| Summary |
Yi-Ya Huang, 2008.06
Institute of Traffic and Transportation National Chiao Tung University
Freeway construction has huge impacts on local developments. Among all freeways in Taiwan, freeway No.5 is the first one connecting the east and the west. Also, freeway No.5 has its own uniqueness and takes the responsibility to balance local developments. The past literatures about impacts of freeway in Taiwan were focused on the west, therefore, in order to realize the impacts of freeway No.5 on Ilan area, this study has to conduct survey and analyze survey results systematically.
“Simultaneous equation modeling” was applied for analyzing local impacts, which was calibrated by the samples of Nantou and Pingtung villages, towns or cities because they have similar backgrounds to Ilan. The calibrated model was used to Ilan to test its validation. And then, this study simulated what will happen to population and industries under local development plans.
With the openness of freeway No.5, population and industries have redistributed among villages, towns and cities. On the other hand, the empirical study also reached that the impacts of freeway No.5 only and combined with other local plans brought about different results of distribution in population and industries. According to the findings, local governments can reach the goal of balanced local development not only by freeway construction but by local policies. |
