A study of Taipei Residents’ Cognition and Demand for Urban Parks

• Main Authors: CHEN YANG-HSIN, 陳揚馨
• Other Authors: Chien, Yu-Lan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01966381357300927080

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 自然資源與環境管理研究所在職專班 === 99 === In the aspect of the development of urban parks and green land, Taipei city has been faced two problems for a long time. One problem is being short of square meters of green space for each person, the other one is out of the balance in the distribution of urban parks. In recent year, some urban parks even had been occupied and cut their multi-function. Reviewing literature related to demand for Taiwan’s urban park, it is found that researchers often focused on the demand for single park rather than all the parks in a city, and on the recreational benefit for users rather than the external benefits-such as biodiversity conservation, micro-climate adjustment, calamity mitigation-for users and nonusers. Thus, this thesis aims at investigating Taipei residents’ demand for city urban parks, estimating the benefit and cost of urban parks, and shedding light on policies related urban parks. This research is proceeds as follows. First, a survey is conducted to collect information from Taipei residents, including their utilization of urban parks, preference for park functions, willingness to participate affairs related to neighboring urban parks, the attitude towards public land transformed to urban parks and green land, and the willingness to pay (WTP) for building new urban parks in the future. Second, travel cost demand functions and WTP functions are estimated. Finally, the cost-benefit analysis is undertaken for Taipei’s urban parks and green lands as a whole.