Wei-Ling Hsu

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• Doctor of Philosophy
• Dr. at Jiaying University

Imbalanced supplies and demands of ecosystem services (ESSD) can negatively affect human well-being. Optimizing land use patterns in cities and regions is, in fact, essential to mitigate this challenge and ensure sustainable development. In this context, the present study aims to analyze the supply and demand of food production services (FPs), carb...

Historic urban areas are the foundations of urban development. Due to rapid urbanization, the sustainable development of historic urban areas has become challenging for many cities. Elements of tourism and tourism service facilities play an important role in the sustainable development of historic areas. This study analyzed policies related to tour...

The world produces a huge amount of urban construction waste each year. Scientific planning of the construction waste recycling path is urgently needed to improve the recycling of construction waste. Existing construction waste recycling models do not pay sufficient attention to the uncertainty of the recycling quantity, which limits their ability...

Sustainable development is an important topic of urban research. The rational use of land resources is of great significance for urban development and is conducive to promoting regional governance and coordinated development. The purpose of this study was to construct an effective evaluation framework for urban land resources to maintain sustainabl...

The preservation and restoration of historic sites is of great significance to the continuation of a city’s historical heritage and high-quality development. However, the conservation management of historic sites is still in the stage of exploration and improvement. The current states of development and preservation have been facing many problems,...

The circular economy, a global movement that seeks an innovative approach to resource management, responds to global challenges such as climate change, decreasing biodiversity, and increasing waste and pollution [...]

The industry–education integration platform itself is an ecosystem composed of multiple subjects, and its effective governance cannot be separated from contract management. Platform operation requires efforts to overcome institutional transaction costs and clarify the distribution of benefits among cooperative subjects. Each cooperative subject dis...

The quality of training rural students in schools is related to the sustainable development of rural education. Thus, it is important to analyze the characteristics of the self-cognition evaluation of teachers’ quality in rural schools. Taking Huaiyin Normal University as an example and conducting a questionnaire survey of 144 students, we drew the...

An imbalance between the supply and demand of ecosystem services can cause ecological problems. By determining the spatiotemporal changes in the supply and demand and the factors underlying these changes, the ecosystem service supply in river basins can be increased to match the demand; this information has great significance for the sustainable de...

Supply and demand for amenities in expanding urban areas undergo continuous adjustment. In this study, we explored the relationship between supply of and demand for amenities in expanding urban areas to evaluate the rationality and effectiveness of amenity distribution, improve urban governance, and promote urban accessibility and justice, thereby...

In this study, the hydrothermal method was used to synthesize Na[Formula: see text]-doped ZnO nanowires with different concentrations of Na[Formula: see text] ions under different synthesis temperatures. First, ZnO films with a thickness of about 300 nm were deposited on glass substrates as a seed layer, and C 6 H[Formula: see text]N 4 , Na(NO[Form...

The professional identity and teaching intention of normal university students who took a targeted training program for certain areas were analyzed by using a questionnaire survey and unstructured interviews. After graduation, the students who completed the targeted training program become teachers in rural areas. The students attended a university...

The COVID-19 pandemic broke out in early 2020, and the infection rate of COVID-19 variants is considerably higher than that of the original virus. The pandemic is still spreading globally. In June 2021, two families living on different floors of a building in Fongshan, Kaohsiung, were simultaneously infected with COVID-19. Investigation results sug...

The Chinese economy has entered the phase of high-quality development. Urbanization is an important driving factor in promoting the domestic economic cycle, while tourism is an emerging force in the development of urbanization. The convergence of these two factors will contribute to the high-quality development of regional economies. By constructin...

In construction safety management practices, identifying key stakeholders and specifying their safety behavior patterns are critical to avoid unsafe practices, which are the major cause of construction accidents. This paper argues that the main contractor and construction workers are key safety stakeholders in the construction safety management in...

Ecological land has two definitions: the broad category and the narrow category. This paper studied the narrow category, which refers to the land whose main purpose is to provide ecological services, such as environmental regulation and biological conservation. Ecological land areas are likely to decrease with the development of urbanisation all ov...

As the principal part of economic and social development, the demographic factor is the fundamental factor driving the change of water resources, and achieving the harmony of human and water has been one of the most important tasks to promote high-quality development. Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, this article applied panel data for...

