RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF PUBLIC SPACE AND THE ESSENTIAL CITY PLANNING OF CHI-CHI AREA AFTER THE 1999 CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE

Abstract

The author has investigated the damaged Chi-Chi area several times since the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake in Taiwan, and conducted design surveys to grasp location and dimensions of all of the buildings on purpose to make a GIS database in the area. In this paper, the urban planning for reconstruction based on "The Essential City Planning for Reconstruction of Chi-Chi" is reported. Also it shows recovery and reconstruction progress curves with regards to public space using spatial reconstruction model that the author proposes to visualize complicated reconstructional process of damaged areas due to earthquakes.