| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 地理學系 === 103 === The rapid population growth in Northern Taiwan has been increasingly significant greater than other part of Taiwan. Among the urban areas in the region, Taoyuan is the newly declared municipality with the highest net social population growth rate. This study assumes urban expansion in Taoyuan affects at all levels, from the whole metropolitan area to local community development. This space reconstruction brings tremendous impact to marketing, traffic and administrative functions of nearby traditional central place towns. This research uses Daxi as a study case, then look into its historical population data, development of built-up area, and in depth interviews. The collected information will be analyzed to support the idea of internal developing tracks of traditional central place towns under urban expansion in Taiwan.
Daxi is one of the major settlements where situate in the transition zone of foothills and plains. Historically, Daxi is the major transport hub in southern Taoyuan. By its natural surroundings, Daxi can be divided into East Daxi and West Daxi by Dahan Creek. East Daxi has been the core area since Qing dynasty, but lately its importance seems to be replaced by West Daxi. Evidences collected from historical population record and urban planning imply that West Daxi is becoming the new core area since 1990s. A possible explanation is that improvement on transportation led to higher total population and the population growth rate. Thus, contributes to a more homogeneous built-up area in West Daxi.
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