No longer smokestack cities Although for more than a century, Taiwan has "emphasized the north, at the expense of the south" and accepted that geographical conditions have "necessitated" environmental degradation, this doesn't mean that things can't change. Abroad, there are many examples of cities that have successfully reformed and rebuilt themselves.
雖然高雄在百年來「重北輕南」的政策下、在地理條件的「迫使」下，付出了許多環境的代價，但並不因此就永無翻身之日，放眼國際，不乏都市改造、重建的成功案例。