GIS Application on the Strategy for Sustainable Development
in Phitsanulok Province
The strategy for sustainable development in Phitsanulok province
The process of the strategy for sustainable development are:
Step 1. Establishment the team works and database
Step 2. Analysis on issues and opportunities
Step 3. Vision, goals, objectives and management guidelines
Step 4. Integrated of decision and resolution of conflicts
Step 5. Implementation of management framework for sustainable development
Geographic Information System :GIS
The application using by GIS and other database are the important tool for planning and decision making in the SSDP. GIS data base contained natural resources, infrastructure, economic and social map layers. Those maps were overlaid for spatial analysis the potential ability of the land to support renewable natural resources such as forestry, agriculture, wildlife, recreation and water production. In the other hand, spatial data could be used for problems and opportunities analysis. Spatial data could show the situation and size of problems and development opportunities. GIS is a tool for analysis target area, criteria, objectives, management guideline, zoning, resolution of conflicts and options in each area. The same area maybe implement more than one objectives. Finally, all stakeholders were satisfied and related with the potential ability of land.
Methodology
- Data collection in terms of spatial data for target analysis, criteria in each area, management guidelines and zoning. (Fig 1.)
- To keep the importance data in sequence for example boundary of country, boundaries
of provinces and districts.
- To mark the boundaries which correlate with the objectives for example protection zone applied the ecological boundary or physiological boundary, developing zone applied administrative and location boundary, production zone applied ability potential of natural resources boundaries or irrigation boundaries.
- To group the spatial data which showed the same objectives for the advantage of
processing, monitoring and evaluation.
- Application the suitable activities for compatible uses on those geography. A geographical defined area in which compatible and non-compatible uses are prescribed. In integrated natural resources and management planning, zoning is used as means to implement the plan. In case of the strategy for sustainable development, some activities have much effect on environment. So, the Environmental Impact Assessment should be considered.
- Criteria on land use management
The criteria on land use management could divide into 4 categories as following:
- Protection zone
Protection zone or sensitive area is the areas and features (both terrestrial and aquatic) on all lands and waters, both public and private, including natural, social and cultural amenities which identified and described in the planning process and become prime protection areas to be avoided by development. These areas are normally buffered with a standard set-back zone and include restrictive uses to sustain the feature.
- Production zone
Production zone meant the high productivity areas and quantity of resource that can be produced continuously over time and, at the same time, maintain ecosystem health.
- Development zone
Development zone is identified for the compatible areas for social and economic which showed ineffective to the environment. A concept, it has made some profound changes in the attitudes as to how these finite resources are being development.
- Multiple zone
Multiple zone is not protection, production and development zones but these zone have integrated activities. Multiple zone is the barrier buffer zone between protection, production and development zones.
Results and Conclusion
The strategy for sustainable development in Phitsanulok province had been analysed by brain storming from Phitsanulok 's people, ability potential of natural resources and all levels of government, private sectors and non government organizations. All stakeholders had created the vision, goals, objectives, targets, criteria, management guideline and resolution of conflicts by their consensus.
The strategy for sustainable development in Phitsanulok province for next 20 years (2002 - 2021) are arranged by zoning as follows. (Fig 2.)
- Protection zone. The protection areas is 3,644.83 km2 or 33.70 % , their criteria showed as table 1.
- Production zone. The production areas is 3,309.35 km2 or 30.60 % , their criteria showed as table 2.
- Development zone. The development areas is 2,131.60 km2 or 19.71 % , their criteria showed as table 3.
- Multiple zone. The multiple areas is 1,730.07 km2 or 16.00 % , their criteria for showed as table 4.
The proper or improper activities in each zones had been decision by all stakeholders 's consensus as table 5.
Fig 1. Diagram showed the strategy for sustainable development in Phitsanulok by using GIS
Fig 2. Management Zone Map in Phitsanulok
