Spatial Planning Act Article 6

The basic spatial planning principles are as follows.1.Spatial planning shall comply with international conventions and regulations and promote sustainable development.2.Natural conditions, water resources and climate change shall be taken into consideration in spatial planning to establish the capacity to prevent disasters on land and facilitate emergency responses.3.Environmental conservation zones shall be used for conservation purposes and other uses may be prohibited or restricted accordingly.4.Marine resource zones shall be used with resource sustainability taken into consideration; diverse needs shall be consolidated and priorities of uses shall be established.5.Agricultural development zones shall be used to ensure food security. Important agricultural production environments and facilities shall be safeguarded and fragmented development shall be avoided.6.Urban-rural development zones shall be guided toward compact development and placed under growth management to create suitable and harmonious living environments and efficient production environments as well as to provide sufficient public facilities.7.Metropolitan areas shall be developed in sympathy with regional characteristics and the overall development, whereas cross-region consolidation shall be reinforced to achieve the complementation of resources and strengthen regional functions to improve competitiveness.8.Specific areas shall be developed in manner that takes into account topography, geomorphology, geographic features and cultural characteristics of the region as well as requirements set forth in other regulations.9.When spatial planning involves indigenous people’s land, the traditional cultures, territories and knowledge of such people shall be respected and preserved, and mechanisms to help achieve mutual benefits and prosperity shall be established.10.Spatial planning shall be conducted with extensive public participation and informational transparency.11.Environmental conservation shall be considered in land use and fair and efficient regulatory mechanisms shall be established.
中文原文 國土計畫法第6條
國土計畫之規劃基本原則如下:
一、國土規劃應配合國際公約及相關國際性規範,共同促進國土之永續發展。
二、國土規劃應考量自然條件及水資源供應能力,並因應氣候變遷,確保國土防災及應變能力。
三、國土保育地區應以保育及保安為原則,並得禁止或限制使用。
四、海洋資源地區應以資源永續利用為原則,整合多元需求,建立使用秩序。
五、農業發展地區應以確保糧食安全為原則,積極保護重要農業生產環境及基礎設施,並應避免零星發展。
六、城鄉發展地區應以集約發展、成長管理為原則,創造寧適和諧之生活環境及有效率之生產環境確保完整之配套公共設施。
七、都會區域應配合區域特色與整體發展需要,加強跨域整合,達成資源互補、強化區域機能提升競爭力。
八、特定區域應考量重要自然地形、地貌、地物、文化特色及其他法令所定之條件,實施整體規劃。
九、國土規劃涉及原住民族之土地,應尊重及保存其傳統文化、領域及智慧,並建立互利共榮機制。
十、國土規劃應力求民眾參與多元化及資訊公開化。
十一、土地使用應兼顧環境保育原則,建立公平及有效率之管制機制。

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