DEPT OF GEOGRAPHY
Researcher
: Chan KKW |
List of Research Outputs |
Lai P.C., Li C.L., Chan K.K.W. and Kwong K.H., An Assessment of GPS and GIS in Recreational Tracking, Hong Kong ICT Awards 2007: Best Innovation and Research Award, Finalist, Internet Professional Association (iProA). 2007. |
Researcher
: Chan TH |
List of Research Outputs |
Loo
B.P.Y. and Chan T.H., West
Rail and the Modal Hierarchy in Hong Kong: Some Preliminary Findings, In: CH
Cheng, Sin C Ho and Janny MY Leung, Proceedings of the Twelve
International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies,
8-10 December, |
Researcher
: Chen Y |
List of Research Outputs |
Chen Y. and Jim C.Y., Evaluation and Valuation of the Diversified Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Forests, In: M.M. Carreiro, Y.C. Song and J.G. Wu (eds.) , Ecology and Management of Urban Forests: An International Perspective. New York, Springer Verlag, 2008, 53-83. |
Chen
Y. and Jim
C.Y., Residents’ Attitudes Towards Urban Nature Conservation, A Case of |
Jim
C.Y. and Chen Y.,
Assessing the Ecosystem Service of Air Pollution Removal by Urban Vegetation
in |
Jim
C.Y. and Chen Y., Pattern
and Divergence of Tree Communities in |
Researcher
: Chow SY |
List of Research Outputs |
Chow S.Y. and Loo B.P.Y., Sustainable Transport and Urban Spatial Structure: A Case Study of Hong Kong under Urban Expansion, Research Postgraduate Conference 2008, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. 2008. |
Loo
B.P.Y. and Chow S.Y.,
Travel Behaviour, Urban Form and Transport Policies: A Comparative Study of
Hong Kong and |
Researcher
: Fok L |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee
F., Fok L. and Zhang D., Climatic Change and Chinese
Population Growth Dynamics over the Past Millennium, Climatic Change. |
Researcher
: Hart MA |
List of Research Outputs |
Semenza J.C., Wilson D.J., Parra J., Bontempo B.D., Hart M.A., Sailor D.J. and George L.A., Public perception and behavior change in relationship to hot weather and air pollution, Environmental Research. Elsevier, 2008, 107: 401-411. |
Vaneckova P., Hart M.A., Beggs P.J. and de Dear R., Synoptic analysis of heat-related mortality in Sydney, Australia, 1993–2001, International Journal of Biometeorology. Springer, 2008, 52: 439-451. |
Researcher
: Jim CY |
Project Title: |
The process of desertification and its control in Northern China |
Investigator(s): |
Jim CY, Peart MR, Zhang D |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Matching Fund for National Key Basic Research Development Scheme (973 Projects) |
Start Date: |
07/2001 |
Abstract: |
To identify indigenous peoples knowledge
on desertification in |
Project Title: |
Valuating urban green spaces and water bodies based on hedonic pricing model of housing market in Guangdong |
Investigator(s): |
Jim CY |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award |
Start Date: |
03/2005 |
Abstract: |
The proposed study aims at the following
objectives: (1) To understand whether residents of |
Project Title: |
Cost-benefit analysis of urban greening in Chinese cities using contingent valuation method - Zhuhai city as a case study |
Investigator(s): |
Jim CY, Chen Y |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
The main objective of this study is to
conduct a cost-benefit analysis of urban greening in Chinese cities, adopting
the new urban greening plan proposed by the Zhuhai municipal government in
May 2005 as a case study. The benefits would be elicited using the contingent
valuation method (CVM) by soliciting residents' willingness-to-pay (WTP) for
the greening. The cost data (planning, implementation and management) will be
collected from relevant government departments and through field surveys. The
public attitude towards the urban greening projects, which might affect their
WTP, would be explored. The results could provide a clear understanding of
the net benefit of the urban greening project for both residents and
municipal decision-makers. Urban forests could provide a wide range of
environmental benefits, such as abatement of air pollution, amelioration of
heat island effect, rain water retention, groundwater recharge, and
protection from natural hazards. The socio-economic benefits of urban
greening encompass the common recreation and amenity aspects, as well as the
less known but equally important improvement in urban health, higher worker
productivity, lower health care and medical cost, higher property value and
hence higher tax revenue, better attention span and academic achievement of
school children, and attraction to high quality employees and investors.
