• Project (2025/08–2026/07): Climate Gentrification, Livable Environments, and Adaptation Strategies – Climate Action and Aging Societies: Interactions between Climate Gentrification, Aging in Place, and Welfare Cities (Subproject 2, Year 2)

Overview: Climate change and population aging are two major challenges facing Taiwan today. Their potential interactions are particularly important to explore. Previous studies (Kjaer, 2015; Hauer, 2017; Shokry, 2020) indicate that government climate mitigation strategies or infrastructure projects may lead to climate gentrification. Given Taiwan’s departmentalized governance structure, there is limited research on whether climate adaptation strategies affect aging cities and the associated external costs.

This subproject investigates the occurrence, status, and impact locations of climate gentrification in Taiwanese cities and further explores the effects of climate adaptation measures on older adults, particularly the interaction between aging in place and climate gentrification. Building on the previous year’s research, Year 2 focuses on older adults’ perceptions of local aging and climate gentrification. Surveys are used to capture older adults’ opinions on climate adaptation measures and their impacts on daily life, providing targeted policy recommendations.

• Project (2024/08–2025/07): Climate Gentrification, Livable Environments, and Adaptation Strategies – Climate Action and Aging Societies (Subproject 2, Year 1)

Overview: This first-year study similarly examines the spatial relationship between climate adaptation measures and aging populations in urban Taiwan, using Kaohsiung City as a case study. Secondary data and GIS overlay analyses are used to establish indicators for climate gentrification and analyze the spatial correlation between older residents and adaptation measures, revealing how policy and socio-economic factors affect older adults’ lives.

• Project (2024/09–2025/07): Exploring Innovative Models for Climate-Resilient Spatial Planning Toward Net-Zero: Institutions and Strategies

Overview: In response to the global net-zero transition, this study explores innovative institutional frameworks and planning strategies in the United States at the federal, state (California), and city (San Francisco) levels. The research addresses three major themes: climate disaster risk response, energy transition challenges, and public health impacts. It examines issues across public administration, disaster management, public health, clean energy, vulnerable populations, and climate justice, highlighting lessons relevant for Taiwan.

• Project (112/08–113/07): Multi-Faceted Risk Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for High-Density Urban Compound Disasters under Climate Change – A Study on Six Major Cities in Taiwan (Total Project and Subproject 1, Year 2)

Overview: This integrative project focuses on Taiwan’s six high-density cities (Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung) to assess compound disaster risks, including environmental vulnerabilities, industrial organization and spatial distribution, infrastructure risk, and disaster information transmission. Individual adaptive behaviors and mental health outcomes are analyzed. The project establishes a climate resilience database for high-density cities, providing multi-dimensional assessment methods and international comparative opportunities while identifying institutional gaps and policy recommendations.