Li-Pei Peng

An integrated decision making model for district revitalization and regeneration project selection

The main purpose of this research is to propose an effective hybrid process for evaluating district development directions concerning district revitalization and regeneration (DRAR) prospects along with simultaneous positive and negative conflict criteria and their interdependence. Accordingly, the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), the interpretive structural modeling (ISM), and the analytic network process (ANP) with benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks (BOCR) are integrated to construct a project selection model regarding the DRAR. A real case in Jiufen in Taiwan is studied using the proposed model to evaluate four feasible development directions, and the results verify the applicability of the novel MCDM method. This hybrid process can not only transform complex interaction of district reviving factors into simple quantitative evaluation, but its result can also be guidance for determining future development direction. Highlights? This paper proposes a hybrid process to evaluate district development directions. ? The process concerns district revitalization and regeneration prospects. ? The fuzzy Delphi method and the interpretive structural modeling are used. ? Analytic network process with benefits, opportunities, costs and risks is adopted. ? A case is studied using the model to evaluate feasible development directions.

Predicting the creativity of design majors based on the interaction of diverse personality traits

In this study, design majors were analysed to examine how diverse personality traits interact and influence student creativity. The study participants comprised 476 design majors. The results indicated that openness predicted the originality of creativity, whereas openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness predicted the usefulness of creativity. Neuroticism moderated the effect of extraversion on the originality of creativity, and this moderating effect particularly benefitted to introverted student designers. Both conscientiousness and openness moderated the effects of agreeableness on the originality of creativity. Compared with the originality of students who exhibited low levels of agreeableness, the originality of agreeable students increased more rapidly in response to conscientiousness, but increased more slowly in response to openness. These results provide insight into the complexities of the personality–creativity structures of design majors and can serve as a reference regarding the project management and creative performance levels of design teams.

Developing a Social Enterprise Performance Scale and Examining the Relationship between Entrepreneurs’ Personality Traits and Their Perceived Enterprise Performance

On the basis of the lack of measurement tools and the research gap regarding social entrepreneurship, three studies were conducted to develop a new measure of social enterprise (SE) performance that is empirically valid and easy to administer. The purpose of this measure was to examine the relationship between entrepreneurs’ personality traits and their perceived SE performance. The results indicated that SE performance can be assessed using four dimensions: personal issues, social aspects, business elements, and service programmes. Extraversion positively influenced service programmes, and openness negatively affected service programmes. Neuroticism and conscientiousness positively predicted personal issues and service programmes, and agreeableness positively predicted all dimensions of perceived SE performance. The results also demonstrated the curvilinear relationship of the U-shaped curve between neuroticism and personal issues and the social aspects of SE performance. Furthermore, the results showed the curvilinear relationship of the inverted U-shaped curve between agreeableness and the four dimensions of SE performance.

Effects of anti-dam campaigns on institutional capacity: a case study of Meinung from Taiwan

An anti-dam campaign is usually derived from the local protest against the policy of regional distribution of water resources. Although the protest against formal governments could sometimes achieve local purpose, the locals still have to face the place-making issues for better daily life after local demonstrations. This paper focuses on a case study from Meinung in Taiwan and argues that the anti-dam campaign is able to strengthen the institutional capacity for governance. It examines three approaches to handling the effects of demonstrations and their implications for a better quality of place-making for local sustainability. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used including fieldwork, social network analysis, and multi-nominal logistic regression. The results show that the process of governance has expanded its institutional capacity building among organizations. Not only is the number of organizational activities increased, but also the range and density of network structure. The network morphology was gradually expanded from the casual representatives to the multi-functional frames and derivative corridors. There are significant relationships between perceived institutional capacity and the local sustainability of residents. Therefore, local organizations may need to promote their institutional capacity and collaborations among them. Because the anti-dam becomes a common political issue in Taiwan, the future of water resources management must adopt the win–win policy of strengthening governance into an evaluation of institutional capacity to achieve overall local sustainability.

The moderating effect of intrinsic motivation on rural practice: a case study from Taiwan

Abstract Trends in climate change, agricultural practices and research needs have indicated many open questions that require clarification, particularly regarding the contribution of psychological variables in shaping student attitudes towards rural practices. This empirical study adds to the literature on agricultural education and rural development by examining and modelling the relationship between certain psychological variables and attitudes towards farming practices in rural areas among agricultural students in Taiwan. The psychological variables studied included intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, metacognition and self-efficacy. Attitudes towards rural practices comprised three dimensions: autonomy, isolation and friendliness. The results revealed that the psychological variables directly influenced the students’ attitudes towards rural practices. This article presents evidence that provides contemporary insights into the moderating role of intrinsic motivation in shaping attitudes towards rural practices. The results offer recommendations regarding practical implications and provide a research agenda for developing knowledge about facilitating rural practices in agricultural education.

