Synergies between Physical and Electronic Developments: A Case Study of Taipei City
It is claimed that a new style of urban planning and
policy intertwined with ICT is emerging and urban planning and ICT
policy are no longer considered as separate disciplines. The
interactions between electronic spaces and urban spaces are so
complex and uncertain that confront urban planners and policy makers
with great challenges. However, the assumption about the relationship
between ICT and urban planning is mainly based on North American
and European experiences. In the light of empirical evidence from
Taipei City, this paper shows that this new type of urban planning and
policy intertwined with ICT has existed in Asian city for a decade as
well. Based on these results, this paper further reviews how the Taipei
City government implements this new type of urban ICT planning and
the validity and realism of its underlying assumptions. Finally, it also
explores the extent to which urban ICT planning could promote
positive synergies between physical and electronic developments.
[1] M. Castells, The Rise of the Network Society, 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell,
2000, ch6.
[2] S. Graham and S. Marvin, Telecommunications and the City. New York:
Routledge, 1996, ch8 and ch9.
[3] S. Graham and S. Marvin, "Planning Cyber-Cities? Integrating
Telecommunications into Urban Planning," Town Planning Review, Vol.
70(1), pp. 89-114, January 1999.
[4] Innovation. Integration. Internationalisation. iN2015 Steering
Committee of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, pp.15,
2006.
[5] u-KOREA Master Plan, the Ministry of Information and Communication
Republic of Korea, pp.16, 2006.
[6] 100 Questions about Wireless Taipei, Taipei City Government, 2007.
[7] 2008 Taipei City Annual Statistics Report, Taipei City Government,
2008.
[8] R. M. Rooij, The Mobile City: The Planning and Design of the Network
City from a Mobility Point of View, Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Urbanism,
Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, ,
pp.108-109, 2005.
[9] S. Graham, "The End of Geography or the Explosion of Place?
Conceptualizing Space, Place and Information Technology," Human
Geography, Vol. 22(2), pp.165-185, 1999.
[10] S. Graham, "The Software-Sorted City: Rethinking the ÔÇÿDigital Divide-,"
in The Cybercities Reader. New York: Routledge, pp.324-331, 2004.
[11] D. Kruger, "Access Denied," in The Cybercities Reader. New York:
Routledge, pp.320-323, 2004.
[12] M. Castells, "Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of
Urbanism in the Information Age," in The Cybercities Reader. New York:
Routledge, pp.83-95, 2004.
[13] C. C. Liao, The Politic-economic Analysis of Wireless City: A Case Study
of WiFly Taipei, M.Sc. dissertation, Dept. Communication & Graduate
Institute of Telecommunications, National Chung Cheng University,
Taiwan, 2007.
[14] K. Lynch, "The Openness of Open Space," in Arts of the Environment.
New York: George Braziller, pp. 108-109, 1972.
[15] The Investigation of Contemporary Wireless Broadband Use and Future
Demand in Taiwan, Taiwan Network Information Center, Taipei, 2008.
[16] M. Francis, Urban Open Space: Designing for User needs, Washinton:
Island Press, 2003.
[17] J. Gold, "Fishing in Muddy Waters: Communications Media,
Homeworking and the Electronic Cottage," in Collapsing Space and
Time: Geographic Aspects of Communication and Information. London:
Harper-Collins Academic, pp.327-341, 1991.
[1] M. Castells, The Rise of the Network Society, 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell,
2000, ch6.
[2] S. Graham and S. Marvin, Telecommunications and the City. New York:
Routledge, 1996, ch8 and ch9.
[3] S. Graham and S. Marvin, "Planning Cyber-Cities? Integrating
Telecommunications into Urban Planning," Town Planning Review, Vol.
70(1), pp. 89-114, January 1999.
[4] Innovation. Integration. Internationalisation. iN2015 Steering
Committee of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, pp.15,
2006.
[5] u-KOREA Master Plan, the Ministry of Information and Communication
Republic of Korea, pp.16, 2006.
[6] 100 Questions about Wireless Taipei, Taipei City Government, 2007.
[7] 2008 Taipei City Annual Statistics Report, Taipei City Government,
2008.
[8] R. M. Rooij, The Mobile City: The Planning and Design of the Network
City from a Mobility Point of View, Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Urbanism,
Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, ,
pp.108-109, 2005.
[9] S. Graham, "The End of Geography or the Explosion of Place?
Conceptualizing Space, Place and Information Technology," Human
Geography, Vol. 22(2), pp.165-185, 1999.
[10] S. Graham, "The Software-Sorted City: Rethinking the ÔÇÿDigital Divide-,"
in The Cybercities Reader. New York: Routledge, pp.324-331, 2004.
[11] D. Kruger, "Access Denied," in The Cybercities Reader. New York:
Routledge, pp.320-323, 2004.
[12] M. Castells, "Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of
Urbanism in the Information Age," in The Cybercities Reader. New York:
Routledge, pp.83-95, 2004.
[13] C. C. Liao, The Politic-economic Analysis of Wireless City: A Case Study
of WiFly Taipei, M.Sc. dissertation, Dept. Communication & Graduate
Institute of Telecommunications, National Chung Cheng University,
Taiwan, 2007.
[14] K. Lynch, "The Openness of Open Space," in Arts of the Environment.
New York: George Braziller, pp. 108-109, 1972.
[15] The Investigation of Contemporary Wireless Broadband Use and Future
Demand in Taiwan, Taiwan Network Information Center, Taipei, 2008.
[16] M. Francis, Urban Open Space: Designing for User needs, Washinton:
Island Press, 2003.
[17] J. Gold, "Fishing in Muddy Waters: Communications Media,
Homeworking and the Electronic Cottage," in Collapsing Space and
Time: Geographic Aspects of Communication and Information. London:
Harper-Collins Academic, pp.327-341, 1991.
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policy intertwined with ICT is emerging and urban planning and ICT
policy are no longer considered as separate disciplines. The
interactions between electronic spaces and urban spaces are so
complex and uncertain that confront urban planners and policy makers
with great challenges. However, the assumption about the relationship
between ICT and urban planning is mainly based on North American
and European experiences. In the light of empirical evidence from
Taipei City, this paper shows that this new type of urban planning and
policy intertwined with ICT has existed in Asian city for a decade as
well. Based on these results, this paper further reviews how the Taipei
City government implements this new type of urban ICT planning and
the validity and realism of its underlying assumptions. Finally, it also
explores the extent to which urban ICT planning could promote
positive synergies between physical and electronic developments.", keywords = "ICT, Taipei City, Urban ICT Planning.", volume = "3", number = "6", pages = "880-9", }