The Urbanization Process of Luzhu District in Kaohsiung - A Case Study of Kaohsiung Science Park

This study is based on the history of Kaohsiung Science Park, trying to explore the regional development of Luzhu District in Kaohsiung in the past four years. The aim of this paper is to provide empirical evidence to study the role of Kaohsiung Science Park (KSP), the branch of Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), in the regional development process by studying the actors participating in the project Biomedical Devices Industrial Cluster Establishment Project. According to this study, the main influence factors possibly include the population, transportation, the number of employee, supermarket, and the tenanted companies, etc. With the collection of information about the aforesaid influence factors for four years, we are trying to analyze how the KSP changes the industry in the city; in addition, how the Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration (STSPA) cooperated with local research institute, Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), to help the park industries.