Evaluating the performance of environmental and health impact assessment practices in Thailand | |
| Author | Pattajaree Krasaesen |
| Call Number | AIT Diss. no.UE-25-01 |
| Subject(s) | Health status indicators--Thailand Environmental health--Thailand Environmental impact analysis--Thailand |
| Note | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Environmental Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The performance of environmental assessments (EIA) has been a constant concern and the assessment process has continued over the last decade. Thailand has implemented Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) including Health Impact Assessment (HIA) based on Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) which required research and development of this tool, but the performance of its use has been questioned. The main objective of this study is to compare the implementation of EIA and EHIA in the Eastern Thailand. Performance evaluation focuses on three dimensions i.e., substantive, procedural, and transactive, using a rating scale and evaluation checklists. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the number of people who rated each questionnaire. Fifteen EIAs and EHIAs of the project following the future development model were selected. These projects cover the sectors of energy and renewable energy, transportation, industry and real estate. The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development area is the preferred and studied area for the most successful projects in Thailand. The respondents were the 435 people closest to the data subject and observers. Scores for each criterion and overall performance are described by the scale score. Differences in performance were analyzed using t-tests and one-way ANOVA tests. The results showed that the overall performance reached a satisfactory level. The overall performance of Thailand's EIA and EHIA implementation is “Just satisfactory " (53% of the total score). In 60% of all studies were “Just satisfactory”, there are significant differences between EHIA and EIA, especially their reliability, deficiency of public participation and opinion to have more transparency, perhaps creating an entry in the database to solve this. The problem that will help to facilitate the evaluation of EIA and EHIA at all steps. For more research, researchers and academics could use the evaluation checklist developed in this study to look at similar systems in different groups of evaluators who involved in the EIA and EHIA processes. The developed framework can be used to identify areas for improvement and inform decision on resource allocation of resources and the policy implementation. |
| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Dissertation |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vilas Nitivattananon; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Chatterjee, Joyee S.;Pramanik, Malay; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (Ph.D.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2025 |