RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP 1999
RESEARCH OUTPUT
CENTRE OF URBAN PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Academic Refereed

Scholarly books and monographs

Cook, A.H.S. Land Use/ Transport Planning in Hong Kong: the End of and Era. A review of principles and practice, Aldershot, U.K., Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1998, 374 pp.

Journal articles, book chapters and other published papers

Chan, R.C.K. Regional Development in the Yangtze and the Zhujiang Delta Regions in Cheng, J.Y.S. (ed.). The Guangdong Development Model and Its Challenges, Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong Press, 1998, 43-79.

Chan, R.C.K. Cross-border Regional Development in Southern China. GeoJournal, The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, 44(3): 225-237.

Chui, E.W.T. and Ng, M.K. From Colony to SAR: Advocacy Planning on Public Administration in the SAR Government. The Implications of Advocacy Planning on Public Administration in the SAR Government. Asian Journal of Public Administration, 1998, 20(2): 173-202.

Cook, A.H.S. Transport Planning and Metroplan: Progress or Missed Opportunity?. Land-use/ Transport Planning in Hong Kong: the End of an Era. A review of principles and practice, Aldershot, U.K., Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1998, 203-246.

Hills, P.R. and Tao, Y. Assessment of Alternative Wastewater Treatment Approaches in Guangzhou, China. Water Science and Technology, 1999, 39(5): 235-242.

Hills, P.R. and Liu, J. Towards the Development of Sustainability Indicators for Marine Biodiversity in Hong Kong. Sustainable Development, 1998, 6(3): 111-122.

Mao, W. Launching Theoretical and Practical Studies on Cumulative Impact Assessment in China (in Chinese). Research of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China Environmental Press, 1998, 11(5): 8-11.

Mao, W. The Application of Geographical Information System to Cumulative Impact Assessment (in Chinese). Advances in Environmental Science, Beijing, China Academy of Science, 1998, 6(6): 61-65.

Ng, M.K. and Tang, W.S. Land Use Planning in 'One Country, Two Systems' : Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. International Planning Studies, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Carfax Pub. Co., 1999, 4(1): 7-27.

Ng, M.K. A Comparative Study of Urban Planning Mechanisms in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Progress in Planning, Oxford, Pergamon, 1999, 51(1): 1-90.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Wu, F. The Transformation of the Urban Planning System in China From a Centrally-Planned to Transitional Economy. Progress in Planning, New York, Pergamon Press, 1999, 51, Part 3: 167-252.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Li, X. Modelling Sustainable Urban Forms Using Extended Cellular Automata and GIS in T.K. Poiker and N. Chrisman (eds.). Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Spatial Date Handling, International Geographical Union, 11-15 July 1998, Vancouver, Canada, 1998, 453-464.

Yeh, A.G.O. Availability and Pricing of Georeferenced Data in Asia Pacific. In D.R.F. Taylor (ed.), Policy Issues in Modern Cartography, London, Pergamon, 1998, 46-69.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Li, X. Economic Development and Agricultural Land Loss in the Pearl River Delta, China. Habitat International, 1999, 23(3): 373-390.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Shi, X. Applying Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) to Urban Planning - A New PSS Tool. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 1999, 26(1): 101-116.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Qiao, J. An Intelligent Solution Support System for Spatial Modelling and Decision Support. Proceedings of the 32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS-32), January 5-8, 1999, Maui, Hawaii (CD-ROM), Los Alamitos, CA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1999, 1-10.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Li, X. Economic Development, Urban Sprawl, and Agricultural Land Loss in the Pearl River Delta, China. Economic Geography (in Chinese), Nanjing, 1999, 19(1): 67-72.

Yeh, A.G.O. Urban Planning and GIS, in Paul A Longley, Michael Goodchild, David Maguire and David Rhind (eds.). Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Applications, and Management, (Second Edition), New York, John Wiley, 1999, 877-888.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Shi, X. The Integration of Case-Based Systems and GIS in Development Control. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 1999, 26(3): 345-364.

