| Author | Huang, Ming Cheng |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-91-13 |
| Subject(s) | Cities and towns--Taiwan--Keelung--Growth
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of
the Degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-91-13 |
| Abstract | The Northern Region of Taiwan has had in prosperous growth during t he
past years, but the fruit of development is not spread evenly to the whole
region. The benefit of development is over concentrated in the capital city,
and the issue of balanced development among the fringe areas is neglected by
policy makers and planners. This situation will harm the further development
for both the central area and fringe areas of t he Metropolitan area in the
long run. The gap of living standard among these cities is increasing,
furthermore, this gap is worsened by inefficient administration in fringe
areas.
Since 1970, Keelung city suffers from declining population, industrial
desertion, and blighted infrastructures. Similar to many port cities located
in hilly land, Keelung City confronted the problem of decline due to
geographical l imitation. We try t o identify which is t he critical element
leading to t he decline.
In order to know the growth factors within the Metropolitan area,
firstly, a time series analysis from the 18th century is used for this study.
Then, a comparison study of population change, economic activity, and physical
environment among these jurisdictions is used to compare the change and t he
trend of growth in the Metropolitan area from 1975 to 1989. Multivariate
analysis (principal component analysis) is adopted to quantify these changes
by a more detailed set of data.
Finally, some strategies about revitalizing the
suggested at both national and local government level .
framework for the Metropolitan area and implementation
proposed in t he past are also recommended in the last part
the declining city are
I n administration
of several plans
of this study. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-91-13 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Robinson, Ira. M. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef ;Higuchi, Yoichiro
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Taiwan Provincial Government, Chinese Taipei ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 |