Public-Private Partnerships for the Service Delivery in the National Scenic Area：A case study of Yehliu Geological Park
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Chen, Wei-Hung
Abstract
In convention, government is responsible for the operation and management of public service projects. However, in order to improve operation efficiency and service quality, privatization process began. This introduced the vitality and thinking of profit-making corporations into the public-private partnerships of government and private organizations to ignite more creativity and marketing ideas. This prompts the development of public private partnership of tourist services in many scenic parks. The new governance network not only strengthens industry competitiveness by effectively utilizing tourism resources, but also affect the quality and options of local services and development.ehliu Geopark contains rich geology and scenic resources and once fall under the jurisdiction of North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area. It has always been one of the core tourism development sites in Taiwan. In 2005, the operational right was transferred to private corporation aiming to develop this site as a global Geopark. Why opt for public-private partnership when the scenic area owns a unique tourism resource? And, in an active network of managing this scenic area, what prompted the transfer of Yehliu Geopark’s operational right?his thesis, based on the theme of public-private partnership for service delivery, probes into the reason behind Yehliu Geopark’s operational transfer through the practical observation and real world interview. Focus was on the governance networks of Yehliu Geopark, the role of each stakeholder involved in this case, and the strategic interactions between them. Moreover, this thesis attempts to investigate the change in governance roles and conflicts among stakeholders in the transition. Lastly but not least, through the integration of theory and practical analysis, this thesis investigates the difficulties Yehliu Geopark faced after the transition. This study framework shall shed lights on other scenic area operation transfers in the near future.indings of this thesis are presented in five key folds. Namely, the elite predominates the contracting out decisions, and the network marginal actors’ opinion is hard to get into decision; public and private sector has their own complementary relations; the decision of contracting out are influenced by political rationale; public and private sector both lacks social capital provided by the local; public and private sector face conflict ideologies of partnership.
Subjects
Public-private partnership
Network governance
Privatization
Geopark
Type
thesis
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