Of course there's nothing peculiar about development transforming parts of Taiwan. What is special in this case, however, is that the northern coast is, in the view of many scholars, the very place which inspired the name "Formosa," the appellation by which Taiwan was known in the international community.
不過，地景因經濟開發而改變的情形在台灣並不特別；特別的是，整個北部的連綿海岸線，卻是許多學者眼中，四百年前創造台灣國際別名「福爾摩沙」的緣起地。