隨著全球暖化與氣候的變遷,聯合國於1992年提出永續發展的宗旨目標。目前國內對於生態社區已朝多面向的持續發展;然而針對生態社區理論尚無一套相關理論得以參考。因此,本研究目的是建構都市型生態社區基礎理論架構,藉以探討紮根理論於都市型生態社區理論建構之適宜性,以利理論架構建置的完善程度,進而對中部地區都市型生態社區提出合宜的發展策略。本研究方法主要以紮根理論歸納出研究現象中的核心概念,進而建立符合都市型生態社區的基礎理論模型。於實證研究利用本研究所建立之「都市型生態社區理論」,藉由檢核驗證其理論之可行性。經由研究結果顯示,都市型生態社區可透過紮根理論分析出概念範疇,其定義應以生態平衡觀念為主,確立循環與低負荷為輔,並以生活、生產及生態為三大層面,以及理論建構面向、組成型態、可行性、主軸策略、循環週期及多元化策略六項因素共同發展,據以提出其永續經營管理方式,以為未來規劃成為永續發展且具生態循環的理想居住地之參考依據。
Facing global warming and climate change, in 1992, the United Nations proposed the mission and objective for sustainable development. Currently, development of ecological communities in Taiwan has continued in different aspects, but there is no ecological community theory for reference at present. The purpose of this study was to construct a basic theoretical framework for urban ecological communities, in order to explore the applicability of grounded theory in construction of urban ecological community theory. The findings could benefit the comprehensiveness of theoretical framework construction, and in turn propose appropriate development strategies for urban ecological communities in central Taiwan. This study used grounded theory to summarize the core concepts in the research phenomena, and further constructed a basic theoretical model that conforms to urban ecological communities. In empirical research, the “urban ecological community theory” constructed by this study was used to verify the feasibility of the theory. Research results showed that urban ecological communities could use grounded theory to find the conceptual scope. The definition should focus on the concept of ecological balance, and be supported by establishing the cycle and low burden. The three major aspects are life, production, and ecology; the theoretical construction dimensions are composition format, feasibility, core strategies, cycle periods, and diverse strategies for joint development. These are used to propose sustainable operational management to serve as the referential basis for future planning into sustainable development and ecological cycles in ideal residential areas.