Zhang, X. Review of "Construction Management" (D W Halpin & R W Woodhead, 2 nd. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998). Construction Management and Economics, London, F.N. SPON, 1999, 17(1): 121.

Zhang, X., Langford, D., Mavor, T., Macleod, I. and Dimitrivic, B. Design and Managing for Sustainable Buildings in the UK. Proceedings of CIB W-92 and TG-23 Symposium on Harmony and Profit in Construction Procurement, 25 - 28 January 1999, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1999.


Academic Not Refereed

Scholarly books and monographs

Barron, W.F. and Steinbrecher, N.C. Heading Towards Sustainability ? Practical Indicators of Environmental Sustainability for Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmnetal Management, HKU, 1999, 268 pp.

Chan, R.C.K., Yao, S.M. and Wang, Q.Z. Spatial Development in China's Metropolises, Hefei, China, University of Science and Technology Press, 1998, 674 pp.

Cook, A.H.S. Communications Skills for Urban Planners, Hong Kong, Centre of Urban Planning & Environmental Management, HKU, 1998, 123 pp.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Phillips, D. Environment and Ageing: Environmental Policy, Planning and Design for Elderly People in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Centre of Urban Planning & Environmental Management, HKU, 1999, 212 pp.

Zhang, X. Privatisation: A Study of Housing Policy in Urban China, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 1998, 202 pp.

Journal articles, book chapters and other published papers

Chiu, R.L.H. The Swing of the Pendulum in Housing. The Other Hong Kong Report 1998, Hong Kong, Chinese University Press, 1999, 329-351.

Chiu, R.L.H. Hong Kong Public Housing Research (in Chinese). Public Housing and I, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Housing Authority, 1999, 84-85.

Chiu, R.L.H. The Home Ownership Drive of HKSAR. Planning and Development, Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners, 1998, 14, No. 1: 12-20.

Cook, A.H.S. The High Density Vertical City: a Trade-off between Transit Efficiency and Living Space Provision. In Borrego, C. and L. Sucharov (eds.). Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century, Southhampton, U.K., WIT Press, 1998, 599-608.

Cook, A.H.S. Undercurrents of Change in Planning Education in Hong Kong. Planning Practice and Research, U.K., 1999, 14(2): 247-249.

Hills, P.R. and Mao, W. EIA, SEA and Sustainable Development: Conceptual Issues of Integration and their Implications for China. Proceedings of the China Mainland - Hong Kong Symposium on Regional Environmental Impact Assessment, Hong Kong, Open University of Hong Kong, 1999, 47-62.

Hills, P.R. Contributions to various chapters and to overall project design and implementation as Principal Investigator in W. Barron and N. Steinbrecher (eds.). Heading Towards Sustainability ? Practical Indicators of Environmental Sustainability for Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, HKU, 1999.

Ng, M.K. and Tang, W.S. A Comparative Study of Urban Planning in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, in Ye, X., C. Gu, Y. Niu (eds.). Studies on Regional Integration under the Model of "One Country, Two Systems", (in Chinese), Beijing, China, Science Press, 1999, 152-162.

Yeh, A.G.O. Land and Infrastructure Development Before and After the Handover in Larry Chuen-ho Chow and Yiu-kwan Fan (eds.). The Other Hong Kong Report, Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1999, 303-327.

Yeh, A.G.O. The Changing Spatial Distribution of Elderly Population and Its Planning Implications. Environment and Ageing: Environmental Policy, Planning and Design for Elderly People in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Centre of Urban Planning & Environmental Management, HKU, 1999, 81-91.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Li, X. Factors and Impacts of Agricultural Land Loss in the Pearl River Delta - A Case Study of Dongguan, in Shunzhun Ye et al. (eds.). Integrated Regional Development Under One Country Two Systems (in Chinese), Beijing, Science Press, 1999, 163-173.

Zhang, X. Review of "Land Reform in India: Volume 3: Andhra Pradesh - People's Pressure and Administrative Innovations" (B N Yugandhar (ed), New Delhi: Sage, 1996). Contemporary South Asia, Oxford, Carfax Publishing, 1999, 8(1): 123-124.

Zhang, X. The impact of housing privatisation in China. Environment and Planning B, London, Pion, 1999, 26(4): 593-604.

Conference and working papers

Chan, R.C.K. Special Economic Zones Policy and Regional Development in Southern China. 1998 International Geography Conference on China and the World in the 21st Century, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, August 13-15, 1998 (in Chinese), Hong Kong, 1998.

Chan, R.C.K. and Qiao, J. Resources and Sustainable Urban Development in Shandong, China. 1998 International Geography Conference on China and the World in the 21st Century, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, August 13-15, 1998 (in Chinese), Hong Kong, 1998.

Chiu, R.L.H. Home Ownership Policy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. First Conference of Chinese Real Estate Community, organized by the Chinese Society of Housing Studies, Taipei and the Federation of the Real Estate Investment Association of the Republic of China, 24-27 August, 1998.

Chiu, R.L.H. Sustainable Housing Development in a High-density Environment: the Case of Hong Kong. ENHR Conference on Housing Futures: Renewal, Sustainability and Innovation, 7-11 September 1998, UK, University of Cardiff.

Chiu, R.L.H. Home Ownership Policy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Seminar Series on Housing Policy of HKSAR, organized by the Housing Research Network, The University of Hong Kong, 3 and 10 March 1998, Hong Kong.

Chiu, R.L.H. Housing reform in Shanghai and Guangzhou: the end-users' perspective. International Symposium on Marketization of Land and Housing in Socialist China, organized by Hong Kong Baptist University and University of Hong Kong, 31 October - 1 November 1997, Hong Kong, 1998.

Cook, A.H.S. and Ng, M.K. Urban Regeneration Challenges in a High Rise City - Tackling Residential Obsolescence in Hong Kong. European Network for Housing Research Conference on Housing Futures: Renewal, Sustainability and Innovation, 7-11 September 1998, Cardiff, Wales, U.K..

Hills, P.R. and Mao, W. The Mixed Impacts of Economic Transition on Environmental Regulation in China: Enforcement of the Environmental Impact Assessment System. IAIA '99 Conference - Forecast the Future: Impact Assessment for a New Century, Glasgow, Scotland, 1999, 36 pp.

Long, G. and Ng, M.K. The Political Economy of Intra-Provincial Disparities: Jiangsu Province as a Case Study. Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies, Inc. on Rhetoric Versus Action: The Challenge of Policy Implementation, October 8-10, 1998, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A..

Long, G. and Ng, M.K. The Political Economy of Intra-Provincial Disparities: a Case Study of Suzhou. 1998 International Geography Conference on China and the World in the 21st Century, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 13-15, 1998 (in Chinese), Hong Kong, 1998.

Ng, M.K. Integrated Policy Making: The Key to Sustainable Urban Development in Hong Kong Towards the 21st Century. The Challenge and Prospect of Public Administration for the 21st Century, Taegu-Kyungbuk Association for Public Administration, Taegue, South Korea, 29 May, 1999.

Ng, M.K. The Challenge of Sustainable Development in China: A Case Study of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies, Inc. on Rhetoric Versus Action: The Challenge of Policy Implementation, October 8-10, 1998, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A..

Ng, M.K. Regenerating Hong Kong: What Can We Learn from Other Restructuring Economies?. 12th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Inc. on Asia in Global Context, September 28 - October 1, 1998, Sydney, Australia, University of New South Wales.

Ng, M.K. Reasons Contributing to the Lack of Community Planning in Hong Kong: A Case Study of the South East Kowloon Development Plan (in Chinese). Conference on "Whose Development? A Critical Hong Kong Perspective", jointly organized by Hong Kong Women Worker's Association, Hong Kong Philosophy Society, Birdnest, Green Peace, Invisible Booklink and ARENA, March 28, 1999, Hong Kong.

