Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Green Development Strategies
at Southern Taiwan Science Park
Shiann-Far Kung
Abstract Taiwan is an island with a total area of 36,000 km
2
and densely
populated by some 23 million people. Because of the scarcity of land, spatial
planning has become instrumental to the supply of land for industrial development.
The first planned industrial parks was initiated by the central government in 1960,
the first export processing zone in 1965, and then the first science park was
announced to be built in Hsinchu in 1976 and started operation under the super-
vision of the National Science Council in 1980 (Hong et al.
2000
; Kung
2000
).
Since Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) has been widely recognized as successful in
attracting high technology industries, more science parks have been established or
proposed to be built since the 1990s. Currently there are 11 science parks in
operation and two sites in planning stage as of year 2011.
1 Introduction
Taiwan is an island with a total area of 36,000 km
2
and densely populated by some
23 million people. Because of the scarcity of land, spatial planning has become
instrumental to the supply of land for industrial development. The first planned
industrial parks was initiated by the central government in 1960, the first export
processing zone in 1965, and then the first science park was announced to be built
in Hsinchu in 1976 and started operation under the supervision of the National
Science Council in 1980 (Hong et al.
2000
; Kung
2000
). Since Hsinchu Science
Park (HSP) has been widely recognized as successful in attracting high technology
industries, more science parks have been established or proposed to be built since
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