都市是個有機體。也因此就如同人一樣有不同的性別、個性、長相及喜怒哀樂,而在外表上最能表現上述特性者非臉莫屬。另一方面,環境管理是人性管理的延伸,更需要應用人性化的種種方法,因此採用臉部表情法(The Face Method)來整合複雜的各種環境資訊而將其轉化成人們每天接觸的臉乃為本論文的主要目的。 基於「一圖勝千字」的理念,本論文承1980年所作台灣五大都市「第一代環境臉」的研究,再加強理論的建構-即環境因子和臉部五官之關係,並發展出電腦軟體―City Face Model (CFM),採用時間系列(1985及1990)來探討台灣七大都市的環境變遷。
Presented in this paper are a philosophical concept, a theory of city diagnosis, and a City Face Model (GFM). The theory of city diagnosis is derived from the philosophy that a city is a human organism and has a face representing its appearance personality life cycle and gender Based on this theory the GUM as a ”user friendly” computer package is used to display, analyze and communicate environmental images or observations of a city. By taking a holistic approach, the theory along with the City Face Model presented in this paper will connect city vitality and facial visibility Thus the CFM serves as a mnemonic device should help city planners and managers to generalize the environmental information into face (s). Following a pilot study on environmental faces of Taiwan's five cities in 1980, this paper aims at displaying more sophisticated environmental faces with theoretical insight for the seven major cities in Taiwan.