台北都会区水岸意义与功能的转变-台大地理系-nationaltaiwan.pdfVIP

地理學報 第七十四期： 63-86 (2014) 63 JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE (74) : 63-86 (2014) DOI: 10.6161/jgs.2014.74.03 臺北都會區水岸意義與功能 的轉變 Transformation of the Waterfront ’s Meaning and Function in the Taipei Metropolitan Area * ** ** 王志弘 黃若慈 李涵茹 Chih-Hung Wang Jo-Tzu Huang Han-Ru Lee Abstract From the perspectives of construction and governance of urban natural areas, this study discusses changes in function and meaning of the waterfront in the Taipei metropolitan area, and argues that the social tensions therein should be noted. Based on news reports, official documents and related literature, transformation of the waterfront ’s meaning and its governance in Taipei can be divided into four stages: (1) the order of irrigation and river transportation in the Qing Dynasty; (2) modern hydraulic engineering and flood protection under the Japanese colonial modernity and the post-war authoritarian modernity; (3) strategies of purification and greening by which the waterfront changes from an urban fringe and source of anxiety to an interface for contact with nature and recreational sites; and (4) treatment of the waterfront as green asset where leisure activities, conservation and gentrification take place. From a channel, fringe space, to an interface, then to a core asset of a city, the meaning and fun