In a review of these catastrophic events, a special committee led by the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) pointed a finger of blame at mountain agriculture, recommended that the Kukuan-Techi section of the highway should not be rebuilt, and urged that mountain agriculture should be gradually abandoned nationwide, with the areas affected turning instead to ecotourism, to give the land a much needed chance to rest and recuperate.
經建會領軍的勘災小組在檢討水災成因後，點名高山農業是元凶，建議中橫公路谷關到德基段全面不再修復，全國高山農業應逐步撤離，轉型為生態觀光，以讓大地徹底休養生息。