Abstract
The urbanized Taipei river basin struggles to tackle the environmental issues of water pollution and seasonally occuring natural water hazards. Previous attempts to deal with flooding have caused the public to grow apart from the river nature. Using a multi-disciplinary design by research methodology merging five different disciplinary fields (architecture, urban design, civil engineering, water engineering and sustainable energy engineering) together, a visionary plan for sustainable Taipei River Urbanism is proposed.
The visionary plan aims to raise both awareness and willingness amid the target groups and designate the direction for the future development of river urbanism. Although Taipei is just one single case study, the outcomes of the project can also be modified and utilized in other areas dealing with similar issues. The River Urbanism bridges the gap between the Landscape Urbanism -theory tradition, natural river restoration and ecological urban design.
