The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Land Use in Puli Area: Applying GIS to Allocate the Optimal Land Transformation from Agriculture to Ecological

• Main Authors: Han-Zhong Yen, 顏漢中
• Other Authors: Chia-Yu Yeh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69n779

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 經濟學系 === 102 === In recent years, the agriculture in Taiwan has been fast diminished, especially after joining WTO and the ECFA. Meanwhile, the government has managed to promote the development of the value-added agriculture: eco-tourism. According to the Council of Agriculture, in 2007 the share of agriculture in GDP is 1.45%. But if counting the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels of agriculture-related industries, the share is about 11 %. In 2010, the share is slightly increased to 11.21%. As can be seen, the added value of agriculture effectively increases farmers' income and their competitiveness. The development of eco-tourism majorly relies on the local ecological resources. However, the promotion plan of eco-tourism should not only consider the comparative advantages between the eco-tourism and agriculture, but also the ecosystem services of different agricultural crops production process. For example, the government of Nicaragua cooperated with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on subside farmers who develop their farms with the function of ecosystem services by increasing the ecological diversity, water conservation, and the carbon sequestration effect, etc (Pagiola et al., 2007). In addition, it is important to consider the human impact on the ecological protection areas, transportation routes, species rarity and other indicators. Currently, Taiwan has no specific studies integrating multiple-oriented indicators to provide the local government the information of planning the regional economic development. Therefore, in this study, the Geographical Information System (GIS) was applied to integrate indicators such as land use, geological environment, boundary maps of towns and villages, transportation facility, and social economic information. By applying cost-benefit analysis, the agricultural output value per unit of land, the agro-ecosystem service value, tourism output value, leisure value were evaluated to effectively select the optimal farmlands to be developed as an ecotourism area, which may help to accelerate economic prosperity, improve the balance of regional development, and provide employment opportunities.