geographical information system : a case study in Pluak Daeng District, Rayong Province, Thailand | |
| Author | Rujee Rodcha |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.NR-07-03 |
| Subject(s) | Land reform--Evaluation--Thailand--Rayong Geographic information systems--Thailand--Rayong |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Natural Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. NR-07-03 |
| Abstract | Land as natural resource, it is important factor to produce the product in agriculture sector. According to this reason lead to requirement of using land in quantity and quality. However, land has different characteristics which it is affected to their products and then would lead to be affected on their value. It is not only by their characteristics, but some limitations as by law, it would lead to be less value on these land as land inside agricultural land reform area. Land inside agricultural land reform area could not be sold to other people, just only it could be transfer by inheritance. According to this reason, agricultural land reform would not be worth and it could be guarantee for bank. Although bank consider this land but they would' not consider by their quality. Therefore, how agricultural land reform becomes to be value. The objective of this research conducted in Pluak Daeng District, Rayong Province, in the eastern part of Thailand. Pluak Daeng District was analyzed as land suitability for agricultural crops as cassava, pineapple, orchard and rubber. The land suitability would be combined with the production, product price, cost of product, net income, etc. The value of land would be drawn as value zoning map. The first step was to analyze the physical suitability by considering main physical factors as climate (temperature, rainfall), river and drainage systems, slope, soil loss and soil. Due to these factors, physical land suitability would come out. Next step, physical land suitability should be checked by matching with present land use. Social and infrastructure suitability assessment would be consider by accessibility of social and infrastructure suitability as distance from water resources, distance from main roads, distance from the markets and distance from labor sources. Social and infrastructure suitability would be the result of this step. Next, physical land suitability and social infrastructure suitability would be combined and computed. The result of this step would be land suitability classification. Whole of this process would be computed by using GIS. The socioeconomic is important part to know exactly about the study area and behavior and opinion of farmers to grow each crop. Which factors of socioeconomic data are affected to growing crop. The socioeconomic would be analyzed based on surveyed household data and Office of Agricultural Economics data by using SPSS. Land value zoning map would be drawn by the result of land suitability classification, socioeconomic analysis data. The result of land value zoning map would be overlaid with agricultural land reform. The land value of agricultural land reform would be found. Even though the land value of agricultural land reform are less worth by using this approach when comparing with the land value by the Treasury Department, but it could be one approach to archive the value of land by finding out more factors and constant value to control the value of land by this approach. Due to this approach, land value would be fluctuated by following the production and the price of product. It needs to have constant value to control them to archive appropriate value |
| Year | 2007 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-07-03 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Shivakoti, Ganesh P.;Taravudh Tipdecho; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), Thailand;Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 |