| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 行政管理碩士學程 === 96 === The geographic structure of Taiwan's mountain regions, which are precipitous and provide excellent safeguard, has profound relationship with military defense and public security. Some people remain zealous about mountain climbing activities in the controlled regions even during the period of June to October each year, which usually sees higher frequency of typhoons. Some of the mountaineers may become stranded or even encounter life-threatening accidents during the trips. The situation is further complicated by the difficulties in communication and the search and rescue operations in the remote areas. It often needs huge manpower and tremendous equipment for such missions. It always grabs widespread public attention whenever there are mountaineers injured or even killed in the mountain climbing trips.
The " policy of mountain control " discussed in this dissertation cover the following issues:
A.A study and review of the mountain region administration policies and measures employed by various government agencies and their actual impact on the people's mountain climbing and travel activities, a comparison of the mountain climbing control systems adopted by different nations, and proposals for improving mountain climbing safety so as to establish a more reasonable and sound mountain climbing administration system in Taiwan.
B.Helping to work out improved projects that do not only meet the safety needs of residents in the controlled regions but at the same time facilitate the development of the tourism industry, enable people to enjoy the convenient mountain climbing and other recreational activities, and meet the requirements of police administration.
Several steps were taken concerning the research methodology employed for this dissertation. They include:
Part I: A thorough study of existing documents in the field, including reading the published works in both the public and private sectors, research reports, and related electronic information and data gathered via the internet.
The materials about the historic background of the controls over entering mountain regions and data about the applications for mountain climbing permits handled by the police departments of various county governments were also gathered and meticulously analyzed.
Part II: Gathering, compiling, studying, and analyzing the documents concerning administration policies and practices governing entering mountain regions by public agencies in Taiwan and abroad to serve as the foundation of the theories in this research project.
Part III: Presenting the governing authorities and agencies with the feasible and pragmatic proposals for improving mountain administration derived from the conclusion of the research so that they may use the suggestions as reference for more effective and efficient measures.
The mountain climbing control and administration systems implemented by various nations actually share some major common features. While all encouraging the people to make rational land use, all the nations also stipulate several requirements.
They include the conservation of the ecological systems, the preservation of the nature landscapes, the safeguard of the fauna and flora in the mountain regions, the sustainable use of the biological resources, and the protection of the natural environment, the sustaining of the cultural heritages, and the efficient use and administration of national land.
Based on the thorough research, this dissertation provides the following suggestions concerning mountain region control measures presently adopted by police agencies:
I. Mountain control policy: Abolishing the existing system that requires advance applications for permits to enter the mountain regions.
II. Search and rescue missions involving accidents in mountain regions:
1) Establishing a professional search and rescue mechanism, including giving adequate flexibility to the police force and voluntary police members in accordance with the various situations in the mountain regions.
2) Providing training courses to strengthen the search and rescue skills and beef up team members' physical stamina.
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