Combining Transit-Oriented Development and Urban Agriculture Strategy on Constructing Urban Environment Sustainability, the Case of Taiyuan railway station, Taichung, Taiwan

Abstract

Continuously increase urban population and urban spatial sprawl, under limited land development and urbanization, implementing Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) to improve urban spatial environment has become crucial on Taiwan's urban sustainability and development plan. According to literature research, introducing urban spatial planning into urban agricultural approach, can increase urban green coverage ratio and reinforce green network. This study will depict urban agricultural development approach with the implementation of TOD planning method on Taiwan Taichung Taiyuan train station as planning site, using Taichung urban planning and development plan guidelines, in accordance to TOD core development merging urban agriculture development approach to reinforce TOD planning detail in order to achieve the urban environmental sustainability.