The study is concerned about the influence of forestry development on settlement spatial change during the Japanese occupation period and Nationalist government period. The forestry industry and spatial development in Tung-Shih are, in accordance with historical time, the subjects of the study.
Map analysis is used as the research method. It is applied to investigate those relevant maps found and selected from the Japanese period and National governments period. Through the investigation of maps one against another, along with the historical documentation, the influence of the forestry development can be divided into five substance factors: direct, indirectly, conjunction, support, and service. The maps with different periods of time are superimposed to expose their differences and changes. Following that, these differences and changes are analyzed and explained with the assistance of related literature and interview. Finally, the findings are summarized into three basic systems for comparison. They are forestry, transportation, and settlement systems. Based on the afore-mentioned research viewpoints and method, the theme and contents of the study are focused on:
1.The impact of forestry industry on the settlement space of Tung-Shih.
2.The use of map as the analytical tool to find out the relations between the forestry industry and settlement space.
It is found that the management of the forestry industry plays a leading resulted in different role in this study. Different operation policies applied in the two periods performance in the Pa-Hsien-Shan forestry and the Ta-Hsueh Shan forestry business. Each period had different influence on the development the settlement space of Tung-Shih. The function, meaning and structure of settlement space are changed by the coordinated function of the management direction of forestry industry, transportation system, and continuous development and management.
