Abstract

Chung Hsing New Village was built up to easeadministrative issues and air defense relocate scheme by thegovernment in 1956. It covers up to 252 hectares by nationalland and aims to in charge of the essential works of counties,cities and towns of the province. Furthermore, it was thepioneer of urban planning concerned with the development,design of land use and the built environment in Taiwan. ChungHsing New Village took the case study from Ebenezer Howard'sGarden City, included connecting the suburbanizationdevelopment with compact layouts, low-density developmentwith good public spaces and emphasis on neighborhood unit inthe thoughts, to create a functional working environment andpublic facility as a model of town planning in Taiwan. However,due to the downsizing of the Taiwan provincial government in1998, most administrative workers were laid off, and yet, theJiji earthquake damaged lots of buildings in 1999. Despite this,the remarkable value of culture and advanced concept of townplanning made Chung Hsing New Village had been listed ascultural landscapes preservation since 12th April 2011, butcompare to the other countries’ regulation of culturallandscapes and sustainable environmental preservationframework, the authorities failed to act and lack of big picturecaused severe problems like abandoned and ruined, etc. To sumup, this research aims to explore the core value of Chung HsingNew Village environmentally sustainable, follow up withliterature review, field investigate and in-depth interview withexperts to construct Chung Hsing New Village culturallandscapes. The sustainable development indicators and theweight analysis of analytic hierarchy Process (AHP).Comparing the two results, it demonstrates the value ofsustainable development indicators and contributes to thefollowing cohort study of Chung Hsing New Village.