Research on Sustainable Development Evaluation of Reservoir Water Source Area in Island Area

Abstract

This study takes Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake Reservoir as the research object to discuss the sustainable development decision-making of the reservoir water source area in the island area. The grounded theory was adopted to construct the framework; 835 questionnaires were analyzed by statistical test; 10 interviewees’ feelings were collected through interviews and discussions, and multiple verification methods were used for exploration. Conclusion: The study found that the current development of the reservoir water source area of the outlying islands has brought much garbage; affecting the quality of the natural environment; lake; and water source; caused the disappearance of distinctive culture and architecture. The poor interaction between businesses and communities has led to an overlap in the types of industries, consumer goods, attractions and a lack of transportation and medical facilities, affecting people’s desire to travel. The government’s future decisions include: Increasing the variety of consumer goods; improving medical and transportation facilities; preserving unique culture and architecture; linking foreign-invested enterprises with community interactivity; enhancing local people’s interaction; and compensating for the deficiencies in human resources for industrial development are the key points for future improvement of the reservoir water source area of the outlying islands.

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, can the development of coastal ecological resources create a safe leisure and tourism environment, maintain ecology, and promote economic development in villages?

“…Coastal villages benefit from their proximity to marine resources, which has also affected the development of their local culture and coastal customs, resulting in the generation of a unique maritime cultural identity (Lin H-H et al 2021b). However, foreign cultures introduced through tourism development fundamentally differ from the established culture and its norms, and this has led to a degree of change in the culture of coastal communities (Yu et al 2021a).…”

“…First, we reviewed the relevant literature to explore the current development of and research on Maluan Bay (Li 2014;Bai 2019;Lin YL et al 2020;Dongshan County People's Government 2021a, 2021cLin YQ et al 2021;Qi and Liu 2021) and coastal tourism development (Hsu et al 2020a;Shen et al 2020;Wu 2021), so as to identify the main research streams. According to tourism impact theory (Ap and Crompton 1998;Xue et al 2017;Farahani and Bayazidi 2018;Lin H-H et al 2018Lin H-H et al , 2020Lin H-H et al , 2021aLin H-H et al , 2021bÖstberg et al 2018;Adongoi et al 2019;Alrwajfah et al 2019;Chen et al 2019 Wang et al 2019;Berhe et al 2020;Hsu et al 2020a;Ma et al 2020;Muntifering et al 2020;Rhoden and Kaaristo 2020;Schröder et al 2020;Sheldon 2020;Shen et al 2020;Wu et al 2020;Akhoundogli and Buckley 2021;Cooper and Buckley 2021;Kadagi et al 2021;Tan et al 2021;Wu 2021;Yu et al 2021a;Qing et al 2022), we then analysed the current development of the seashore environment of Maluan Bay and its effect on coastal villages from the perspectives of residents, tourists, and other stakeholders (Shen et al 2020;Hsu et al 2020a;…”

“…Except for questions relating to respondents' background information, all questions used a 5-point Likert-type scale, in which 1 indicated 'strongly disagree' and 5 indicated 'strongly agree.' The background-information section included questions on identity, gender and age, and the questions on coastal village development, coastal ecological environment and willingness to revisit were divided into economic (10 questions), social (seven questions), environmental (six questions), coastal ecological environment (six questions), and willingness to revisit and purchase property (three questions) dimensions, with reference to the relevant literature (Ap and Crompton 1998;Xue et al 2017;Farahani and Bayazidi 2018;Lin H-H et al 2018Lin H-H et al , 2020Lin H-H et al , 2021aLin H-H et al , 2021bÖstberg et al 2018;Adongoi et al 2019;Alrwajfah et al 2019;Chen et al 2019;China County Statistical Yearbook 2019;Liang et al 2019;Ngan et al 2019;Wang et al 2019;Berhe et al 2020;Hsu et al 2020a;Ma et al 2020;Muntifering et al 2020;Rhoden and Kaaristo 2020;Schröder et al 2020;Sheldon 2020;Shen et al 2020;Wu et al 2020;Akhoundogli and Buckley 2021;Cooper and Buckley 2021;Kadagi et al 2021;Tan et al 2021;Wu 2021;Yu et al 2021a;Qing et al 2022), for a total of 35 questions.…”

“…The main goal of related policy formulation is to mitigate difficulties in local development, generate economic opportunities, and improve the living environment and residents' quality of life (Ap and Crompton 1998;Farahani and Bayazidi 2018;Ngan et al 2019;Hsu et al 2020a;Schröder et al 2020;Shen et al 2020;Wu et al 2020;Kadagi et al 2021;Lin H-H et al 2021b;Wu 2021). These changes can often be realised only over time (Lin H-H et al 2020(Lin H-H et al , 2021a(Lin H-H et al , 2021bWu 2021) and must be measured by including the viewpoints of affected B www.publish.csiro.au/mf individuals (Tan et al 2021) and the perceptions of long-term local residents (Yu et al 2021a).…”

“…Although some studies have examined the perceptions of residents towards such development (Xue et al 2017;Alrwajfah et al 2019;Berhe et al 2020;Qing et al 2022), most have remained focused on understanding tourists' perceptions of the effects of tourism-related development (Adongoi et al 2019;Rhoden and Kaaristo 2020;Tan et al 2021). For a study to employ a coastal context and to align the views of residents and visitors by first exploring their perceptions separately and then comparing the differences in their perceptions is novel (Hsu et al 2020a;Muntifering et al 2020;Wu 2021;Yu et al 2021a). In addition, most studies of Maluan Bay have focused on water quality, sediment and pollutants (Chen et al 2019;Wang et al 2019;Ma et al 2020), whereas studies of the impact of seashore development in Maluan Bay coastal villages are rare.…”