台北市整建住宅興建於1962–1976年，是蔣介石與蔣經國時代開闢公共設施安置違建拆遷戶的住宅型態。經過30–40年社會環境的變遷及經濟環境的發展，整建住宅已成為台北市「社會邊緣化」及「經濟弱勢化」的地區，正面臨「廢棄」的危機。1990年代，政府部門大多從中高階層的角度審視整建住宅，認為其實質環境破舊窳陋，有礙市容觀瞻，視之為貧民窟（slums），導致整建住宅更新偏重於環境面及經濟面的策略，很少探討其形成的原因及演變的過程，忽略社區網絡對整建住宅更新的意涵。2000年代，台北市整建住宅的自主性更新策略，對社區網絡又將造成甚麼影響？這也是本文研究的目的。

The resettlement apartments in Taipei City, constructed during the Kuomintang regime of Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo between 1962 and 1976, were the public housing facilities set up to relocate the residents who lived in illegal settlements. After forty years of drastic social and economic changes, the resettlement apartments became the symbol of a socially marginalized and economically disadvantaged community. The buildings also faced the risk of being completely abandoned. Unfortunately, the attitude of the government did not help to improve the situation. The government considered that the old resettlement apartments were the breeding grounds for crime, and slums that tarnished the image of Taipei City. The urban renewal plan of the resettlement apartments hence channelled its focus to environmental and economic revitalization efforts, and not enough attention was paid to the preservation of existing community networks. At the turn of the century, the orientation for revitalizing the communities of resettlement apartments was modified as a new strategy for community autonomy. The objective of this study is to examine how the new policy orientation affects the existing community networks in the resettlement apartments. The study approaches the issue of resettlement apartments from the perspective of community networks, and intends to introduce a new conceptual framework for the consideration of the revitalization of the resettlement apartments in Taipei City.