從全球資訊網知識分佈探討城鄉規劃之資訊科技應用

KNOWLEDGE MAPS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING IN WORLD WIDE WEB

全球資訊網已經成為當今知識累積與查詢最重要的場域之一。城鄉規劃知識亦不例外。由於具有網頁建置能力者，大多對資訊科技議題也較感到興趣，故其所建置之網頁當不乏以資訊科技為主題者。是故本文挑選一些主要的關鍵詞，利用搜尋引擎Google，藉以瞭解城鄉規劃者應用資訊科技的情形。透過關鍵詞以及知識分佈的分析，吾人發現傳統數理模式仍居多數，而地理資訊系統等新興資訊科技的應用則尚屬起步，有待加強。不過，吾人從知識分佈圖上也發現了合作式規劃和民眾參與等城鄉規劃議題，和地理資訊系統、宮格自動機、代理人模擬系統、規則式推理、案例式推理、網際網路、標準制度與資訊共享等資訊科技議題，開始呈現緊密結合、大量應用的現象，預期將可以發揮核心功能，凝聚更多的概念。此外，本文亦討論此一開創性研究方法的後續研究方向。

World Wide Web has become an important place for knowledge sharing and accumulation. It is fair to believe that those who are able to create their own web pages also most likely include issues concerning with information technology applications in their web pages. Therefore, this article chooses some keywords to explore the status of information technology applications to urban and regional planning by employing the searching capability of Google. By making knowledge map, it is found that traditionally mathematical models are still prevailing, but applications using new information technologies, such as geographical information systems, are lacking. However, by examining the knowledge map, it is also found that some planning issues, such as collaborative planning and public participation, and some information technology issues, such as geographical information systems, cellular automata, agent based modeling, rule based reasoning, case based reasoning, data standards, and information sharing, are highly inter-cited and could become nucleuses for knowledge amalgamation. Finally, this article also discusses the directions of future work.