Any Way to our Huilan Home: Building the Suhua Freeway or taking the Bali detour?

Abstract

This paper explores the dynamic relationships between landscape identities and economic developments in the remote Huilan of Taiwan. Since 1990, locals and environmental groups have been battling over the proposed Suhua Freeway connecting Huilan and other cities. Through qualitative methods, it examines how locals perceive the potential ecological and cultural impacts of the freeway's construction and analyzes Bali's community-based ecotourism as examples for Huilan's own economic development. It concludes that local Huilanese should consider the small-scale eco-tourism model as an option in future economic development.

Competitiveness of the Czech Meat Industry on the Single Market

“…Agriculture and food industry are fundamental industries to fight regional disparities or even 446/474 poverty in rural areas (Anríquez and Stamoulis, 2007;Webb and Block, 2012). There has been prevailing consensus that attracting large companies from highly competitive industries will solve the lack of development potential (and poverty issues) in rural areas (Chang and Huang, 2013). This focus on large international companies and state support has been considered as controversial for its rather heavy orientation on specific industries (Murdoch, 2000).…”