A history of change: An exploration of environmental and social change in Ban Tha Khao through the photographs of locals
| dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Nathan | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Dearden, Phil | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-31T17:23:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-31T17:23:28Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ban Tha Khao is a small village of approximately 1500 people located on Ko Yao Noi island in the middle of Ao Phang Nga bay in Thailand. People began to settle on Ko Yao Noi in 1780 but it was not named as a sub-district until 1903. Originally, inhabitants of Ban Tha Khao made a living from subsistence fishing, farming rice, and growing other food crops. People travelled in self propelled row boats or sail boats and it took a day to travel to the mainland. In more recent years, community livelihoods have shifted away from fisheries and towards rubber plantations and tourism development. More people have moved to the island and infrastructure and transportation have improved. Longtail boats and speedboats have replaced earlier models. The population of other areas in Ao Phang Nga, Krabi, and Phuket have also increased significantly and so has the number of fishers. As a result of these population pressures and a number of factors, both marine and terrestrial resources have declined in the area. Two national parks have been created, including Ao Phang Nga National Park and Than Bhok Khorani National Park. This document tells the story of the many social and environmental changes that Ban Tha Khao has undergone in recent years through the photographs and stories of local people. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | en_US | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | en_US | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Project IMPAACT, which stands for Improving Marine Protected Areas on the Andaman Coast of Thailand, is a project of the Marine Protected Areas Research Group at the University of Victoria, acknowledges the following sources of funding: the Social Sciences and Human Research Council of Canada, the Trudeau Foundation, and the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem project. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bennett, N. & Dearden, P. (2012). A History of Change: An Exploration of Environmental and Social Change in Ban Tha Khao Through the Photographs of Locals. Report prepared for Project IMPAACT, Marine Protected Areas Research Group, University of Victoria. 81 pp. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4458 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Project IMPAACT, Marine Protected Areas Research Group, University of Victoria | en_US |
| dc.subject | Centre for Global Studies | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Environmental Studies | |
| dc.title | A history of change: An exploration of environmental and social change in Ban Tha Khao through the photographs of locals | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | ประวัติการเปลี่ยนแปลง: การสำ รวจการ เปลี่ยนแปลง ทางสังคมและ สิ่งแวดล้อมที่ บ้านท่าเขา ผ่าน รูปถ่ายฝีมือคน ท้องถิ่น | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |