TAIWAN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Taiwan's current economic success is partly the result of nearly half a century of careful government planning. However, the dramatic rise i n the prosperity of this relatively small island has produced an almos t proportional decline in Taiwan's natural-environment endowment. A cr itique of past energy policies, with respect to transportation, is pre sented, with a look ahead to Taiwan's environmental challenges. Transp ort policy recommendations are made which will enable the Taiwanese pe ople to achieve a less environmentally damaging, more sustainable econ omic prosperity.