In order to cope with an agricultural economic structure and the development of industrial and commercial use land, the government conducted significant amendment to the Statute for Agricultural Development, adjusting the original ¡§farmland owned by farmers¡¨ and ¡§farmland for agricultural use¡¨ to ¡§releasing farmland owned by farmers¡¨ and ¡§farm building on farmland.¡¨ In addition to loosening the qualifications for the acquisition of farmland, the government also allows for the construction of cluster farm buildings or individual farmhouses.
The goal of the policy of cluster farm buildings is established upon the foundation of ¡§production, life, and ecology.¡¨ Regarding production, farmland is not allowed to be segmented, which is beneficial to the promotion of agricultural machinery and rewarding in the expansion of the scale of farmland operation. Regarding everyday life, the construction of well-planned public facilities is able to promote living environment and quality. Regarding ecology, the well-planned management of sewage processing can reduce environmental contamination, protecting the environment. Regarding landscape, the building of farmhouses in a cluster is able to make landscape harmonious. Regarding public investment, the concentration of government funds on a certain area is able to enhance the efficiency of public investment.
Although the policy of farm building cluster is made with positive intensions, it is unable to compromise with the current situations of rural areas, rendering problems that affect the growth of rural areas. In fact, these problems have arisen because of the inadequacy of laws and regulations related to rural areas. Therefore, this research examines whether the policy of the construction of farm building cluster can accomplish the three major goals of the sustaining development of rural area and solve the problems of the current problems farm building clusters are facing now and possible solutions.
The research employs literature review, secondary source analysis, and on-site investigation as methods. Interviews with various personnel related to the construction of farm buildings, such as administrative, reviewers, scholars, contractor, local farmers, and residents in farm building cluster are conducted with the help of the government. Integrating viewpoints and suggestions from the business, government, and academia, it provides references for the government to promote the amendment of laws and policies related to the construction of farm building cluster in the future.
This research discovers that the construction of farm building clusters cannot accomplish its three original goals of ¡§protecting the integrity of farmland, avoiding the loss of excellent farmland, and promoting effective use of farmland¡¨, ¡§enhancing public construction to promote rural area¡¦s additive values, farmers¡¦ living quality, and harmony for the community¡¨, and ¡§avoiding farm buildings in clusters that contaminate farmland, protect ecological environment, and promote harmony in the community.¡¨ In the aspect of production, it suggests the government to 1. Limit the distance between farm buildings and farmland; 2. Prohibit using ¡§forests¡¨ and ¡§reserve areas on slopes¡¨ as farmland; 3. Delimit suitable areas for the construction of farm buildings; 4. Assist utilization of farmland to create production values. In the aspect of everyday life, it suggests 1. Delimit the standard of minimum area for the construction public facilities. In the aspect of ecology, it suggests 1. Build green belts between farm buildings and farmlands; 2. Delimit the standard of sewage discharge testing; 3. Provide funds to assist building ¡§green¡¨ farm buildings; 4. Refurbish old rural areas to make their appearance harmonious with farm building clusters. In the aspect of policy, it suggests 1. Established supervising and monitoring management system; 2. Prohibit the acquisition of farmland for the construction of farm buildings for 2 years to avoid farmland speculation; 3. Publicize laws and policies related to the construction of farm building cluster; 4. Simplify the application procedure of cluster construction; 5. Limit the number of the application of building individual farmhouses; 6. Establish service platform to assist farmers to plan and apply for the construction of farm building clusters by providing instant transparent information.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0822111-120339 |
| Date | 22 August 2011 |
| Creators | Lee, Tzu-Yu |
| Contributors | Chyi-Lu Jang, Shan-non Chin, Ping-Cheng Li |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0822111-120339 |
| Rights | user_define, Copyright information available at source archive |
Page generated in 0.0023 seconds