Cross-Regional Cooperation, Multiple Administrative Jurisdictions, and Water Resource Dispute: Tamshui River, Taipei City, and Taipei County
| Autor: | Shih-Han-Cheng, 鄭詩涵 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 93 Levels of modern governments today need to deal with many issues. Challenges such as public transportation, environmental protection, waste disposal, and water resource force all levels of governments to engage in cross-regional cooperation activities. Water resource management is one of the most complex problems because it is essential to people’s lives, and it involves all levels of governments, horizontally and vertically. Tamshui River（hereinafter the River）runs through Taipei City and Taipei County, and its Feitsui Reservoir （hereinafter the Reservoir）provides fresh water to all of the Taipei City and part of the Taipei County. Recently the City and the County fought over water resource of the Reservoir because the Reservoir is located in Taipei County, yet Taipei City foot the bill to build it. Issues such as water resource sharing, tap water charges and water right of the River basin are causing all kind of conflicts and antithesis between the City and the County. This research intends to examine the disputes over the River and the Reservoir, the nature of the disputes, the stands of the County and the City, and the interactions between the City and the County, as well as the exchange among the Central and local governments. It also compares the disputes between Virginia and Maryland over Potomac River, and the mechanism established to solve the disputes. It concludes with suggestions of founding a cooperation mechanism to solve multiple-jurisdiction problems facing today’s metropolitan areas. |
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