419 KB83 KB198920252013Sang-arun, Nattaponštevilka:1letnik:24str. 74-85, 160-171ISSN:0353-6483COBISSID:2535363URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-SRADYCI7enslUrbanistični inštitut Republike SlovenijeUrbani izzivdecentralizacijaekonomska neenakostregionalna ekonomijaregionalni razvojTajskaRazvoj regionalnih središč rasti in vpliv na regionalno rast| a case study of Thailand's Northeastern region| Development of regional growth centres and impact on regional growth| primer tajske severovzhodne regije|This study investigates the spatial economic structure and inequality in Thailand at the national and regional levels, with a particular focus on the Northeastern region in the period from 1987 to 2007. The study has three main points: 1) examination of the economic structure and inequality at the national level and in the Northeastern region according to the Theil index, 2)determination of regional growth centres and satellite towns by using growthpole theory as a conceptual framework and incorporating spatial interaction analysis and 3) analysis of the relationship between regional growth centres and satellite towns with regard to the impact on growth and inequality. The results show that the Northeastern region is definitely the lagging region in the nation, by both gross domestic product (GDP) and gross regional product (GRP) per capita. It was therefore selected for a case study.Spatial analysis identified Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani andUbon Ratchathani as regional growth centres. Each of them has its own sphere of influence (or satellite towns), and the total area of regional growth centres and satellite towns are classified as sub-regions. The development of regional growth centres has a direct impact on sub-regional economic growth through economic and social relationships: urbanisation, industrial development, per capita growth, the number of higher educational institutes and so on. However, such growth negatively correlates with economicequality among the provinces in a sub-region. The inequality trend is obviously on an upswing. This study suggests that industrial links between regional growth centres and their satellite towns should be improved in order for regional growth centre development to have a consistently desirable effecton both economic growth and equality. Such a strong process means that the growth of regional growth centres will spread, leading to the development of their surrounding areasV članku se preučujeta prostorsko-gospodarska podoba in neenakost na Tajskem na državni in regionalni ravni, pri čemer je posebna pozornost namenjena severovzhodni regiji med letoma 1987 in 2007. Avtor se v članku osredotoča na: 1. preučevanje gospodarskih razmer in neenakosti na državni ravni in v severovzhodni regiji na podlagi Theilovega indeksa neenakosti; 2. določanje regionalnih središč rasti in satelitskih mest na podlagi teorije polov rasti kot idejnega okvira in analize prostorske interakcije ter 3. analizo razmerja med regionalnimi središči rasti in satelitskimi mesti z vidika vpliva na rast in neenakost. Ugotavlja, da severovzhodna regija z vidika bruto domačega proizvoda in tudi bruto regionalnega proizvoda na prebivalca zaostaja za drugimi regijami, zato je bila izbrana za raziskavo. Na podlagi prostorske analize so bila mesta Nakhon Ratčasima, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani in Ubon Ratčathani določena za regionalna središča rasti. Vsako ima svoje območje vpliva (ali satelitska mesta), skupno območje regionalnih središč rasti in satelitskih mest pa je opredeljeno kot podregija. Razvoj regionalnih središč rasti ima na podlagi gospodarskih in družbenih odnosov neposreden vpliv na gospodarsko rast podregije: urbanizacijo, industrijski razvoj, rast na prebivalca, število visokošolskih ustanov in podobno. Kljub temu pa je ta rast negativno povezana z gospodarsko enakostjo provinc v podregiji. Očitno je, da se neenakost poglablja. Avtor v članku predlaga, da bi za doseganje trajnega pozitivnega vpliva regionalnih središč rasti na gospodarsko rast in enakost morali izboljšati industrijske povezave med temi središči in njihovimi satelitskimi mesti. Če bo ta proces dovolj močan, se bo rast z regionalnih središč razširila tudi na sosednja območja in pospešila njihov razvojTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUrbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije