(Main Section: Urban-Rural Regeneration and Cultural Sustainability)

This study attempts to develop a methodology to help discover and evaluate the potential of unused urban spaces at the local level, and put it into practice. Through the application of the method, the conceptual framework of unused urban spaces with physical and functional aspects, across natural and acquired origins of formation, is further confirmed, developed and improved. More importantly, this study aims not only to develop a method of identifying the local unused space and its development potential in practice, but also to provide the capability of assessing the quality and uniqueness of such space.