| บทคัดย่อ(English) |
The purposes of this research were to study the accuracy of the Geographic Information Systemsoftware in identifying potential for development of limestone resources. The GIS was checked forvalidity by utilizing public support to gather corresponding data from the field. The first step in the researchwas to identify potential environmental impact factors in limestone resource development using the GIS.The second step was to study the Analytic Hierarchy Process model by applying the pairwise comparisonmethod with the GIS. The final step was sending local administrators to gather data from the targetedareas for comparison, in order to promote an appropriate and efficient usage of resources leading to basicsustainable resource management. The results of the research encompassed environmental impact factors, questionnaire, data collection,and data analysis. A comparative importance matrix of the eight factors was created from a summary ofthe data and expert opinion. Pairwise comparison matrix was subsequently computed to reduce the datadimension and to highlight the relative importance of each affecting factor prior to weight extraction. Thehighest weight was the type of mineral concession (0.188), next was watershed and water (0.170), tourismsite and heritage (0.152), transportation (0.130), land use (0.107), forest use (0.106), slope (0.087) andcommunity area (0.061), respectively. The AHP model was applied using GIS processing. This research showed that the most appropriate areas for development measured 354.58 km2or 33.52% of the total area. Most of the areas are located at Rangbua sub-district of Jombung district in Ratchaburiprovince or in the central area of the Ratchaburi province. And due to the public participation study byAIC process at Rangbua Sub-district Administrative Organization, the results show that the local administratorsupports limestone resource development in the potential areas to realize actual development. |
