ABSTRACT

Environmental management in the cities of both the developed and developing worlds is clearly both an art and a science. The authors used the quantitative data collected in their survey to develop multivariate logistic regression models to illuminate the linkages among socio-demographic variables, cultural values, attitudes and behaviour. Consequently, authors argue that it is very important to realize that cultural values and attitudes within Thailand and other countries clearly shape a variety of environmental practices such as community participation, health behaviours, treating water, and disposal of solid waste. In Thailand (as in many developing countries), a potential alternative path for those individuals and groups interested in affecting or influencing government policy, particularly if they constitute the educated middle class, is to join or form an non-governmental organization (NGO). Thus, the Thai state tends to rely more and more on corporatist non-governmental entities to design and implement programmes that address environmental obstacles to ongoing devel.