Development of Organic Community Model – The case of Tou-Nan Village in Lugang Township

• Main Authors: Yih Su, 蘇義
• Other Authors: Yow-hwa Liou
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48202153971832836423

碩士 === 逢甲大學 === 建築與都市計畫所 === 93 === The systemically operative actions of general communities have been put into practice fiery among Taiwan; however, most of the people had a little understanding in how to operate a community and how to activate it. As if leading the elderly into the modern cyber-world, in this article authors tried to introduce the simple concepts of current community operation modes to the populations assembling the general community Tou-Nan Village, Lugang Township, including three areas, Tou Village, Nan-Shih Village and Shen-Ciao Village are selected for in-depth case studies. During the past two decades，some of the wealthy local people happened to be involved with the government. With sufficient financial support from enthusiastic local residents，the seeds of community reformation were introduced into Tou-Nan Village in these ten years. The government supply combined with the local cooperation altogether made a big change for the façade of the village. Especially in recent years, the endeavor of Tou-Nan Village had earned subsidies and emphasis from the government time and again, which greatly increased the public facilities. On the other hand, the other two villages in the same neighborhood still remained what they were just like two to three decades ago. Why was that? It is worthy for us to analyze from analogy, gather statistics and realize how to resolve the problems by means of（1）the culture background collection;（2）the actual environment investigation; and（3）the spot questionnaire to improve the atmosphere and scene of the village. The concept of “organic community” is elaborated here in three dimensions. First, the government and its related departments have to establish a single and straightforward connecting window toward people. Second, gradual formation of local leadership is a must. Third, resources mobilization is critical to the growth of local initiative. With such clear-cut thoughts and concepts, great strides could be made in community building. Participation of residents is critical in make neighborhood into an utopia.