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Taiwan’s cities exhibit high levels of urbanization, which has resulted in limited recreation space in urban areas. In response, government policies have been enacted to promote the large-scale greening of rivers in urban areas and the establishment of aquatic recreation areas that do not interfere with water flow areas, pavilions for recreation purposes, indoor stadiums, and biking lanes alongside riverbanks to provide citizens with recreation space. An expert team was convened to investigate 50 riverside recreation sites, and the Comfortable Water Environment Rest Assessment Form was devised. The investigation results revealed three factors that contribute to the value of riverside recreation sites; the three factors had a total explanatory power of 70.17%. The factors, namely exercising and leisure, overall design plan and entrance image, and environmental maintenance and service, had an explanatory power of 25.52%, 23.32%, and 21.32%, respectively. Finally, this study provides guidance for constructing service systems for riverside recreation sites by referencing practical cases. This study suggests that future designs focus on the characteristics of visitors as the main consideration when investing resources in recreation sites. In addition, more exercise and recreation equipment and facilities should be provided at recreation sites located within highly populated areas. For recreation sites that feature beautiful scenery, greater degrees of overall design planning and entrance image qualities can be integrated into the recreation sites, and environmental teaching materials can be incorporated into the environment. Furthermore, this study suggests that residents who live near recreation sites form and operate volunteer groups to contribute to environmental maintenance and the relevant services; this would greatly enhance the overall experience of comfort of visitors to the recreation sites. Finally, this study provides guidance for low-intensity construction in high riverbank areas.
Guey-Shin Shyu; Wei-Ta Fang; Bai-You Cheng. Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan. Water 2020, 12, 2479 .
AMA StyleGuey-Shin Shyu, Wei-Ta Fang, Bai-You Cheng. Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan. Water. 2020; 12 (9):2479.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuey-Shin Shyu; Wei-Ta Fang; Bai-You Cheng. 2020. "Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan." Water 12, no. 9: 2479.
Taiwan has promoted bicycle tourism for nearly 20 years, and the bicycle paths it has constructed throughout the island are diverse in design. In the present study, an evaluation scale for bicycle path sightseeing potential was devised with a focus on the overall service quality of the paths; 30 popular bicycle paths were analyzed using a field survey, with expert consultation on quantitative indicators, and a qualitative analysis entailing interviews with people regarding the bicycle paths. A multivariate statistical analysis was performed on the quality of the service systems for these paths. The results revealed that the quality of these service systems is influenced by four principal components, namely, landscape attractiveness, image management, bicycle-specific paths, and accessibility, for a total explanatory power of 76.21%; the individual explanatory power of these components was 25.89%, 21.49%, 16.81%, and 12.03%, respectively. Bicycle path conditions, service maintenance, and cleanliness and bicycle specificity are required for future high-quality bicycle paths; diverse bicycle rental services and bicycle types, entrance visibility, and ecological introduction boards along paths are value-added factors to bicycle path quality.
Shinn-Jou Lin; Guey-Shin Shyu; Wei-Ta Fang; Bai-You Cheng. Using Multivariate Statistical Methods to Analyze High-Quality Bicycle Path Service Systems: A Case Study of Popular Bicycle Paths in Taiwan. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7185 .
AMA StyleShinn-Jou Lin, Guey-Shin Shyu, Wei-Ta Fang, Bai-You Cheng. Using Multivariate Statistical Methods to Analyze High-Quality Bicycle Path Service Systems: A Case Study of Popular Bicycle Paths in Taiwan. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):7185.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShinn-Jou Lin; Guey-Shin Shyu; Wei-Ta Fang; Bai-You Cheng. 2020. "Using Multivariate Statistical Methods to Analyze High-Quality Bicycle Path Service Systems: A Case Study of Popular Bicycle Paths in Taiwan." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7185.
