Planning for Urban Green Infrastructure in Pingtung City

Eco-city and its sustainable development has been a positive trend around the
world. Pingtung city also starts to rethink its urban development through the
remediation of Wan-nian creek. As a satellite town around Kaohsiung metropolis,
Pingtung city is facing the crisis of land development pressure. To construct a
sustainable development strategy is crucial for this city to defend against urban
sprawl.
Green infrastructure is a kind of spatial planning concept that could deal with
land resources’ preservation, management and against sprawl phenomenon. It is a
comprehensive spatial planning thinking. This study bases on literature review,
through monographs, research reports, visit reports, website and other literature to
understand what and where the green resources are. Also through the concept of green
infrastructure, combine with the empirical investigation that was carried out in
Pingtung City, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analysis parks, rivers,
brown fields, farm lands. With overlap related-maps and buffer analysis,
least-cost-path analysis, we can develop a strategy for a comprehensive green network
in Pingtung, to link or enhance existing green resources where the region distribute in
the city, promote the formation of ecological networks.