Critical Study of Policy Implementation: Case Study of Eastern Economic Corridor on City Plan and Land Utilization

Abstract

This article aimed to study the implementation of the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy on Urban Land Use Planning, which was vital to development because it was the land management to be used efficiently. The study would survey the document, the relevant, laws, rules and regulations, as well as the interviews of related people from the governmental, private, and people sectors for synthesis and interpretation. The policy implementation model of the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy was applied to analyze the data in order to find out the success factors of the implementation of the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy on Urban Land Use Planning. 

          According to the study, the problem of the middle income trap of Thailand for a long time has become the stimulus of establishing the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy which the government greatly gave importance to. The current government desires the policy to succeed instantly so that it exercises power according to the Interim Constitution B.E.2557 of the leader of National Council for Peace and Order to issue notifications for resolving the conflicts and delayed operation of the existing laws. This is the so called invisible hands leading lack of success factors of the implementation, that is, lack of communication results in misunderstanding of the policy, leading to confusion of implementation. Moreover, the local people do not have the forum to express their opinions, which leads people’s dissatisfaction as you can see from people gathering to oppose the policy. As a result, it brings about lack of support from the people sector. This issue is vital to the policy effectiveness. Though in a short term the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy is able to make progress due to the governmental drive, in a long term lack of participation from every sector will lead to the policy failure. Therefore, it is urgent for the government to make understanding towards the policy among the officers and people so as to build trust and support of implementation.