Air pollution control is one of the important works to protect environment. Therefore, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has used a portion of air pollution control fund to establish the air quality purification area（hereinafter called the Aquapu Area）for improving the air quality of Taiwan. Since then, EPA has approved a total of 909 Aquapu areas covering an area of about 1,628.71 hectares and the bike trail length of about 246.06 kilometers in total. The content of this project is a continuous work to provide the inventory, assessment and monitoring related works of the “air quality purification area” for assisting the EPA to establish a quality living environment in Taiwan. The outcomes of this project include (1) the revision of relevant guidelines and criteria used as the basis of aquapu area and plant nursery programs, application process and SIP evaluation works (2) completion of on-site inventory, monitoring and assessment works with the establishment of assessment criteria, (3) provided improvement guidelines for 2 sites which can be used as examples for local governments to install Aquapu Area effectively. (4) updating related information regularly, updating and maintaining Aquapu Area website and plant nursery website (controlling latest progress in implementation as well as to upgrade the performance and management efficiency). (5) established Green network of Bicycle website reinforced information and promotion (to provide cyclists with a perfect and convenient network and a query system about related bicycle ways data. (6)inviting and arranging evaluators for on-site visitation. (7)continued carbon survey, monitoring, and maintenance of selected carbon sink areas. Our working group have provided EPA all required administrative assistance, such as evaluation of Aquapu areas and plant nurseries in 2013, and held a round table conference to review the evaluation results and demonstrate how local governments may improve their performance next year. And also have completed the photo comparison work (i.e. before and after construction, and existing status) of each Aquapu Area, and also maintained the Aquapu Area electronic information system; designed promotional materials; held ten promotional activities, one review meeting, one academic conference, one network educational training conference, and aside from provided other administrative assistance.

Air quality purification area;Inventory & assessment;Maintenance;monitoring and evaluation