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The Kinmen area has a number of unique traditional settlements; the authentic traditional architecture in these settlements and the abundance of historical sites in the peripheral areas are all of significant cultural value, especially the considerable number of battle memorial sites as a result of Kinmen’s strategic position in the Taiwan Strait. In 1995, Kinmen National Park was founded and announced that the conservation of Kinmen’s priceless historical and cultural assets was its primary purpose. Maintaining the traditional features of these settlements is therefore a key part of the protection and control plans of Kinmen National Park.
As the main purpose of Kinmen National Park is the conservation of historical and cultural assets, its management must not only follow the detailed rules and regulations of the National Park Act but must also pay close attention to and cooperate with cultural heritage conservation laws and policies. By giving equal consideration to functional objectives such as park conservation, research, education, and recreation and following the changes in cultural heritage conservation concepts, park management can appropriately adjust its role and orientation in conserving cultural heritage and construct cultural heritage conservation mechanisms in the park that meet the needs of the times.
This study analyzed the characteristics of concept changes in cultural heritage conservation. The results showed that urban planning systems must coordinate with cultural heritage institutions in order to fulfill the purposes of land zoning and conservation. However, the present stage of implementation in the Taiwan area indicates that “settlements” or “important settlements” registered according to the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act have not been changed to “special purpose zones” in urban planning systems, and the “conservation area” meant for settlement and street conservation projects in urban planning is not the same as the registered “settlements” in the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act. This indicates that these two systems have yet to be integrated. Kinmen National Park mainly conserves cultural heritage and battle memorials and its conservation area plans for settlements form a consistent land use planning system from the main plans to the detailed subplans. With accumulated experience over a period of ten years, the park’s land use planning system is applicable for a case study investigation of execution mechanisms between cultural heritage conservation systems and urban planning systems and also how to achieve settlement conservation through the process of registering settlements and modifying land use.
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