Yeh, A.G.O. The Globalization Strategies and Experience of Hong Kong (Invited Plenary Session). Kaohsiung Conference: Globalization Strategies for Habour Cities, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China, 4-5 September 1998, Kaohsiung Municipal Government.

Yeh, A.G.O. New Business Opportunities Using GIS in Commercial Sector. Seminar on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Productivity Tool for Public and Private Sectors, 15 October 1998, Hong Kong, Autodesk Far East.

Yeh, A.G.O. Constrained Cellular Automata for Modelling Sustainable Urban Development. International Conference on Spatial Information Science and Technology, 13-16 December 1998, Wuhan, China, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping.

Yeh, A.G.O. Dual Land Market and Urban Development in China. International Conference on People's Republic of China at Fifty: Opportunities and Challenges, 8 - 10 June 1999, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Yeh, A.G.O. Rural Urbanization and the Rural Environment in China. International Conference on People's Republic of China at Fifty: Opportunities and Challenges, 8-10 June 1999, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Zhang, X. Privatisation and the Chinese Housing Model. International Conference at Fifty: Opportunities and Challenges, 8 - 10 June 1999, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1999.

Reviews, translations and other written outputs

Hills, P.R. and Barron, W.F. Heading Toward Sustainable Development for Hong Kong?. "Hong Kong Echo", (Newsletter of the French Chamber of Commerce), 1999, 14: 26-27.


Other Output

Reviews, translations and other written outputs

Chiu, R.L.H. Is the Housing Demand Projection for the Newly Forecast Immigrants from China Accurate? (In Chinese). Hong Kong Economic Journal, 14 May 1999, Hong Kong, 1999.

Editorships and high-level service external to HKU

Barron, W.F. Member. Steering Committee of USAEP/Hong Kong (1997 - ), 1999.

Barron, W.F. Member. Editorial Board, Environmental Sciences (1995 - ), China, 1999.

Barron, W.F. Invited Member. Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Environment Committee (1993 - ), 1999.

Barron, W.F. Member. EIA Appeals Board (1998 - ), 1999.

Chan, R.C.K. Chairman. Hong Kong Geographical Association (1999-2001), 1999.

Chan, R.C.K. Member. Urban Economic and Regional Planning Committee, Institute of Urban Planning, China (1998-2001), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Member. Town Planning Board, Hong Kong Government (1998 - ), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Member. Editorial Board, Housing, Theory and Society (1997-), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Member. Metro Planning Committee, Town Planning Board, Hong Kong Government (1998 - ), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Examiner. Direct Final Examination (Hong Kong), Chartered Institute of Housing (U.K.) (1997-), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Member. Selection Panel (of Property Management Agents), Hong Kong Housing Authority (1996-), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Member. Home Ownership Committee, Hong Kong Housing Authority (1994-), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Advisor. Education Committee and Housing Research Group, Hong Kong Institute of Housing (1993-), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. Member. Selection Panel (of Solicitors' Firms), Hong Kong Housing Authority (1999-), 1999.

Chiu, R.L.H. External Examiner. M. Phil Dissertation, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 1999.

Cook, A.H.S. Member. Education and Training Committee of the Chartered Institute of Transport in Hong Kong (1997-), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE) (1996 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Energy Advisory Committee ( 1996 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Chair. ECF Environmental Education and Community Action Projects Vetting Sub-Committee, (1995 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Editorial Board, Asia-Pacific Development Monitor (1999), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. International Editorial Board, Australian Planner (1997 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. International Advisory Board, Local Environment (1996 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. International Advisory Board, Policy and Politics (1996 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Editorial Board, Business Strategy and the Environment (1997 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Wetland Advisory Committee, 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Air Pollution Appeal Board, (1988 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Environmental Campaigns Committee (ECC), (1990 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Environmental Impact Assessment Sub-Committee, Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE), (1996 - ), 1999.