Engaging in social contributions to enhance social participation and attending community experiential service learning or internship courses have become an essential learning experience for university students. On the basis of postmodern education theories, this study adopted images and oral accounts involving personal experiences to construct a postmodern education research scheme by using the method of collaborative ethnography. This study selected and performed the following services: filming a community documentary, administering community health dance classes, and archiving community cultural artifacts in databases. Interviews were also administered to facilitate implementation of the actual services. Community health services commonly seen in Taiwan and abroad were compiled, and the resources required for each service were examined. Subsequently, factor analysis was performed to explore the characteristic of these services in order to recommend feasible services for university students to undertake. The results indicated that the eight resources required for the 59 common community health services were (1) a designated space or venue, (2) materials, (3) monetary resources, (4) human resources, (5) expertise, (6) professional equipment, (7) patience, and (8) empathy. The results revealed three principal components, namely labor services, high-resource services, and professional services, for a total explanatory power of 67.99%; the individual explanatory power of these components accounted for 25.04%, 21.81%, and 21.15%, respectively. Next, community health care services suitable for university students to perform were selected and implemented, and these services were well received. The study results indicated that community and environmental justice can be realized by identifying with the value of community health services and promoting postmodern education theories and social norms. The research results are suitable for implementation after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guey-Shin Shyu; Shinn-Jou Lin; Wei-Ta Fang; Bai-You Cheng. How to Screen Suitable Service Improve Community Health Care Services by University Students in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 5402 .
AMA StyleGuey-Shin Shyu, Shinn-Jou Lin, Wei-Ta Fang, Bai-You Cheng. How to Screen Suitable Service Improve Community Health Care Services by University Students in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (15):5402.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuey-Shin Shyu; Shinn-Jou Lin; Wei-Ta Fang; Bai-You Cheng. 2020. "How to Screen Suitable Service Improve Community Health Care Services by University Students in Taiwan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 15: 5402.
Caprimulgus affinis is an endemic species commonly known as the Taiwan nighthawk, forest nighthawk, or South Asian nighthawk. In recent years, the C. affinis population has gradually moved outward from river habitats into the metropolitan areas of Taiwan. Because male birds’ booming sounds at night can reach up to 90 dB or higher and they can be intermittently tweeting for more than 10 hours, they often disturb the sleep of urban residents and can even cause nightmares. In this study, we analyzed long-term survey data to assess the distribution history of C. affinis in Taiwan. By using 1738 entries of observation data collected from 1999 to 2014, a model of C. affinis distribution was constructed, and a geostatistical method was used to improve the accuracy of the model estimate. In addition, the Mann–Kendall trend test was applied to predict future C. affinis distribution. Based on the results, four variables were selected to construct the C. affinis distribution matrix. Urban population, coastal proximity, and distance to upstream river location represented positive driving forces, whereas city elevation was a negative driving force. C. affinis is currently distributed on the plains of central and southern Taiwan and in eastern Taiwan. The C. affinis emergence trend diagram was plotted using the time–space trend diagram, which showed yearly increases in the C. affinis populations in urban and settled areas including central, western, northeastern, and southeastern Taiwan and yearly decreases in the populations in rural areas including northern and southern Taiwan, especially in fragmented riverine habitats. Regression kriging can correctly describe the distribution of the entire C. affinis population, which leads to the correct understanding of the biological corridor of C. affinis in their migration through the graphical contours in GIS. The analytic model in this study contributes to the establishment of the time–space trend diagram.
Bai-You Cheng; Guey-Shin Shyu; Shi-Ching Wu; Hsiao-Hsien Lin; Chia-Hsuan Hsu; Ben A. LePage; Wei-Ta Fang. Fragmented Riverine Habitats in Taiwan Have Spatio-Temporal Consequences, Re-Distributing Caprimulgus affinis into Urban Areas Leading to a Human–Wildlife Conflict. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1778 .
AMA StyleBai-You Cheng, Guey-Shin Shyu, Shi-Ching Wu, Hsiao-Hsien Lin, Chia-Hsuan Hsu, Ben A. LePage, Wei-Ta Fang. Fragmented Riverine Habitats in Taiwan Have Spatio-Temporal Consequences, Re-Distributing Caprimulgus affinis into Urban Areas Leading to a Human–Wildlife Conflict. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (6):1778.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBai-You Cheng; Guey-Shin Shyu; Shi-Ching Wu; Hsiao-Hsien Lin; Chia-Hsuan Hsu; Ben A. LePage; Wei-Ta Fang. 2019. "Fragmented Riverine Habitats in Taiwan Have Spatio-Temporal Consequences, Re-Distributing Caprimulgus affinis into Urban Areas Leading to a Human–Wildlife Conflict." Sustainability 11, no. 6: 1778.
