Introduction
The Graduate Institute of Landscape Architecture and Recreation Management, formally the Graduate Institute of Rural Planning and Landscaping was established after the closing of the Department of Rural Planning in the restructuring of College of Management in 2005.
Goals and Characteristics
Landscape architecture and recreation management are the two major teaching and research directions for this institute. The courses of landscape architecture offered by this institute are mainly for training students with the capability of integrating the natural and human-cultural landscape resources to create the superior living environment, providing the smooth and enjoyable recreational spaces for tourists forincubatingstudents into superior specialist in landscape planning and design. Courses of recreation management that offered are to research the recreational and leisure behaviors and activities of the tourist and to understand the developmental trends of leisure and recreation industry to cultivate students to become the superior specialists in recreation marketing and management.The educational objective of this institute is toincubate students to become the superior specialists in landscape planning and design or recreation marketing and management.
Faculty and Specialty
Currently, there are 9 doctorial faculty members including full-time and adjunct ones. In which, there are 5 Professors, 2 Associate Professor, 2 Assistant Professors. Besides, specialized and experienced adjunct professors are hired to assist the teaching assignment.
Dr.Chao-Lin Tuan
Dr.Chao-Lin Tuan
Teacher
Dr.Chao-Lin Tuan
Leisure Agriculture, Planning and Management of Leisure Farm, Rural Tourism, Leisure Agriculture in Mainland China
Yi-Lung Yeh
Yi-Lung Yeh
Professor
Yi-Lung Yeh
Environmental change risk assessment, Disaster management, Grey theory, Ground-water flow analysis, Agricultural water management
Guan-Guay Mao
Guan-Guay Mao
Professor
Guan-Guay Mao
Land laws and regulations, Urban planning, Laws and regulations of rural planning, Economics, Rural planning, Land use planning
April Hueimin Lu
April Hueimin Lu
Professor
April Hueimin Lu
Architecture design, Environment planning and design, Leisure agriculture, Cultural resources, community planning, Landscape architecture
Wan-Yu Chou
Wan-Yu Chou
Assistant Professor
Wan-Yu Chou
Landscape architecture, Placemaking, Landscape health benefits, Landscape perception, Healing environment
Chou-Ping Yang
Chou-Ping Yang
Associate Professor
Chou-Ping Yang
Hydrodynamic and water quality simulation, Water Conservation, Water pollution control, River basin management
Ying-Yi Wang
Ying-Yi Wang
Assistant Professor
Ying-Yi Wang
Applications of artificial intelligence, Reservoir water quality simulation and management, Biological Fluid Mechanics
Fang-Ming Lin
Fang-Ming Lin
Professor
Fang-Ming Lin
Architecture and Interior Design, Application Technique of Green Building Materials, Room Acoustics Design
Associate Professor
Forest Policy, Forest Economics, Ecotourism, Leisure and Recreation
Facilities
Specialized Classroom
Drawing room
Recreation Management and Urban and Rural Development Classroom
Architecture and Landscape Classroom
Geographic Information System Classroom
Landscape and Recreation Environment Planning Classroom
Library
Hardware:
Personal computers, Servers, e-desk, Interactive screen, Projectors, Digital cameras,
Scanner, Video cameras, Drawing desks, Slide projectors, Video editors, Drawing
copier, Printers, Plotters, Copier, Measuring equipments, Gardening equipments,
Drawing collectors, etc.
Software:
Land CAD, AutoCAD, Statistical Package, Globe GPS, GIS, Spatial analysis package, etc.
Job Opportunity
Employment
1. Government’s position:
The landscape planning, sightseeing, and tourism management related divisions in the government agencies.
2. Industry position:
The landscape planning and design companies, sightseeing and tourism planning and consulting companies,
engineering planning and consulting companies, recreational development companies, and sightseeing and
travelling industries.
3. Education position:
Teachers and faculty members in the schools/universities.
4. Others: Planner and managerof the third sector or local community development associations.
Advanced study