行政院國家科學委員會專題研究計畫成果報告:台灣與大陸東南沿海地區土地利用變遷比較研究

This study conducts a comparative
analysis of land use change in Taiwan
and Fujian province, China. Taiwan’s
economic development has undergone
significant changes over the past five decades
especially from 1980. China began in 1978 a
new open-door policy to encourage economic
“modernization”. This study proposes that
different regions can experience similar
changes in land use as they pass through
comparable stages of economic and political
development at different times. The first-year
project establishes a land use database for
both study areas. Data of Taiwan was created
by a government agency by aerial photo
interpretation and field verification. Data of
Fujian compiles from satellite imagery. The
hot spots are identified by using GIS
technique. Transition matrix are calculated.
The results show similar/dissimilar
characteristics in terms of different change
types. These results can be used as the basis
for driving force identification and model
building.