GEOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HAKHA TOWNSHIP, CHIN STATE OF MYANMAR
Abstract
- This research paper is to analyze the Quality of Life (QOL) of the natives residing in the capital of Hakha Township of Chin State of Myanmar. It lies 96 km (60 miles) away from the Northwestern edge of Myanmar, and is adjoining to Mezoran State of India. Hakha Township lies along the motor car routes connecting the Chin hill region with the flat plain regions of Gangaw in Magway Region. Hakha is also connected by air routes of Kalay Town in Sagaing Region and the big cities of Myanmar such as Mandalay and Yangon. Nowadays, this township is facing with socio- economic difficulties. The data required for this research paper are collected by using the questionnaires, under the Selected Random Sampling Method to (550) households of (68) villages of (30) village tracts within Hakha Township. Other necessary data are collected from the offices of the township. In this research the spatial analysis on daily quality of life (QOL) has been made by means of qualitative and statistical methods by using 9 Human Development indices of UNDP (2018) with 45 variables issued by the Myanmar Human Resources Development (MHRD). According to this research, in order to get the daily QOL , it is found that the upgrading programs of the standard of living are still needed to be achieved.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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May Thu Naing
Subject
- Geography
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)