本課程係藉由師生共同閱讀文本資料，老師講解方式進行課程內容的傳授。課程主要目標在培養學生瞭解城市競爭力與治理概念，掌握一個城市要提升其城市國際競爭力，除了對內透過如活化產業經濟、創造宜居環境、高效率的城市治理等手法來解決城市發展所面臨的問題，使城市在全球化競爭的態勢下取得優勢，對外則需在特殊領域上，發揮其節點功能，提供一定特性的服務，清楚地確認城市之定位，形成與鄰近城市或其他國際城市以優勢為基礎，達成既競爭又合作之關係，更可刺激自己的成長與學習，藉以提升城市的國際競爭力。課程內容著重在四項都會治理議題：都會民主、城市治理與氣候變遷、城市治理與城市競爭力、都會發展上的科學園區選址、公共運輸系統、災難管理失能、以及水資源調度管理等4項議題的探討，從理論與實務面，來分析台灣都會治理制度的建立。此外尚包括有：城市發展的議題與未來城市走向、城市競爭力指標、創新區域與創意城市、智慧城市、韌性城市、生態經濟都市、地方創生與城市經濟等主題。學習本課程之目的在於讓學習者能瞭解各國城市發展與城市治理的經驗，以做為台灣縣市合併後各直轄市與縣市發展方向的參考。

This course is taught by teachers and students reading text materials together and the teacher explaining the course content. The main goal of the course is to train students to understand the concepts of urban competitiveness and governance, and to understand that a city must improve its international competitiveness. In addition to internally solving the problems faced by urban development through methods such as activating the industrial economy, creating a livable environment, and efficient urban governance, the city can succeed in the context of global competition. To gain advantages, externally, it is necessary to exert its node function in special fields, provide services with certain characteristics, clearly confirm the city's positioning, and form a competitive and cooperative relationship with neighboring cities or other international cities based on its advantages. It can also stimulate its own growth and learning, thereby enhancing the city's international competitiveness. The course content focuses on four urban governance issues: urban democracy, urban governance and climate change, urban governance and urban competitiveness, science park location selection for urban development, public transportation systems, disaster management failures, and water resource dispatch management. It analyzes the establishment of Taiwan's urban governance system from both a theoretical and practical perspective. In addition, it also includes: urban development issues and future urban trends, urban competitiveness indicators, innovative regions and creative cities, smart cities, resilient cities, ecological economic cities, local creation and urban economy and other topics. The purpose of studying this course is to enable learners to understand the experiences of urban development and urban governance in various countries, so as to serve as a reference for the development direction of municipalities, counties and cities in Taiwan after the merger of counties and cities.

根據聯合國統計，2008年全球人口中， 城市人口所占的比例已超過50%，人口由鄉村移往城市的浪潮方興未艾。全球化趨勢與創新技術的發展，加速了全球經濟網絡的鏈結，跨越國界的商業行為與城市競爭，成為二十一世紀全球城市發展所必須面對的共同挑戰，因此如何提升城市國際競爭力遂成為本課程教學的主要標的。
一個城市要提升其城市國際競爭力，除了對內透過如活化產業經濟、創造宜居環境、高效率的城市治理等手法來解決城市發展所面臨的問題，使城市在全球化競爭的態勢下取得優勢，對外則需在特殊領域上，發揮其節點功能，提供一定特性的服務，清楚地確認城市之定位，形成與鄰近城市或其他國際城市以優勢為基礎，達成既競爭又合作之關係，更可刺激自己的成長與學習，藉以提升城市的國際競爭力。

According to United Nations statistics, urban populations accounted for more than 50% of the global population in 2008, and the wave of population migration from rural to urban areas is in the ascendant. The trend of globalization and the development of innovative technologies have accelerated the linkage of global economic networks. Cross-border business behavior and urban competition have become common challenges that must be faced by the development of global cities in the 21st century. Therefore, how to improve the international competitiveness of cities has become the main goal of this course.
If a city wants to improve its international competitiveness, it must not only solve the problems faced by urban development internally through methods such as revitalizing the industrial economy, creating a livable environment, and efficient urban governance, so that the city can gain advantages in the context of global competition, but also externally must develop in special fields. On the other hand, it can exert its node function to provide services with certain characteristics, clearly confirm the city's positioning, and form a competitive and cooperative relationship with neighboring cities or other international cities based on its advantages. It can also stimulate its own growth and learning, thereby enhancing the city's international competitiveness.

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