This study aims to gain further insights to Chinese and Taiwanese university students’ environmental literacy on ecotourism. A structural equation model is developed and validated in an effort to explore the differences between Chinese and Taiwanese university students in terms of their environmental knowledge, environmental attitude, and behavioral intentions. The results showed that the ecotourism perception of Chinese and Taiwanese university students affect their behavioral intentions. Chinese university students exhibited a higher correlation between ecotourism knowledge and behavioral intentions than their Taiwanese counterparts. The findings also revealed differences between the Chinese and Taiwanese students in their perception of ecotourism, and this disparity was particularly evident with regards to how ecotourism should be governed. A moderate difference in ecotourism behavioral intentions was also identified, in which Taiwanese university students were less likely to engage in self-empowerment or private empowerment, to be more educated in the field of ecotourism than their Chinese counterparts.
Wei-Ta Fang; Ching-Yu Lien; Yueh-Wen Huang; Guosheng Han; Guey-Shin Shyu; Jui-Yu Chou; Eric Ng. Environmental Literacy on Ecotourism: A Study on Student Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavioral Intentions in China and Taiwan. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1886 .
AMA StyleWei-Ta Fang, Ching-Yu Lien, Yueh-Wen Huang, Guosheng Han, Guey-Shin Shyu, Jui-Yu Chou, Eric Ng. Environmental Literacy on Ecotourism: A Study on Student Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavioral Intentions in China and Taiwan. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):1886.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei-Ta Fang; Ching-Yu Lien; Yueh-Wen Huang; Guosheng Han; Guey-Shin Shyu; Jui-Yu Chou; Eric Ng. 2018. "Environmental Literacy on Ecotourism: A Study on Student Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavioral Intentions in China and Taiwan." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 1886.
Leaded gasoline in Taiwan was gradually phased out from 1983 to 2000. However, it is unclear whether unleaded gasoline still contributes to atmospheric lead (Pb) exposure in urban areas. In this study, Pb isotopic compositions of unleaded gasolines, with octane numbers of 92, 95, 98, and diesel from two local suppliers in Taipei were determined by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with a two-sigma uncertainty of ± 0.02 %. Lead isotopic ratios of vehicle exhaust (208Pb/207Pb: 2.427, 206Pb/207Pb: 1.148, as estimated from petroleum fuels) overlap with the reported aerosol data. This agreement indicates that local unleaded petroleum fuels, containing 10–45 ng·Pb·g−1, are merely one contributor among various sources to urban aerosol Pb. Additionally, the distinction between the products of the two companies is statistically significant in their individual 208Pb/206Pb ratios (p-value < 0.001, t test). Lead isotopic characterization appears to be applicable as a “fingerprinting” tool for tracing the sources of Pb pollution.
Pei-Hsuan Yao; Guey-Shin Shyu; Ying-Fang Chang; Yu-Chen Chou; Chuan-Chou Shen; Chi-Su Chou; Tsun-Kuo Chang. Lead Isotope Characterization of Petroleum Fuels in Taipei, Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2015, 12, 4602 -4616.
AMA StylePei-Hsuan Yao, Guey-Shin Shyu, Ying-Fang Chang, Yu-Chen Chou, Chuan-Chou Shen, Chi-Su Chou, Tsun-Kuo Chang. Lead Isotope Characterization of Petroleum Fuels in Taipei, Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015; 12 (5):4602-4616.
Chicago/Turabian StylePei-Hsuan Yao; Guey-Shin Shyu; Ying-Fang Chang; Yu-Chen Chou; Chuan-Chou Shen; Chi-Su Chou; Tsun-Kuo Chang. 2015. "Lead Isotope Characterization of Petroleum Fuels in Taipei, Taiwan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12, no. 5: 4602-4616.
This study presents a model for evaluating the carbon and energy management performance of suppliers by using multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM). By conducting a literature review and gathering expert opinions, 10 criteria on carbon and energy performance were identified to evaluate low carbon suppliers using the Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM). Subsequently, the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method was used to determine the importance of evaluation criteria in selecting suppliers and the causal relationships between them. The DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP) and VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) were adopted to evaluate the weights and performances of suppliers and to obtain a solution under each evaluation criterion. An illustrative example of a hotel company was presented to demonstrate how to select a low carbon supplier according to carbon and energy management. The proposed hybrid model can help firms become effective in facilitating low carbon supply chains in hotels.
Chia-Wei Hsu; Tsai-Chi Kuo; Guey-Shin Shyu; Pi-Shen Chen. Low Carbon Supplier Selection in the Hotel Industry. Sustainability 2014, 6, 2658 -2684.
