Abstract
Water is not only essential to all living creatures, but also critical to every industry. In Taiwan, given the inconsistent distribution of water resources differing by season and geographic site, and the short and narrow river basin unable to retain most rainfall, the available water resources are only one-fourth the total amount of water, which makes water one of the most scarce resources competed among immigrants in the early days. In the last half century, the increase in all kinds of water utilization due to the rising living standards, growing population, and industrial transformation results in the repeated predicament of water shortage in Taiwan; especially in southern Taiwan, severe river pollution causes even more difficulties in the exploration of water resources. However, after the lift of martial law, in the face of dramatically changed political situation and increased democratic awareness, government can no longer deal with conflicts and protests regarding water resources through coercive way as before, but rather needs to adopt alternative solutions.
Taking ¡§the politics of water resources¡¨ as a major theme, this study attempts to understand what water resources issues Taiwan encounters thus far; what policies government is adopting now; what the new policies and regulations should be if the old ways can no longer cope with new kinds of conflicts; and whether the current policies for water resources issues are effective. Moreover, this study intends to investigate the implications and types of future water resources conflicts.
The present study explores Taiwan¡¦s early and current water resources issues, government policies, and the administrative organization and structure for the implementation of policies through literature review, historic comparative analysis, and policy analysis approach. This study covers five chapters, in addition to introduction and conclusion, including the examinations of water resources issues in Taiwan, current government water resources policies and administrative organization, as well as future water resources policies.
Finally, the findings and recommendations of the study are as follows: government should (1) expedite the unification of water right; (2) strengthen administrative organization through community participation; (3) fulfill sustainable-development-centered policy goal; (4) adjust current industrial policy; (5) establish reasonable water price system; (6) overhaul relevant laws and regulations, and build the customer-pay-fee system.
Key words: water resources issues, politics water resources, administrative organization of water resources, sustainable development
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0715103-111617 |
| Date | 15 July 2003 |
| Creators | Ting, Chin-Wei |
| Contributors | none, none, none |
| 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-0715103-111617 |
| Rights | restricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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