Evaluation of Post-earthquake Reconstruction Effects in Nantou County

Shu-Chun Chang

《農林學報》 54卷3期 (2005/09) Pp. 239-261

https://doi.org/10.30089/JAF.200509.0006

並列摘要

The study aims, through an examination of post-earthquake reconstruction programmes in Nantou County after the 1999 earthquake, to assess the government's programmes on integrated community development and to draw policy implications. To this end, this study explores the impacts of programmes implemented by the government in Nantou County communities after the earthquake. The central hypothesis of this study is that the effects of post-earthquake reconstruction by government depend on the degree to which regional economic characteristics are identified. The term ”effects” in this study are measured by ”unemployment reduction”, ”infrastructure improvement” and ”respondent betterment”. This hypothesis is tested by quantitative analyses of data collected from three villages in Nantou County. In two of the three villages programmes were implemented, in the other, no programmes were implemented. One hundred individuals were interviewed in each village for a total sample size of three hundred. Quantitative data analyses of the findings show that of the three measurements, ”unemployment reduction”, ”infrastructure improvement”, and ”respondents' betterment”, ”infrastructure improvement” satisfied most respondents in the three survey areas, but in Lugu Township and Nantou City, further improvements are needed in ”unemployment reduction” and ”respondent betterment”.

並列關鍵字

Post-earthquake ； Reconstruction Effects ； Nantou County