本研究主要探討臺中市於1898至2001年間水田分佈受到都市化程度之影響，了解水田在那一個關鍵時期受到都市化程度而開始減少，本研究運用中央研究院臺灣百年歷史地圖資料進行分析，從1898年至2001年水田分布情形，藉由水田面積之變遷進行地理資訊系統(GIS)套疊，並通過對「地租」的討論，並對照台中市不同時期之都市發展決策或政策，分析水田受到何種都市化程度影響而減少。

This study focuses on the Taichung City in 1898-2001 affected the distribution between paddy degree of urbanization, understand that a critical period in the paddy fields by the degree of urbanization began to decline, the study at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan using the centuriesold map data analysis, from 1898-2001 paddy distribution case, by changes in the area of paddy geographic information system (GIS) intussusception, paddy fields by analyzing what the impact of urbanization and the reduction of the parties and with the city's decision-making or policy development than and then identify the key factors of time and degree of urbanization.