Abstract
ESEP Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics Contact the journal RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections ESEP 16:11-17 (2016) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esep00169 Modeling environmental impact of service sectors to promote sustainable development of Thailand Pruethsan Sutthichaimethee*, Yothin Sawangdee Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand *Corresponding author: pruethsan@gmail.com ABSTRACT: The objective of this research is to propose an indicator to assess and rank environmental problems caused by production within the services sector of Thailand. Factors used to calculate real benefit (defined as revenue for a sector, minus the environmental costs) included the costs of (1) natural resources materials, (2) energy and transportation, (3) fertilizer and pesticides, and (4) sanitary and similar services. The highest environmental cost in terms of natural resources materials and energy and transportation was in the service sector—hotels and places of lodging, while the highest environmental cost in terms of fertilizer and pesticides was in the service sector— personal services. The service sector—movie theaters had the highest environmental cost for sanitary and similar services. Overall, the service sector—real estate gained the highest real benefit, while the service sector—repair not classified elsewhere had the lowest real benefit. If Thailand were to use an indicator of environmental harm, especially within the services sector, it could help to formulate efficient policies and strategies for the country in 3 areas of development (social, economic, and environmental development). KEY WORDS: Services sector · Forward linkage · Real benefit · Environment cost · Carrying capacity · Sustainable development Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Sutthichaimethee P, Sawangdee Y (2016) Modeling environmental impact of service sectors to promote sustainable development of Thailand. Ethics Sci Environ Polit 16:11-17. https://doi.org/10.3354/esep00169 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in ESEP Vol. 16, No. 1. Online publication date: July 21, 2016 Print ISSN: 1863-5415; Online ISSN: 1611-8014 Copyright © 2016 Inter-Research.
Highlights
Among the most important factors in the development of a country are environmental and natural resources (TDRI 2007, ADB 2014)
Thailand has adopted policies predominantly focused on economic growth and prosperity from very early in its history
It is necessary to calculate an environmental indicator in order to prioritize the most urgent environmental issues in order to achieve more sustainable development
Summary
Among the most important factors in the development of a country are environmental and natural resources (TDRI 2007, ADB 2014). Social and economic changes within Thailand have caused a deterioration in environmental and natural resources, i.e. loss of forests, wild animals, mangrove forests (TDRI 2007), and water resources (Bodini 2012), as well as increased waste. The Thai government has foreseen this, leading ministers to announce a sustainable development policy with the aim to increase economic growth together with social and environmental development (TDRI 2007). Addressing environmental and natural resource degradation should be the first priority for. Thai society in making a development plan (ADB 2014), which must correspond with the economic and social development strategy of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Comparing ISEW per capita with gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in Thailand for the period 1977 to 2003 shows that ISEW per capita before 1977 was consistent with
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