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Towards a Symbiosis: Urban Development and Environmental Quality in the Taipei Metropolitan Region

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  • Tzu-Chun Chen
  • Shu-Li Huang

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Environmental quality in urban areas has become an increasingly important topic in Taiwan. Previous research involving the interrelationshipsbetween urban development and environmental quality have rarely emphasized the symbiosis between urban areas and the natural environment. In recent years, the discipline of ecological economics has applied ecological energetic analysis to evaluate the contribution of the natural environment to an urban system. In addition, system simulation also plays a prominent role in assessing the dynamic interrelations between humans, economics and ecological systems. On the basis of an ecological economics perspective, this paper establishes indices of environmental quality and develops an ecological system model to simulate the interrelationshipsbetween urban developmentand environmentalquality of the Taipei metropolitan region. Furthermore, this paper not only proposes future development alternatives and strategies, but also initiates scenarios of the Taipei metropolitan region for policy simulation. According to those results, future development in the Taipei metropolitan region should adjust the interface and mechanism between man and nature for sustainable development.

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  • Tzu-Chun Chen & Shu-Li Huang, 1998. "Towards a Symbiosis: Urban Development and Environmental Quality in the Taipei Metropolitan Region," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(1), pages 77-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:41:y:1998:i:1:p:77-94
    DOI: 10.1080/09640569811803
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