This paper investigates the importance of landscape analysis in designing the public participation process for rural sustainable development projects, using a case study of a non-governmental organization (NGO)'s development projects in Chonburi province. | Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences 38 2017 331e336 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences journal homepage http locate kjss Failure of public participation for sustainable development A case study of a NGO s development projects in Chonburi province Thanawat Pimoljinda Ritthikorn Siriprasertchok Graduate School of Public Administration Burapha University Chonburi 20131 Thailand a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history This paper investigates the importance of landscape analysis in designing the public Received 15 March 2016 participation process for rural sustainable development projects using a case study of a Received in revised form 4 August 2016 non-governmental organization NGO s development projects in Chonburi province. Accepted 10 August 2016 Mixed methods were applied using focus group and in-depth interview techniques with Available online 20 October 2017 the former members of a community-based organization and the NGO s staff members and quantitative data derived from 250 questionnaires which were gathered from the Keywords former targeted group of that NGO. The results of this research found that the lack of non-governmental organization impact of landscape analysis on the spatial distribution or density of the target population physical landscape had become a significant intervening obstacle in promoting public participation. It has also public participation resulted in a proportionate discontinuity of the process of the development projects. rural development Specifically the size of and the space between human groupings together with the sustainable development different physical environments of each specific area have resulted in some targets becoming marginalized from full participation in the development project. Additionally some other target areas were not willing to join the project due mainly to their way of life and economic conditions and these two factors are in turn the
