The Development of Community Living near the Territory for the Sustainability: A Case Study of 3 Provinces near the Combodian Territory

Abstract

The objective of this is 1) to study the conditions for living by the
community in the Esan, 2) to study the guidelines for community sustainable
development basedon theses areas: Srisaket, Surin, and Buriram due to the
territorry issue between Thailand and Cambodia. This is qualitative research by
field data collection and in-depth interview by means of snowball sampling
in order to gaining the most actual data and analytic induction. The results are
as follows: community of territory is agricultural type, partly newly established
by the authorities and extened original community, with moving in for better
living for abundant resources, with Buddhism and local ethnic cultures as
spiritual center. The frameworks for community development in the territory
are based on 3: education, Buddhism and culture and 4 pillars: natural
resources, community economy, security and safety, peaceful society by
government, private and people sectors based on the parcipatory democracy
represented by the local goverment for dynmization and mobilization of
development mingled by the local and the central goverment’s po licy.