These benefits could contribute notably to the wide spectrum of
environmental, social and economic sustainability of cities and improve the
quality of urban life. The contributions of these benefits to society in |
Project Title: |
Soil moisture variations and their controlling factors associated with roof greening |
Investigator(s): |
Jim CY, Chen Y |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award |
Start Date: |
05/2006 |
Abstract: |
Most building roofs in |
Project Title: |
Developing a cost-effective roof greening technology for energy conservation |
Investigator(s): |
Jim CY |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
CLP Energy Innovation Fund |
Start Date: |
07/2006 |
Abstract: |
This study aims squarely at developing a cost-effective and simple type of technology tailor-made to fit our urban setting and circumstances to bring maximum energy benefits at a reasonable level of cost and effort. It involves the use of easily established and maintained materials, a thin soil layer with a light load that could be supported by most existing roofs, and herbaceous vegetation that requires little care. It avoids the elaborate approach that requires a lot of expertise, investment and recurrent maintenance. The results will be analyzed to find the optimal combination of soil and vegetation that could minimize heat gain and heat flux and maximize cooling by evapotranspiration on the roof environment. The findings and practical recommendations will be communicated to relevant parties associated with building development, management and landscaping. |
Project Title: |
Assessing the ecological and conservation values of stone retaining walls |
Investigator(s): |
Jim CY |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2007 |
Abstract: |
(1) To evaluate the masonry materials, methods and designs adopted in stone retaining wall construction. (2) To map the spatial distribution of different wall types and ascertain their relationship with urban development and land use changes in the wall environs. (3) To measure or assess in the field the detailed physical attributes of individual walls, and in the laboratory the physical and chemical properties of soil in the crevices in relation to plant growth. (4) To identify the trees and other plant life forms growing on walls, and quantify their dimensions, biomass structures and ecological associations. (5) To develop an objective method to quantify the ecological, landscape and amenity values of walls, and to convert the value into monetary units. (6) To develop a package of methods and precautions to minimize the impacts of construction and reinforcement measures on wall fabric and wall vegetation. (7) To select the best walls based on the above assessments and to recommend them for conservation. (8) To disseminate the research findings to related professionals, government officers, policy makers and the general pubic through seminars or public lectures. |
Project Title: |
The amenity value of natural landscape in a compact city: hedonic analysis of housing transaction price in Hong Kong |
Investigator(s): |
Jim CY, Chen Y |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
04/2007 |
Abstract: |
Natural elements in urban areas, such as
forests and water bodies, have been accorded important environmental and
amenity values mainly because of contribution to the quality of urban life.
In densely inhabitated and urbanized areas, the provision of a pleasant view
and accessibility to natural landscapes in the environs of a property,
bringing passive enjoyment and relief from the otherwise congested, harsh and
monotonous cityscape, is a major concern in making home buying decisions.
However, the complex factors leading to this preference and the underlying
amenity value provided by natural landscape are difficult to be assessed by
conventional market approaches . This fundamental conceptual and
methodological constraint is mainly due to the non-commodity and non-tradable
characteristics vis-à-vis the traditional market framework. The limited
understanding and appreciation of such less tangibel values could influence
policies on the protection and provision of natural features in conjunction
with residential developments. The amenity value of natural elements could be
ignored when urban landuse zoning plans are designated. and when developers
bid for lands for housing projects. Overall, natural elements could fail to
be factored into pertinent decisions related to town planning, nature
conservation in cities, and real estate investments. The city's valuable
natural remnants could be gradually degraded or lost as a result of this
general attitude. Neo-classical economics holds such precepts that
individuals behave rationally in maximising utilities with preference and
satisfaction. Therefore, the relative price of specific characteristics could
be elicited by the hedonic price method. It models individual's willingness
to pay to consume a particular goods (usually housing) as a function of the
levels of the goods' characteristics. Each property may be assumed to
constitute a distinct combination of attributes which determine the price
which a potential buyer or tenant is willing to pay. Three categories of
attributes are considered, namely structural characteristics (such as housing
unit size and number of rooms), neighbourhood characteristics (such as social
conditions and wage differentials), and locational characteristics (such as
local amenity and environmental quality). Household willingness-to-pay for
amenities could be estimated through statistical analysis of a large volume
of multi-market housing transaction data.Different landscape features might
trigger different perceptions and offer different values. Properties located
in close proximity to water, especially those commanding a water frontage,
might command a price premium which is different from those with a forest or
garden view. In addition, in a compact city with scarce natural resources,
where most residents are living in high-rise and high-density flats commonly
detached from nature, natural amenities could be perceived in a different way
in comparison with cities with generous natural endowments. A reliable
estimate of the amenity value provided by various natural landscapes is
important to developers interested in making good use of the potential of
lands with specific natural attributes for property development. There is
common belief of a traditional affinity for natural landscape amongst Chinese
people. However, the objective quantification of the value accorded to such
amenities has seldom been studied in China Mainland and |
List of Research Outputs |
Chen S.S. and Jim C.Y., The Urban Forest of |
Chen Y. and Jim C.Y., Evaluation and Valuation of the Diversified Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Forests, In: M.M. Carreiro, Y.C. Song and J.G. Wu (eds.) , Ecology and Management of Urban Forests: An International Perspective. New York, Springer Verlag, 2008, 53-83. |
Chen
Y. and Jim C.Y., Residents’
Attitudes Towards Urban Nature Conservation, A Case of |
Jim
C.Y. and Chen
Y., Assessing the Ecosystem Service of Air Pollution Removal by Urban
Vegetation in |
Jim
C.Y., Conference on Sustainable Building and
Construction, Sky |
Jim
C.Y., Conference on Urban Biodiversity and
Design, Old Masonry Walls as Ruderal Habitats for Biodiversity
Preservation and Enhancement in Urban |
Jim
C.Y., Ecological Design of Sky |
Jim C.Y., Greening Master Plan for Eastern Community Forum organized by Civil Engineering and Development Departmnt, Eastern Community Complex, Learning from Worldwide Exemplars of Urban Greening. 2008. |
Jim C.Y., Greening Master Plan for Kennedy Town, Community Forum organized by Civil Engineering and Development Department, Kennedy Town Community Complex, Urban Greening in Hong Kong: Learning from Best Overseas Examples. 2008. |
Jim C.Y., Greening Master Plan for Kwun Tong Community Forum organized by Civil Engineering and Development Department, Kwun Tong Community Complex, Learnign from Worldwide Exemplars of Urban Greening. 2008. |
Jim C.Y., Greening Master Plan for Wong Tai Sin Community Forum organized by Civil Engineering and Development Department, Wong Tai Sin Community Complex, Learning from Worldwide Exemplars of Urban Greening. 2008. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, the
international journal of urban forestry, Arboricultural Journal. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, Arboriculture
and Urban Forestry. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, Cities.
