- Resource System
- urban river
- Resource Units
- multiple urban ecosystem services
- Location
- Taiwan
Wannian River Restoration case is part of the comparative urban river restoration analysis developed between 2019 to 2020 by Herlin Chien at United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability in Japan. The common pool resource system is the Wannian River (5.5 km) located in a medium sized city of Pingtung with 200,000 inhabitants. This case is most known as one of the best practices of urban river restoration program in Taiwan, undertaking several major river form, process and function improvements between 2007 and 2018.
Wannian River Restoration System Representation
Resource System
Wannian Urban River
Resource Users
factories pollute river
pig farms pollute river
resident attend river-related events
Public Infrastructure Providers
local government (subject to changes of decision cycles/change of elected Mayor)
multiple bureaus
Public Infrastructure
bridge
park
sewage pipe
river channel
bike route
constructed wetland
Relationship 1
1a - litter/pollute from factories, pig farms, household/transform the river
1b - lack of provisioning service between resource users and natural river now
Relationship 2
2a - vote/lobby/complain/bribe
2b - inform/engage
Relationship 3
3a - invest/create/remove/maintain/follow/implement
3b - inform/advice/challenge
Relationship 4
4a - equip/clean/purify/divert/build/transform
4b - flow of information
Relationship 5
5a - restrict/sanction
Relationship 6
6a - educate/protect/enable
6b - expect/monitor/co-design/visit
Exogenous Drivers 7 (Resource System)
climate change (temperature rise/sudden shower rain)
Exogenous Drivers 7 (Public Infrastructure)
climate change (temperature rise/sudden shower rain)
Exogenous Drivers 8 (Resource Users)
mayoral election
Exogenous Drivers 8 (Public Infrastructure Providers)
mayoral election
Human Infrastructure, Private and Human-Made (Resource Users)
river restoration advocating NGOs/educational institutions
Human Infrastructure, Private and Human-Made (Public Infrastructure Providers)
river restoration advocating NGOs/educational institution
Chien H, United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS).
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