大壩烏托邦：日治時期「石門水庫」的規劃與設計

A Dam Utopia: Planning and Design of Shihmen Dam during Japanese Colonial Era

石門水庫相關的歷史研究對其日治時期的前身多半抱持過於簡化或單一的分析視角，本文認為，以長時期的時間視野追溯其前身，有助於進一步理解戰後石門水庫建設案的成立；而水庫作為殖民地甚至日本帝國的重要建設，也須要超越地方的空間視野加以檢視。本文試圖重新思考石門建壩的構想如何於變動的時空背景下萌芽、變形、發展或復活。此一戰後的第一個多目標水庫在1964年才完工，但這個曾被視為烏托邦的規劃構想早在1900年代就出現。它來自十九世紀盛行於歐美並移植到東亞殖民地的水治理概念，在隨後不同的政治、社會、經濟考量下被屢次重新挪用。本文具體追溯其過程，並將此一個案研究置於技術史與環境史脈絡上，論述其所代表的意義。

This research aims to re-think the inception, transformation, development and revival of the idea of constructing a dam in Shihmen during the Japanese colonial era, an often neglected fact in previous studies that usually adopt an oversimplified or monotonous perspective. Shihmen Dam, completed in 1964, was the first multi-purpose reservoir in post-war Taiwan. However, this idea, once considered utopian, emerged as early as the beginning of the 1900s. It originated from an integrated water management concept that prevailed in the West, was transplanted to the East Asian colonies in the 19th century and repeatedly appropriated under various political, social and economic considerations during the whole colonial era. This study traces the implementation of this idea, and discusses the significance of this case study in the context of technological history and environmental history.