Herb．Field — Transition of Herb Industrial Landscape of Herb Alley in Wan-Hwa

• Main Authors: Xiou-Ruei Lin, 林秀叡
• Other Authors: Chien-Yuan Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86851244107265325996

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 建築與城鄉研究所 === 92 === Based on the Herb Alley at Wan-Hwa, this research is to investigate the factors and process that which are influencing the transition of industrial landscape. Herb Alley is the biggest cluster of herb retailing in the Northern Taiwan. It is a historic street in the process of marginalization of Taipei city development. In addition to introduce the background of Lung-Sun Temple and Herb Alley, the evolution and impact factors of the transition process will be discussed. The evolution process from herb commerce to tourism and cultural place has demonstrated the social-spatial interaction effects on the industrial landscape. Major research findings are summarized as follows: 1. Herb industry has changed its social position from medical function to cultural contribution. 2. Since Herb Alley is located nearby Lung-Sun Temple, the development Herb Alley is also influenced by the urban development process. 3. The content of industrial landscape of Herb Alley is influenced by factors in four different dimensions, namely, industrial function, population changes, urban development and technological development. In brief, the importance of Herb Alley has shifted from medical function to tourism function. 4. Although the city government has tried to influence the development of Herb Alley, the hardware-oriented approach could not effectively establish local identity. 5. The existing regulation and spatial management schemes have more function in restriction than in resource integration. The government projects make more contribution to the surrounding tourism development than to the improvement of Herb Alley itself.