With the rapid development of smart cities all over the world, the evaluation of the smart city has become a new research hotspot in the academic circles. Nevertheless, there still exist a series of common problems in current smart city evaluation, including the cognitive deprivation, lack of experience in planning, low coordination level, etc. The...

improving the development level of tourism service facilities in historic areas of old cities and realizing the sustainable tourism are important strategies for urban historical protection, economic development, and cultural rejuvenation. Districts at different tourism development stages show different characteristics of tourism service facilities....

Industrial transfer is reshaping the geographic layout of industries and facilitating the transfer and spread of environmental pollution. This study employs the pollution transfer estimation method to discuss the environmental effect of industrial transfer. By compiling statistics on industries of a certain scale according to time-series data, the...

The evaluations of resource and environment carrying capacity and territorial development suitability, also referred to as “double evaluations”, have been taken by China as an important direction in territorial space planning. Based on the evaluation of resource and environment carrying capacity, the double evaluations can contribute to protecting...

This paper studies outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) enterprises in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Using geographical information system (GIS) spatial analysis and SPSS correlation analysis methods, it analyzes the change in the spatial distribution of OFDI enterprises in 2010, 2014, and 2018. It explores the influencing factors that have...

The phrase ‘green cities’ refers to an idealised and modernised urban development model that features harmonious development among the environment, ecology, society, culture, and the inhabitants of a city. Harmonious humanistic relations and green pathways have become predominant models in modern urban development. Green city construction has drawn...

The development of public transportation systems is emphasized worldwide. Energy conservation and carbon reduction are necessary and constitute a constraint for the government. Promoting the development of public transportation systems is essential for urban development. A planning and assessment system for light rail transit (LRT) system construct...

Aims and Scopes The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to enhance peace, security, and sustainable development by fostering international collaboration [1]. The issues related to the environment are important for all countries including market-based environmental policies, global climate change, solid wa...

The recent literature concerning globalizing regional development has placed significant emphasis on the Global Production Network (GPN 2.0). GPN 2.0 in economic geography emphasizes that regional growth is caused by a shift in the strategic coupling mode from a low to high level. In addition, GPN 2.0 regards firm-level value capture trajectories a...

The Huai River is an important flood control and discharge river in the middle and east of China, and the development of ecological economy with regional advantages is significant for the protection and improvement of the resources and environment of the basin. On the basis of defining the connotation of an ecological economic system, this study co...

Smart city is an important strategy for new urbanization and informatization. It has become an urgent agenda to build a complete evaluation system and realistic construction goals of a smart city. We researched relevant literatures about smart cities and summarized the research results of smart city evaluation system, which forms the theoretical ba...

This study constructs an evaluation system for a smart living space for the elderly using analytic network process (ANP). Through reference studies, we established six indexes to assess the smart living space. Responses from a survey with questionnaires were analyzed to obtain pairwise comparison results. The results showed that humanization degree...

Historical relics reflect traditional features and local characteristics during a certain historical period and were the concentrated embodiment of a city's cultural heritage. Historical relics which are preserved with a good plan bring large economic, social and ecological benefits to the city, so they have drawn more attention in recent years. In...

This study argues that the coupling between higher education, economic growth, and innovation ability is of great significance for regional sustainable development. Through the experience of Jiangsu Province in China, this study establishes a coupling coordination evaluation index system and applies the coupling coordination model to evaluate inter...

Water resources are a very important issue in the Global Risk 2015 published by theWorld Economic Forum. The research objective of this study was to construct a Water PovertyIndex (WPI) for islands. The empirical scope of this study was based on Kinmen Island in theTaiwan Strait, which has very scarce water resources. Kinmen has a dry climate with...

The development of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing has greatly improved the living environment. The Building Research Institute of the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan also utilizes smart building data to improve the intelligence and humanity of buildings and meet the needs of modern people in the smart-life...

When using a gas stove to cook, the food or oil in the pot or pan may catch fire because of an excessively high temperature. In addition, people may be uncertain as to whether they have turned off the gas stove before leaving home and therefore feel compelled to return home to check. To solve these problems, this study has developed a smart kitchen...

