In short, external effort cannot replace the valuable resources of the old quarter but rather poses a threat to the area's life, culture and economy. The newly paved road, moreover, has covered up the traditional feel of the area. Although Longtan Pond has successfully attracted tourists after it was transformed into a leisure spot, tourists only stay at the pond and do not venture into the old quarters, and consequently do not interact with the local culture. In fact, one of the reasons that caused the decline of the old quarters of Longtan is the transformation of Longtan Pond. Conflicts have appeared between local governments, elected representatives, and the public for their differences of opinions on local development. However, in spite of the rapid development of Longtan, the progress and orientation of development in the old quarters have been very inconsistent. With its superior geography, convenient traffic network and a high tech science park, Longtan has become Taoyuan's window for technology (Fig. Under these conditions, how will the old quarter of Longtan in southern Taoyuan cope with such change? Longtan is a small Hakka tourist town in northern Taiwan. In 2013, when Taoyuan is officially upgraded to a municipality, its traffic and public construction will need to be increased as well: it will veritably become a metropolis. Moreover, Taiwan's international airport is also located in Taoyuan (Fig. Taoyuan's existent city structure has clearly been modernized and industrialized. Taoyuan is adjacent to Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. This paper intends to use the old quarters of Longtan in Taoyuan City as a case study to explore how a city invents new possibilities to make itself recognized and contextualized amidst the combination of globalization and local culture. The action planning method is named as "re-se^ching dragon landscape" (henceforth dragon action). ![]() Local places and local identities have been gone with the wind.įollowing this line of thinking, this paper applies an action planning method to a peri-urban town, Longtan, adjacent to the Taipei/Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) in northern Taiwan. ![]() Paying tribute to Jane Jacob's (1961) "The life and death of great American city," Zukin (2010) argues that the authenticity of urban villages in New York city have been rapidly and pervasively damaged by expensive global chain stores and elite shops. Tokyo, or Beijing, have also been evaded by world capitals and confronting serious identity battles. Historical communities and urban villages within cosmopolitans, like New York. Not only small rural towns have been struggling for their humble identities. Placeless cities and towns around the world. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers, AMER (ABRA malaysia). Hayden (1997) claims that historical town and village spaces always connect people's lives and livelihoods to the landscape as it changes over time. Place and placelessness (Relph 1976) has been a classical dilemma for developments and transformations of small towns and peri-urban areas since the global scale urbanization phenomena taking place in the 1960s. Initiating dragon landscape action for the placeless Longtan Keywords: Dragon landscape Hakka culturalġ. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers, AMER (ABRAmalaysia). ![]() Based on action planning method and town planning strategies, the paper tries to "re-search the dragon landscape" from the angle of multiculturalism. Even the locals are not sure how to bring their local culture to the new comers through spatial planning and cultural representation. Although it is adjacent to the gate of Taiwan, Taipei/Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), travelers at home and abroad have never paid attention to the Hakka cultural landscape they pass by. Longtan is a nameless peri-urban town ignored by the public. Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University, _No.1,Section 4, Roosevelt Rd., 10617 Taipei, Taiwan ROC_Īlong with the investigation of the "dragon landscape," the paper focuses on reconnecting and labeling Hakka cultural landscape in the central business district of Longtan, Taoyuan. Re-searching for the Dragon Landscape: A case study of reconnecting Hakka cultural landscape with the new comers in the Taoyuan metropolis, Taiwan ![]() Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 101 (2013) 256 - 267ĪicQoL 2013 Langkawi AMER International Conference on Quality of Life Holiday Villa Beach Resort & Spa, Langkawi, Malaysia, 6-8 April 2013 "Quality of Life in the Built and Natural Environment"
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