Sustainable Development In Taiwan Research Articles

Higher education for sustainable development in Taiwan: an analysis of universities listed in the top 500 of the QS World University Rankings 2024

Higher education for sustainable development in Taiwan: an analysis of universities listed in the top 500 of the QS World University Rankings 2024

Influence of Institutional Factors and Perception of Climate Change on Carbon Reduction Behavior in Taiwan Temples

In Asian countries where Buddhism and Taoism are mainstream religions, incense burning is a daily practice. Taiwan has the largest religious population in the world, and the ritual culture, especially in Minnan, hinders carbon reduction and impacts the environment negatively. In previous studies, the temple's carbon-reducing behaviors have not been dealt with seriously. Thus, we explored the relationship between the public and the temple's carbon-reducing behaviors under internal and external pressure using institutional theory to understand the public recognition of reducing the use of incense, gold paper burning, and firecrackers. We conducted an integrated analysis of the public's perception of climate change and carbon reduction behavior of temples using institutional theory, a strategy model. The results provide a basis for decision-making and suggestions for government agencies, academics, and companies in environmental protection and can be used to enhance the awareness of environmental protection caring for nature, and sustainable development in Taiwan.

Effects of FDI, External Trade, and Human Capital of the ICT Industry on Sustainable Development in Taiwan

Understanding how international trade, FDI and human capital (FDI-HC and ET-HC) in the ICT industry affect Taiwan’s stable economic growth between 2001 and 2020 is the main objective of this study. The empirical analysis method used in this study is mainly divided into two steps: First, it uses variables with reliability and authenticity as keywords for primary, data mining, and semantic network analysis (SNA). Second, it investigates the long- and short-term interactions between the variables using the vector error correction model (VECM). The results of data mining and SNA using FDI and ET as keywords reveal that terms connected to HC have high levels of centrality, clustering, and frequency. This finding implies that the variables FDI-HC and ET-HC are reliable and can be utilized as interaction variables. Moreover, FDI–HC and ET–HC exert positive short- and long-term influences on GDP, and ET–HC exerts strong mid- to long-term impacts on GDP, FDI–HC, and ET.

A Case Study of Tourist Perceptions and Revisit Intention Regarding Qingwan Cactus Park in Penghu, Taiwan

In recent years, the citizens of Taiwan have exhibited an increasing demand for domestic tourism and travel options. Due to their relatively early development as a domestic tourism destination, the Penghu Islands are well known for their rich natural and cultural resources. The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing tourists’ visits to Qingwan Cactus Park, including their reasons for visiting and their perceptions of their visits. With principal component analysis serving as the basis for an IPA methodology, and using the visiting destination as a reference point, the results obtained can provide a basic guideline for tourism planning. The visitors’ reactions and demands were re-examined through IPA analysis. The results could be used by national park managers to develop constructive suggestions on implementing sustainable development in Taiwan’s tourism industries. This study presents valuable data on Penghu and provides analyses of residents’ and tourists’ opinions, as well as their reactions. The study’s conclusions can be extrapolated to research on other destinations outside of Taiwan.

Bureaucratic exercise? Education for sustainable development in Taiwan through the stories of policy implementers

Despite eight years of strong national support, Taiwan’s Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has generated limited enthusiasm for sustainable development, and is even turning some policy implementers into ESD skeptics. In one of the first attempts to study the work of policy implementers within Taiwan’s ESD initiatives, this study examines links between national policy and practice in educational settings. Drawing on interviews with thirty policy implementers and about seventy hours of observation in the field, we found that Taiwan’s nationwide ESD program has failed to prompt meaningful actions that address unsustainable development. Moreover, the government’s instrumental approach to promoting a system-wide ESD program in the face of inaction on sustainability concerns in other sectors risks reducing this work to a symbolic, or bureaucratic exercise. Consequently, people’s attention has been drawn away from searching and collectively reflecting on the deep leverage points for a sustainability transition. These findings have important implications for future initiatives aimed at reforming education policy and implementing mandatory ESD curricula.

Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses of sustainable behaviour

Despite the efforts of academics, governments and industries, consumers do not have sufficient environmental education, attitudes and knowledge to change their behaviour. In terms of sustainable behaviour, most research has been focused on attitudes, while fewer studies have paid attention to and employed qualitative and quantitative analysis to sustainable behaviour investigation. This paper uses qualitative and quantitative analyses to explain sustainable behaviour and demonstrate the mutual relationships between environmental development, environmental impacts and sustainable behaviours. The results not only fill the gaps in the integration of qualitative and quantitative analyses of sustainable development but also provide theoretical and managerial implications for sustainable development in Taiwan.