AMA StyleChia-Wei Hsu, Tsai-Chi Kuo, Guey-Shin Shyu, Pi-Shen Chen. Low Carbon Supplier Selection in the Hotel Industry. Sustainability. 2014; 6 (5):2658-2684.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChia-Wei Hsu; Tsai-Chi Kuo; Guey-Shin Shyu; Pi-Shen Chen. 2014. "Low Carbon Supplier Selection in the Hotel Industry." Sustainability 6, no. 5: 2658-2684.
This study aims to investigate the physiology, endurance, and environmental thermal regulatory effects of plants suitable for thin layer green roofs, to provide reference for plant selection in future green roofs. Water conservation and drought tolerance experiments are carried out on 31 types of plants in Taichung, in central Taiwan. The drought tolerance of various plants was investigated. Thermal effect experiments were performed on 10 types of plants. The results from this study show that plants suitable for thin layer green roofs resist drought conditions through physiological mechanisms such as succulent foliage, surface cuticles, mucilaginous substances, hairs or spines, and the Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). Plants that grew well came from the families Crassulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Portulacaceae. When temperature reduction effectiveness was measured in regard to plant height, the best reductions in temperature occurred in 35 cm plants, followed by 15 cm and then 10 cm plants. Green leafed plants have better temperature reduction effects than purple/red leafed plants. The plants suggested in this study are suitable for regions with subtropical climates. Selecting thin layer green roof plants that resist drought, survive well, and decrease temperature effectively can adequately use water resources and realize green building concepts such as ecological friendliness, energy conservation, carbon emissions reduction, and water conservation.
T.-C. Liu; G.-S. Shyu; W.-T. Fang; S.-Y. Liu; B.-Y. Cheng. Drought tolerance and thermal effect measurements for plants suitable for extensive green roof planting in humid subtropical climates. Energy and Buildings 2012, 47, 180 -188.
AMA StyleT.-C. Liu, G.-S. Shyu, W.-T. Fang, S.-Y. Liu, B.-Y. Cheng. Drought tolerance and thermal effect measurements for plants suitable for extensive green roof planting in humid subtropical climates. Energy and Buildings. 2012; 47 ():180-188.
Chicago/Turabian StyleT.-C. Liu; G.-S. Shyu; W.-T. Fang; S.-Y. Liu; B.-Y. Cheng. 2012. "Drought tolerance and thermal effect measurements for plants suitable for extensive green roof planting in humid subtropical climates." Energy and Buildings 47, no. : 180-188.
In Taiwan many factors, whether geological parent materials, human activities, and climate change, can affect the groundwater quality and its stability. This work combines factor analysis and kriging with information entropy theory to interpret the stability of groundwater quality variation in Taiwan between 2005 and 2007. Groundwater quality demonstrated apparent differences between the northern and southern areas of Taiwan when divided by the Wu River. Approximately 52% of the monitoring wells in southern Taiwan suffered from progressing seawater intrusion, causing unstable groundwater quality. Industrial and livestock wastewaters also polluted 59.6% of the monitoring wells, resulting in elevated EC and TOC concentrations in the groundwater. In northern Taiwan, domestic wastewaters polluted city groundwater, resulting in higher NH3-N concentration and groundwater quality instability was apparent among 10.3% of the monitoring wells. The method proposed in this study for analyzing groundwater quality inspects common stability factors, identifies potential areas influenced by common factors, and assists in elevating and reinforcing information in support of an overall groundwater management strategy.
Guey-Shin Shyu; Bai-You Cheng; Chi-Ting Chiang; Pei-Hsuan Yao; Tsun-Kuo Chang. Applying Factor Analysis Combined with Kriging and Information Entropy Theory for Mapping and Evaluating the Stability of Groundwater Quality Variation in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2011, 8, 1084 -1109.
AMA StyleGuey-Shin Shyu, Bai-You Cheng, Chi-Ting Chiang, Pei-Hsuan Yao, Tsun-Kuo Chang. Applying Factor Analysis Combined with Kriging and Information Entropy Theory for Mapping and Evaluating the Stability of Groundwater Quality Variation in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2011; 8 (4):1084-1109.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuey-Shin Shyu; Bai-You Cheng; Chi-Ting Chiang; Pei-Hsuan Yao; Tsun-Kuo Chang. 2011. "Applying Factor Analysis Combined with Kriging and Information Entropy Theory for Mapping and Evaluating the Stability of Groundwater Quality Variation in Taiwan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 8, no. 4: 1084-1109.