URBAN PLANNING & DESIGN
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Researcher
: Ye AM |
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Project Title: |
Urban regeneration through upgrading and rehabilitation |
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Investigator(s): |
Ye AM, Smith PC, Lai LWC, Ganesan S |
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Department: |
Architecture |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
03/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To collect and synthesize all appropriate sources of information relating to rehabilitation of old street blocks in order to identify key issues and problems; to survey building and population characteristics of one or more typical street blocks containing at least one multi-storey tenement building, in an identified older district (Yaumatei) currently udergoing urban renewal; to formulate a set of urban design, architectural and structural parameters related to proposed rehabilitation and upgrading; to test the applicability of parameters in terms of regeneration and upgrading proposals for an urban neighborhood and, in the process, illustrate a revitalized approach to urban renewal with a view to community regeneration. |
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