A Study on how Changes in Land Use Impact Water Resources in Taiwan

Abstract

The subject of this paper is the in-depth preliminary research of the various supply and demand problems facing the water resources in Taiwan, especially the problem caused by rapid change in land usage, which is creating an increasing scarcity of water resources supply. This development is causing a change in the hydrologic environment, which in turn hastens the deterioration of the quality of living environment; hence, there is a need for tracing the root cause of the problem in order to come up with fast countermeasures. Therefore, this study takes the angle of the hydrologic cycle to find out the fundamental reason for the serious imbalance occurring in water resources supply and demand. This paper shall also propose solutions for the reference of future national water resources planning projects.