臺灣已邁入六都(六個直轄市)的國土規劃與地方治理格局,面對全球城市都會化之競爭壓力,一般縣市不僅本身資源條件受限,同時缺乏與周邊縣市或直轄市密切跨區域合作情況下,久之恐加劇城鄉發展差距,進而被邊緣化。 由國家發展委員會輔導臺中市政府、彰化縣政府及南投縣政府依「國土空間發展策略計畫」所成立之「中臺區域合作發展平台」,即是本著跨域治理、區域合作的思維,藉由優勢互補、互利共生的理念,整合中彰投三縣市之公共資源與發展願景,致力提升中臺灣區域發展為目標之跨域治理機制。 然而,囿於中彰投三縣市各有其行政轄區,況且政黨屬性、選舉區選票利益等政治因素常左右著跨區域合作議題之推動,另外,新當選的三縣市首長於2014年12月25日上任後,又簽署成立「中彰投區域治理平台」,現行兩個平台之雙軌機制,如何協調有效運作,進而發揮一加一大於二的跨域治理綜效,為本研究最主要之探討目的。 本研究經由文獻分析法、個案研究法及深度訪談法,並參考比較英國、美國及日本之區域治理機制,綜合研究歸納提出中臺灣區域合作發展之治理策略,包括精進觀光發展策略、健全跨域治理機制及精進跨部門治理策略等三部分,藉以強化中彰投三縣市政府之積極合作作為,落實中臺灣整體區域發展,共創「中臺灣崛起」之發展願景。
Taiwan has been brought into “Liou-Du” (six special municipalities) era of national spatial planning and local governance. However, with the pressure from global trend of urbanization and competition within, normal cities increased their gap with urban area which leads to marginalization due to the limitations of resources and collaborative governance with nearby cities. National Development Council advocates governments of Taichung city, Changhua county and Nantou county to create “Midland Taiwan Cooperation Platform” in the framework of “Strategic Plan for National Spatial Development.” The platform is a collaborative governance mechanism which conform public resources and development visions of three administrational regions. It tends to promote regional development with ideas of collaborative governance and regional cooperation by approaches of complementing advantages and mutualism. Since Taichung city, Changhua county and Nantou county not only have their own administrative region but also have different tendencies of political party and pattern of interest, these political factors often influence the issues on regional cooperation. Furthermore, after newly elected mayors of Taichung, Changhua and Nantou took their offices on December 25th, 2014, they signed the agreement to create “Taichung, Changhua, and Nantou regional governance platform.” How to coordinate mechanism between two platforms in order to bring in the full synergy of collaborative governance is the purpose of this research. This research applied archival analysis, cases study and in-depth interviews and consulted regional governance mechanisms from Japan, United Kingdom and the United States. In order to implement the vision of a rising central Taiwan, the conclusion suggests intensifying cooperative actions of three governments to improve regional development by governance strategies including improving tourism development strategy, collaborative governance mechanisms, and cross-sectoral governance strategy.