ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a brief overview of the issues surrounding community participation in developing countries, especially in terms of the scholarly treatment of this issue. In terms of environmental governance, community participation may well serve a more insurgent role. The chapter analyses the linkages among cultural values, attitudes and perceptions, and behaviour and action among Bangkok's low-income urban dwellers. It provides a survey of low-income households in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) to gather information that might explain the potential linkages among environmental behaviours and actions, attitudes and perceptions, and cultural values of individual households. To summarize, the survey of low-income urban residents in Bangkok indicated both positive and negative dimensions in terms of access to public services and environmental practices. Finally, the chapter concludes with implications for understanding more fully the connections among cultural values, attitudes, individual action and environmental governance.
