Desired Environments for Government Residential Compound Development: A Case Study of Royal Irrigation Department, Pak Kret

Abstract

The aims of this research were to study desired environments for government compound development of Royal Irrigation Department, Pak Kret, and to study the correlations between position ranking and the desired environments. The desired environments had been classified in 4 kinds including physical environment, security, recreation, and service. The questionnaires were used as a tool to collect data from 336 samples. The result showed that the samples had high expectation in building design for energy saving and environmental friendly, appropriate room spaces, privacy, green areas, badminton facility, petanque facility, a convenient store, and food services. While, the rest of environmental factors were expected at medium level. Furthermore, the higher position ranking had more desire for the desired environments. The 5 most desired environments included a children playground, green areas, petanque facility, waste management, and wireless internet, consequently.