| dc.description.abstract | A sustainable development research on Hakka villages - Based on Yung
Hsiang village in Taoyuan
Abstract
In 1987, The Brundtland Commission has brought forward the idea of sustainable human
development. In 2015, The United Nations announced the “Transforming our world: the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development” on their 70th anniversary, planning 3 major faces,
environment, society and economy, in addition to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which
became the lingua franca of sustainable development between cities going towards 2030. The spirit
of sustainable development is to “satisfy the needs of the present generation without jeopardizing the
means for future generations to develop.” Sustainable development could be regarded as a model,
which promotes balanced development in 3 fields, economy, society, and environment when
considering promoting the entire well being of the future of the human race.
Sustainable development has become an important global issue nowadays. Every part of society
has begun to mobilize in order to conform to this global trend, either from the central, local
government, private enterprises, or the grass-root communities. In July 2019, the national sustainable
development council had come up with the goal of Taiwan’s sustainable development. Taoyuan City
has scheduled to release a mandarin version of the voluntary local review (VLR) in January 2020,
followed by the English version in June. With the city’s sustainable development as the main priority,
the report also takes “economic growth”, “social progress”, and “environmental protection” into
consideration, furthermore, focusing on 9 core goals.
This research is based on the case study of the Hakka village, Yung Hsiang, in Taoyuan. Taking
a deeper look into what difficulties, challenges, and effects the Yung Hsiang village was faced with
when pushing sustainable development. Using means such as document analysis, participant
observation, in-depth interviews, and following the SDG’s 17 and the VLR’s multiple indexes.
Results show Yung Hsiang village has abundant resources in people, history, environment,
economy, and landscape. Furthermore is gradually pushing the ecotourism industry model by
developing environmental education combined with collaboration between government and
university, which makes it a paragon worth looking forward to. However, Yung Hsiang village is
currently faced with countryside industrial transformation, population aging, youth migration, and
difficulties in marketing promotion and organizational effectiveness, which are all problems needed
to be dealt with. This research’s results and suggestions can provide aid to either private or
government departments and associated sectors for further studies.
Key words: Hakka village, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, Yung
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