Personality traits, social capital, and entrepreneurial creativity: comparing green socioentrepreneurial intentions across Taiwan and Hong Kong

ABSTRACT Promoting green socioentrepreneurship is crucial for sustainable economic development in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in highly urbanised areas such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. However, little research has focused on this topic. Therefore, we conducted two studies to analyse how personality traits, entrepreneurial creativity, and social capital affect green socioentrepreneurial intentions among university students in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The results of Study 1 confirmed the factor structures of the four scales used in this study. The results of Study 2 revealed that though the effects of predictor variables on the outcome variable were varied, the mediation models of entrepreneurial creativity across contexts were partially supported. The major differences between Taiwan and Hong Kong lay in the effects resulting from usefulness, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and bonding social capital.

Informal Collaborative Network: A Case Study of Meinung, Taiwan

Since 1994, collaborative planning has gradually become more commonplace in Taiwan following the introduction of bottom-up policies for community development. Collaborative planning is a possible way for a city region to achieve sustainability. Thus far, however, few studies have examined regional decision making in Taiwan that involves collaborative planning with local voluntary organizations. Without such local involvement, planning efforts for a city region may give rise to conflicts between core and peripheral areas. To fill this gap in the research, this chapter investigates a case of local voluntary organizations that were able to establish an informal collaborative network, which was able to achieve governance at the city-regional level. This chapter describes the processes and issues relating to informal collaborative networks in Meinung, a city region in southern Taiwan. This study reveals that adaptation and flexibility are necessary for the formation, consolidation, multifunctional character, and development of an informal collaborative network.

Settlement Typology and Community Participation in Participatory Landscape Ecology of Residents

Abstract Numerous scholars have emphasised the importance of providing participatory landscape ecology (PLE) that local residents deem acceptable. However, the complexity of PLE may require promoting the understanding of settlement types and community participation in PLE of residents. Our empirical study contributes to the critical PLE by adopting physical and social environments to determine the community participation of residents. The physical environments are classified into four settlement types: high-rise/urban, low-rise/urban, high-rise/rural and low-rise/rural. Survey data collected from 495 residents in the Taipei metropolitan area revealed the typology of physical environments, which can be used to substantially explain community participation. Perceived residential satisfaction (PRS) and neighbouring behaviour (NB), derived from the social environment, were tested for describing community participation. We observed an indirect relationship between settlement typology and community participation through the two intervening roles of PRS and NB. This affirms the importance of social environment to the relationship between settlement types and community participation.

Enhancing Confidence in Computer-Assisted Survey for Geospatial Information

The purpose of this paper is to explore a solution of weighted method for enhancing confidence of iPadassisted questionnaire survey for geospatial information. The forgetting curve is applied to recognize the information difference between interview place and data sending place. Because an unstable or inaccessible Internet may exist, the proportional weighted method can be applied to calculate the confidence level of each questionnaire, and a higher confidence level is obtained for a shorter distance between the interview place and the data sending place. Some recommendations are also given for future survey studies when adopting iPads or other tablet computers.

Institutional capacity and rural community planning in Japan: an event history analysis

Bottom-up and governance paradigms are becoming more prevalent in rural community planning in East Asia. Rural communities must enhance their institutional capacities, which are the baseline for planning future changes. However, few studies have analyzed the relationship between institutional capacity and rural community planning. Using a quantitative method of event history analysis, we compared the hazards of establishing conferences and plan approval from the Sato-dzukuri of Kobe City, Japan. We examined the effect of institutional capacity on rural community planning for the conference establishment and plan approval. We found that knowledge resources and relational resources are related to the proxy mobilization capacity for conference establishment. These resources are related to plan approval, although no relationship exists between conference establishment and plan approval. Conferences can be planned more rapidly than plans for approval can be, although both require substantial time. Communities with rural contexts present more rapid conference establishment than do suburban areas, whereas there are no significant differences in plan approval. This suggests that rural communities require more effort for the plan approval process. Rural community planning should judiciously address issues of institutional capacity regarding restrained knowledge resources and progress management, and should maintain vigilance regarding administration to achieve local governance.