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65-88 (2010) 65 JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE (58) : 65-88 (2010) The Changing Conception of Public Goods and Urban Governance From Neo-classical to New Institutional Economics * Simon Chien-Yuan Chen Abstract The theory of public goods under economic conditions has always been a core issue in traditional urban planning and governance. However, the practice of traditional urban planning and governance based on the public goods theory over the last century has not been successful, which has subsequently led to further discussions from scholars in economics and urban planning. Many western scholars apply New Institutional Economics to re-assess the concept of public goods and institutional choice, which has resulted in insightful discoveries. They may be of help to Taiwan’s planning and geography researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to introduce recent discussions of and concepts about the public goods theory from western economists and planning scholars, from neo-classics economics to new institutional economics. Recent discussions show that pure public goods are, actually, rare. The most common shared resources are club goods; these club goods have manifold characteristics, and are accessible in accordance with each club member’s societal and economic status. Therefore, from * 立理理 Assistant Professor, Department of Land Management, FengC