城市生態的足跡－－重探臺灣傳統城市空間的歷史特徵

Cities ecology trace- Revisited the historical characteristics of Taiwan's traditional urban space

城市，是因人類追求更舒適、便利、安全生活條件需求的滿足，而擇地交易、共同居住所形成的環境；城市生態與發展，具「交易、互利、共生」的本質；人類文明亦因此能透過經驗智慧的交流而進步。本研究透過上述城市本質的探究，以及城市發展人文社會經濟發展、自然人文地理生態發展實況、時空發展演變的因果，獲得城市發展生態演變之形態特徵、功能及性質、有機發展規律的歷史特性，重新檢視臺灣與中國城市史的一些問題。也因此，得以澄清及解讀一些對臺灣城市發展的誤解與未解之謎。主要內容依序為：1.城市的本質的內涵與探究城市生態演變真相的必要；2.臺灣傳統城市發展演變的四部曲：「市街興起、街頭蓋廟、官府設治、興築城牆」，是具因果的規律，也因此從根本上影響了臺灣傳統城市的特徵與空間結構；3.臺灣傳統城市街道交通形態與空間結構，是有機的生態發展形態，也因此形成了城市中心的地位特性；4.臺灣傳統城市原始功能及城市治理的真相，及傳統臺灣「民主城市」的歷史因緣。5.在結論中強調，應以科學的觀點及方法，來探究傳統城市空間與歷史演變。

The formation of the city, is the human quest for a more comfortable, convenient and safe living conditions to meet the demand, and choose to trade, to live together the environment; urban ecology and development, with a ＂transaction, mutually beneficial, symbiotic＂ the essence; therefore, human civilization progress also through the exchange of experience and wisdom. Through the Explore the city essence, and humanities and social-economic development of urban development, natural eco-development live human geography, spatial and temporal evolution of the causal development, access to forms of urban development ecological evolution of features, functions and properties, historical characteristics of the organic law of development, re-examine some problems of the Taiwan with China's urban history. Therefore, to clarify and interpret some misunderstanding and mystery of the Taiwan's city development. The main content in order, is: 1. The necessary to explore the essence of the city, meaning and truth of urban ecological evolution; 2 Four Steps of Taiwan's traditional city development and evolution: ＂Street rise, street build a temple, the governing official, building walls,＂ is a causal of law. Thus fundamentally affect the characteristics and spatial structure of Taiwan's traditional city; 3. Taiwan's traditional city street traffic shape and spatial structure, is an organic form of eco-development, and thus formed the characteristics of the city center position; 4. The original functions and urban governance of Taiwan's traditional city, and historical karma of traditional Taiwanese ＂democratic city＂. 5. In conclusion, emphasized the need and methods to scientific point of view, to explore the traditional and historical evolution of urban space.