Tri-Patterns of Community Network for Carbon Emission Reduction in Thai-Isan Urban

Abstract

In 2014 more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas. In the energy sector that is the highest proportion of all carbon emission sectors, urban area release carbon 71-76% of global carbon emission. The first priority solution for solving climate change is carbon emission reduction in urban areas. The low carbon city is an area base management to meet the target of city carbon emission reduction. One of means for develop the carbon emission behavior in everyday life of the people is collaborative action in form of networking. The social network is the one of major concept for urban study. It used to focus in individual behavior, but now extended to study group of urban people as community network. The objective of this research was to study the pattern of community network for carbon emission reduction in Urban of Northeastern Thailand as Khon Kaen city. Data were collected via in-depth interviews as well as by participatory and non-participatory observations with 24 key informants who were the community heads and members from 4 communities in Khon Kaen city. Data analyses were content analysis with ATLAS.ti program and social network analyzed by UCI-net program. The results of the study indicated that there are three patterns of community network for carbon emission reduction in Khon Kaen city; One-center network, Dual-center network, and Full network.