Hills, P.R. Member. Town Planning Appeal Board, (1992 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Academician. International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Russia, (21 May 1995 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member. Green Minibus Operators Selection Borad, Transport Department, (May 1999 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member. Transport Complaint Unit, Transport Advisory Committee, (November 1998 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member. Appeal Tribunal (Buildings Ordinance) Panel, Hong Kong Government, (December 1997 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member. Transport and Infrastructure Committee, Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries, (April 1997 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member. Transport Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Governmet, (April 1996 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member. Planners Registration Board, Hong Kong Government, (January 1992 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Academic Committee Member. National Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System, China Academy of Sciences and the State Planning Commission, (1993 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Honorary Professor. Academy of Staff Development for Officers, Ministry of Construction, People's Republic of China, (November 1994 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Advisory Professor. School of Architecture and Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, (30 October 1995 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Honorary Advisor. Guangdong Construction Information Centre, Guangdong (1997-1999), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Honorary Professor. Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping (WTUSM), (June 1998 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Visiting Professor. Peking University, China, (February 1999 - 2001), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Specialist Referee. Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), (1994 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Invited Expert. Expert Group on Research Proposal of Land Use Transport Planning Proposal for Shenzhen, Shenzhen Government, 27-28 March 1999, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Invited Jury. International Consultation on Conceptual Planning of Shenzhen Coastal Region, Shenzhen Government, 14 - 16 May 1999, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Founding Chairman and Members. Board of Directors of the International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, (1995 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Founding Secretary-General. Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA), (1993 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Founding Council Member. China Geographic Information System Association, (1994 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Councial Member. China Geographical Society, (1995 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Chairman. International Geographical Union (IGU), Geographical Information Science Study Group, (1996 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member. International Geographical Union (IGU) Special Committee of Communication and Networking, (1996 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Invited Member. International Scietific Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment series, Wessex Institute o fTechnology, (1995 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Editorial Board Member. Environment and Planning B, (1994 - ), London, Pion, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Editorial Board Member. Progress in Planning, (1994 - ), London, Pergamon Press, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Editorial Board Member. Geocarto - International Journal of GIS and Remote Sensing, (1994 - ), Hong Kong, Geocarto International Centre, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Editorial Board Member. Journal of Chinese Geography, (1995 - ), Beijing, China Geographical Association, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Editorial Board Member. "China City Planning Review", Beijing: China Urban Planning Society and China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, (January 1996 - ), 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member of International Advisory Board. Planning Practice and Research, (November 1996 - ), Bristol, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member of Editorial Board. Transactions in GIS, (November 1996 - ), Cambridge, GeoInformation International, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member of International Editorial Advisory Board. Regional Development Studies, (1997 - ), Nagayo, Japan, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member of Editorial Board. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, (April 1997 - ), New York, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member of International Editorial Board. International Planning Studies, (September 1998 - ), Cardiff, U.K., 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Member of Editorial Board. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, (January 1999 - ), Delft, The Netherlands, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Editorial Board Member. Tropical Geography (in Chinese) (1993 - ), Guangzhou, Guangdong Science and Technoloy Press, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. Editorial Board Member. Foreign Urban Planning (in Chinese), published by China Urban Planning Society and China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (Oct 1996- ), Beijing, China, 1999.

Zhang, X. Referee. Urban Studies (British Journal), 1999.

Prizes and awards

Yeh, A.G.O. First Prize of the Science and Technology Advancement Award: The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS in the Monitoring of Agricultural Land Loss and the Planning for Sustainable Land Development in the Pearl River Delta, joint research with the Guangzhou Institute of Geography. Awarded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Branch and Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 1998.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Lai, P.C. Virtual HKU Campus. Arcview Internet Map Server Application Contest, First Place. Nineteenth Annual ESRI International user Conference, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, July 26-30, 1999, 1999.

Yeh, A.G.O. and Lai, P.C. Virtual HKU Campus - Internet, Intranet and Kiosk GIS. 1999 Special Achievement in GIS Award Nineteenth Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, July 26-30, 1999, 1999.