Employing GIS towards shaping a smart and sustainable future: a brief policy survey of global and Taiwan’s efforts

Abstract. Since UN announced 17 SDGs in 2015, many countries around the world have been endeavouring to promote SDGs towards building a sustainable future. Given the disparity of the regional development, national government is suggested to establish localised sustainable vision. Drawing on UN SDGs with targets and corresponding indicators, meanwhile considering local circumstances and sustainable vision, government further seeks to establish localised SDGs with related targets and indicators. Meanwhile, under the digital era, digital technologies have been extensively employed as the smart tool in many fields nowadays, and Geographic Information System (GIS) has been developed as the platform to visualise the SDGs progress in UN and many countries. On the above basis, this paper further demonstrates Taiwan’s efforts to establish localised SDGs, and develop National Geographic Information System (NGIS) to implement the sustainable development in Taiwan, monitor the SDGs progress, and provide feedback to policymakers to further make strategic policies in a top-down approach, meanwhile develop Community Geographic Information System (CGIS) to encourage stakeholders and citizens to harness the concept of CGIS to proactively create and tell their own stories and promote Regional Revitalisation policy in a bottom-up approach. Moreover, GIS could not function well without appropriate data management including massive data and open data policy, well-built digital infrastructure, as well as the selected “right data” and cyber security. Hence, with appropriate data management, GIS as a smart tool could facilitate the promotion and implementation of SDGs in an intuitive manner towards shaping a smart and sustainable future.

Identification of Key Forces Influencing Sustainable Development in Taiwan

This paper presents a comprehensive macro-environment analysis through a political, economic, social, technological (PEST) analysis approach. This study provides an analysis of eleven reports published by the National Council of Sustainable Development in Taiwan between 2003 and 2013 in order to lead to an understanding of sustainable development in Taiwan. The results identified 9 key forces in the political environment, 8 key forces in the economic environment, 10 key forces in the social environment and 5 key forces in the technological environment that can have an influence on sustainable development in Taiwan.

University-Industry Business Incubators in Taiwan

According to World Economic Forum data, if an area’s average income per capita is over 9000 US dollars, then knowledge and technological innovation will be the most important forces driving its economic growth. In Taiwan 98% of the companies are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and they play a fundamental role in the sustainable development of Taiwan’s economy, but due to limited funding, very few of them have established research and development (R&D) departments. Over 70% of the R & D resources in Taiwan are held by universities, which have become hubs for new knowledge and technologies. Through university-industry collaboration, original and breakthrough ideas, inventions, and innovations are systematically channeled from universities into industrial applications and used to develop an entrepreneurial economy. This method has been proven effective in many developing countries. This paper examines how the government policy helps university incubators enhance R & D ability and subsequently promote production efficiency and product quality.

Recreational Cycling Routes Investment Selection- Hsinchu Technopolis Case by Applying ZOGP

Recreational cycling facilities are gaining increased attention with regard to the creation of social infrastructure and sustainable development in Taiwan. Cycling routes are fast becoming a major tourist attraction in both urban areas and the countryside. In response, governmental institutions have to determine the most effective means to evaluate and select new routes. In addition, they must allocate resources for this development, despite budgetary restrictions and considerations of availability. This study applies Fuzzy Delphi Method to identify the criteria for the evaluation of cycling routes in the Hsinchu Technopolis with the support of two other methodologies: the Analytic Network Process, which helps to determine the weight of importance for routes, and Zero One Goal Programming that helps to find investment solutions for the routes, once identified. The research results illustrate the utility of the combined use of these three methodological instruments as they pertain to governmental decision making processes.

Establishment and applied research on environmental sustainability assessment indicators in Taiwan

The study utilizes the method of Material Flow, Ecological Footprint Model and other related indicators to establish the Indicator System of Sustainable Development. Principal Component Analysis is used to abstract the representative factors in order to estimate the indicators of ecological sustainable development during 1998~2005 in Taiwan, as well as to make policy recommendations. The research indicates following results: (1) The Direct Material Input (DMI) of Taiwan shows constant instability and depends on heavy import activity. The annual increase of considerable greenhouse gas emission leads to a comparative growth of the Domestic Process Output (DOP). The both material consumption and inventory formation of the economy are unsteady. In addition, the Physical Trade Balance (PTB) indicates that supply exceeds demand, as well as the occasional shortage of building materials. (2) The 2005 per capita Ecological Demand footprint in Taiwan is 6.5392 hm(2), making the Ecological Deficit per capita 4.8569 hm(2). The figures reflect that productivity and life intensity of residents have exceeded the carrying capacity of Taiwan's ecological economic system. (3) The overall Synthetic Trend Indicators of Sustainable Development in Taiwan are decreasing. Therefore, if proper measures are not adopted in time, the current weak sustainability will lead into the vicious circle which departs from sustainable development.

Using DSR indicator system to evaluate Taiwan's sustainable development

Over the past few decades, the striking levels of economic growth achieved have been accompanied by environmental degradation. Based on the characteristics of indicators on the Commission on Sustainable Development of the United Nations, this study constructs quantitative approaches to evaluate whether the historical data in Taiwan meets the relationship in DSR (Driving-force-State-Response) indicator framework of sustainable development or not. Moreover, this study also coordinates the sustainable development system to plan an optimal strategy path to sustainable development in Taiwan. The results are as expected. The multi-objective integrated model solved by goal programming for sustainable development is proposed to generate as a means for nation to understand what specific actions to take, in order to simulate the allocating results of national policy affecting the social, economic, and environmental system and to measure progress toward sustainable development.