PATICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT : COMMUNITY SUSTAINALBE DEBELOPMENT
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This academic article aims to present participatory development towards sustainable community development that occurred in Thailand both in the development of rural and urban communities to suggest guidelines for sustainable community development that meet the needs of the people and conform to the country's context. The study found that community development has two main goals: developing people to be happy and community development to be strong. The development of such people and communities for sustainable results is a development that encompasses three dimensions, namely the economic dimension; socio-cultural dimensions and environmental dimensions This must be a participatory development. By considering from (1) 4 forms of participation, including participation in decision-making, participation in implementation, participation in receiving benefits, and participation in the evaluation. (2) 4 characteristics of participation: participation in action, participation in budget, responsible participation and participation in decision-making. And (3) 6 levels of participation, namely information level, level of exposure to opinions from the public, consultation level, joint planning level, joint action level and the level of control by the people. Participatory community development as mentioned above leads to sustainable community development. That is a community where people are happy and a strong community. both economic society-culture and environment.
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