The Analysis on Quality of Life of Cities/Counties in Taiwan

• Main Authors: SUN, YU-CHEH, 孫瑜貞
• Other Authors: TSAI, JYH-FA
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34388249627813001138

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 都市計劃研究所 === 100 === 　　There are many ways to measure the Quality of Life (QOL). In early days, economic development is the main item to measure QOL. Nowadays, social, cultural, and environmental domains are also used to measure QOL. Many scholars who study in QOL analyze various variables to reach the goal of increasing QOL. Natural disasters strike many places around the world due to the extreme climate change in the recent ten years. Those damages may affect quality of life and environment. For example, Taiwan area has been suffering due to meteorological damages. This study focuses on the climate effect towards QOL. If we can add disasters variables to measure QOL, the impacts of disasters on QOL will be explored. This study hopes to evoke the government and the households in Taiwan to pay much attention to the effect of disasters on QOL. 　　 　　Based on the consumer behavior analysis and hedonic price method with the related references from Taiwan and other foreign countries, twelve variables are selected as QOL items. Stata 11.0 is used to estimate OSL and calculate the theoretical values. Then SPSS is used to execute the Main Component Analysis with/without disaster variables to abstract the main component. Furthermore, the values of PC are used as the criterion to rank the cities in Taiwan. 　　 　　The result of the study shows that the actual house price is higher than the implicit price in some cities. However, most actual house prices are very close to the implicit prices. (The cities of the top five actual house prices are Taipei city, Hsinchu city, Taichung city, Kaohsiung city, and Taipei county, and the cities of the top five implicit prices are Taipei city, Hsinchu city, Kaohsiung city, Taichung city, and Taoyuan county). The price of property transaction represents the willingness to live. The high willingness to live shows the high living quality. Some cities such as Taipei city, Ilan county, Tainan county and Hualien county rank lower after considering the disaster variables in Main Component Analysis. Earthquakes affect some cities, such as Taipei city, Ilan county, and Hualien county. Typhoons and rainstorms affect some cities, such as Tainan county, Ilan county, and Hualien county.