接軌「都市化與環境變遷」國際研究──台灣研究議題

International Research on Urbanization and Environmental Change and Research Issues for Taiwan

都市化是21世紀全球環境變遷重要的現象與主因之一，都市化與環境系統之間的複雜關係已受到國際研究重視。台灣於20世紀起的快速都市發展，以及全球環境變遷愈趨嚴重之衝擊下，逐漸發展都市化與環境變遷議題之相關研究，而科技部自然司永續學門於2013年進行永續相關議題之核心計畫研究發展與推廣，共七個核心計畫。本文針對「都市化與環境變遷」核心計畫對於台灣接軌國際之研究所建構之科學計畫研究架構，提出四大研究議題──「都市化的驅動力與影響」、「都市化對環境系統的影響」、「環境變遷對都市系統的影響」、「都市對環境變遷的因應與成效」，以了解都市化與環境變遷的交互作用與反饋過程，並從國際最新研究趨勢與國內現況及政策環境，提供各議題之未來研究思考方向。 Urbanization is one of the main causes and phenomena of global environmental change in the 21st century, and the complicated relationships between urbanization and environmental system have been recognized by international researches. Due to the rapid urban development in Taiwan in the 20th century and the increasing awareness of global environmental change, the core project of urbanization and environmental change was proposed as an important research issue of sustainable development by the Department of Natural Sciences and Sustainable Development of Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology in 2013. Based on the science plan of the core project “Urbanization and Environmental Change”, four major themes were proposed: (1) the driving forces and influence of urbanization; (2) urban processes that contribute to global environmental change; (3) pathways through which global environmental changes affects the urban system; and (4) consequences of interactions within urban systems on global environmental change. This study aims at discussing the interaction and feedback process between urbanization and environmental change, and proposing suggestions of future research on the basis of the trends of international research and current issues of Taiwan's urbanization and environmental change.