A Participatory and Integrated Urgent Flood Management Plan for Chiang Rai Municipality

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the management of local organizations regarding flood effects in Chiang Rai Municipality. The stakeholders of the participatory integrated management plan included a total of 500 supervisors or staff from government agencies concerned with fundamental information and development of Chiang Rai province, community leaders, relevant agencies and organizations, religious leaders, philosophers (folk philosophers), volunteer mainstays for flood management, and representatives of local people who had flood effects. A questionnaire was used as the research tool. Collected data were analyzed with mean and Standard Deviation (S.D.). The research results found that the management of local organizations regarding the impact of flooding in Chiang Rai Municipality, the research results were moderately demanding after the flood (M=3.33 and SD=0.83). They recommended that the participatory operations within the Chiang Rai Municipality area, the action and mitigation plan, and the restoration phases integrate the execution in multiple dimensions to drive the area-based mechanism to handle problems and cope with all risks.