英文摘要:Houlong is a important port of town in early , so the main topic of this dissertation is to probe settlements development and exploitation in Houlong. The research is made by collecting documents, analyzing maps, and investigating fields. I aim at finding out the different characteristics existing in different periods in Houlong, and the critical factors behind the scenes resulting in the change. From 1636 to 1895 , Houlong was located on a sandbank peninsula where Houlong tribe and Hsinkang tribe lived. They made a living by hunting, and have stone of fishing industry called Shanghai. During Chien-Long era of Chi Dynasty, there were persistent trading transactions between Houlong and Mainland China, so Houlong had become a prosper port city in the end of Chien-Long era. During this period, natural environment, geographical position, the changes of ways of life, and reclamation system affected settlements’ development. From 1895 to 1945 , when Houlong served as a special trading port for the Mainland China, and added the establishment of the sea-line railway , Houlong street was very flourishing with lots of ship companies and stores on it. Along the street were also major public facilities such as town hall, the police office, the traditional market, the public school, and the post office. The population increased gradually, and residents supported the family with coast fisheries and agriculture. The development of the port under the influences from external relationships is the main factor determining the development of Houlong during this period,besides railway construction and the local environmental resources are also the factors . From 1945 to 2005,as a result of local natural environment , city and harbor plans, economic policy, most of the people in Houlong changed their occupations to those in second- or third-level industry. The business section, having old Houlong Street as its center, was located in the northwestern area of the city for the most part. This town center was the core district of Houlong nowadays, with demography of higher density and most of the major public facilities. In addition, residents were engaged in the fishery activity continuously by restructuring the old port and building new port.In 1990’s, becase of the rise of tour sightseeing fishery, Houlong had an amazing development and more flourishing streets. This research adopts questionnaire investigation in the discussion of the inhabitants and visitors and seek for the possibility of Houlong ‘s settlement development in future.