Face tile installation materials mainly comprise concrete, cement mortars, an adhesive layer, face tiles, and a face tile sealing layer. Problems in any of the aforementioned parts result in a poor face tile adhesion quality. In this study, material information relevant to face tile falling was investigated, tests were planned and conducted to obta...

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become a new trend in international education curriculum reform. This study analyzed the teaching of seven subjects and performance indicators by collecting data from literature of diversified fields, proficiency training courses, and syllabi of construction management curricula...

Because of global environmental changes and the continued warming of the planet, the increase in carbon dioxide emissions has had a major impact on the environment. The development of zero-carbon buildings, the promotion of energy conservation and carbon reduction, and the concept of green environmental protection are regarded as important issues f...

Land use, land cover, and carbon dioxide emission reduction have been crucial topics among scholars considering the prevention of global warming in recent years. The application of satellite remote sensing technology and aerial images using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) equipped with sensors has become common in large-scale environmental monitorin...

The applications of remote sensing technology and aerial photography using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have facilitated the development of large-scale land environment-monitoring technology. When design units are involved in water and soil conservation projects, engineering personnel must take valuable instruments to valleys and streams for map...

Most lands reserved for indigenous peoples in Taiwan are located in environmentally sensitive areas, possessing considerable cultural and natural resources with hot springs, thus attracting substantial tourism. International tourist hotels have been established in indigenous lands to meet the demand brought by the rapid development of ecotourism, t...

Environmental education is essential for people to pursue sustainable development. In Taiwan, environmental education is taught to students until they graduate from junior high school. This study was conducted to establish an assessment system for junior high schools to select appropriate environmental education facilities and sites. A mix of quant...

The quality of Chinese-speaking tour guides is a crucial indicator of Taiwan's tourism development. Because the Delphi method features the advantages of both discussions and traditional questionnaire surveys and ensures the anonymity of questionnaire respondents, this study adopted this method to investigate the preservice training of tour guides a...

Most of the township level administration buildings of Taiwan are out-aged or fail to meet the needs of residents due to population pressure. Some of the township administration buildings were rebuilt or relocated once those were aged or overcrowded. This research is thus aimed to understand the factors that affected the satisfaction of the users a...

Gondolas are a transportation and tourism vehicle that are environmentally friendly, convenient, and inexpensive. This study used the Wufeng Township Gondola as a case study. The Analytic Hierarchy Process was applied to evaluating a gondola construction project. In examining the Wufeng Township Gondola project, the study used an expert questionnai...

No comprehensive or clear criteria have been dened for planning and eval- uating natural and cultural scenic ecological areas in Taiwan. This study was conducted to develop dedicated indices for planning and evaluating these areas and to stress the im- portance of the indices. The lands reserved for indigenous people in Taiwan were used as the scop...

This article was conducted with an evaluation and feedback system to identify planning evaluation criteria for natural and cultural scenic areas of indigenous tribes at Taiwan. The purpose of this article was to identify the interdependencies among the environmental, economic, societal and cultural, political evaluation frameworks that a complicate...

The use of low-carbon evaluation indices for tourist attractions facilitates the promotion of low-carbon tourism. However, balancing tourism and environmental considerations has become critical to the development of the tourism market. Compared with road vehicles, cable cars are environmentally friendly, convenient, and economical. This study prese...

Quality of life increases over time, and additional large open public leisure spaces and improved facilities are required. Local governments should proactively facilitate the reuse of deserted public spaces. Several factors must be considered when public deserted spaces are managed by the private sector, including disturbances at existing facilitie...

Selecting an investment plan related to small-scale elderly nursing institutes involves numerous factors including detailed financial appraisals considering the investment environment, regional economic conditions, and project-specific requirements. In this study, numerous factors were collected that are related to establishing investment projects...

Because of the introduction and development of mobile technology, users have become more reliant on the Internet for tourism information. This study investigates how mobile phones can be used for ecotourism in aboriginal tribe areas. The information technologies examined include a self-guided tourism information system, an automated navigation oper...

The construction of public off-street parking lots are inherited with investment profit return, and the government works hard to promote the private sector to participate in the investigation, the construction and the management process of offstreet parking lots, in order to reduce possible financial problems that the public sector might encounter...