|
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, Interdisciplinary
Environmental Review. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, Journal
of Geographical Science. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, Journal
of Geographical Sciences. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, Landscape
and Urban Planning. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Board, Urban
Forestry and Urban Greening. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Committee, Modern
Urban Research. |
Jim
C.Y., Member of Editorial Committee, Pedosphere:
A Quarterly Journal of Soil Science. |
Jim C.Y., Opportunities and Alternatives to Enhance Urban Forests in Compact Cities in Developing Countries, In: M.M. Carreiro, Y.C. Song and J.G. Wu (eds.), Ecology and Management of Urban Forests: An International Perspective. New York, Springer Verlag, 2008, 118-148. |
Jim
C.Y. and Chen
Y., Pattern and Divergence of Tree Communities in |
Jim
C.Y., Sixth Annual Greening Rooftops for
Sustainable Communities Conference, Ecological Design of Sky |
Jim
C.Y., The Green Roof Movement: Innovative
Nature for our |
Jim
C.Y., Tree Conservation Seminar, Agriculture,
Fisheries and Conservation Department, Productivity Centre, |
Jim
C.Y. and Mok K.L.K., Trees in |
Jim
C.Y., Trees in Diagrams II: Champion Trees.
Hong Kong: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the
|
Jim
C.Y., Urban Greening in |
Jim
C.Y., Workshop on Landscape Economics,
European Consortium on Landscape Economics, May 29-30, 2008, Ecosystem
Services and Monetary Values of Urban Forests in |
Researcher
: Kwong KH |
List of Research Outputs |
Kwong K.H., Lai P.C. and Mak A.S.H., Assessing the Applicability of 3D Visualization in Environmental Impact Assessment, 2008 Annual AAG Meeting, held in Boston, Massachusetts. 2008. |
Lai P.C., Li C.L., Chan K.K.W. and Kwong K.H., An Assessment of GPS and GIS in Recreational Tracking, Hong Kong ICT Awards 2007: Best Innovation and Research Award, Finalist, Internet Professional Association (iProA). 2007. |
Lai P.C. and Kwong K.H., An Assessment of GPS and GIS in Recreational Tracking, Internet Professional Association (iProA) Forum-Cum-Exposition. 2007. |
Researcher
: Lai PC |
Project Title: |
A public web-GIS
platform for analysing visual and environmental impacts of consturction
projects in |
Investigator(s): |
Lai PC |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Environmental Research, Technology Demonstration Projects |
Start Date: |
06/2004 |
Abstract: |
To implement a methodology that allows
the public to undertake visual assessment and inspection of possible
environment impacts of construction projects. The PI intends to use the
reclamation proposals of the |
Project Title: |
Engaging geographic information systems (GIS) in the development of three-dimensional (3D) models for environmental impact assessment (EIA) |
Investigator(s): |
Lai PC, Chan KKW, So F, Tong A |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Professional Services Development Assistance Scheme |
Start Date: |
04/2005 |
Abstract: |
To impart conceptual and operational understanding of GIS and 3D models to local professionals in environmental applications. To equip environmental consultants the essential knowledge and know-how's in using GIS to construct 3D models and visualisation routines. |
Project Title: |
Assessing
Service Quality and Satisfaction Among Diverse Recreation Visitors of the |
Investigator(s): |
Lai PC, Li C |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award |
Start Date: |
08/2005 |
Abstract: |
Previous research suggested that two
recreational factors are important in the context of country park recreation:
past experience (e.g., McFarlane, et.al. 1998; Oliver, 1980; Schreyer, et.al.
1984) and crowding (e.g., Vaske, et.al. 1996). Crowding emerges as one of the
major concerns of park and recreation agencies because of the country park's
role in providing low density and dispersed recreation. Furthermore, novice
recreationists may differ from frequent visitors in various aspects of
enjoyment of their visits to the country parks. It also appears that cultural
backgrounds in conjunction with past experiences will influence the degrees
of tolerance to crowding. These factors collectively may also lead to various
perceptions of service quality and satisfaction among cultural groups. We
propose to test a cross-cultural service quality/satisfaction model for the
country park recreation that includes six constructs: culture, experience,
crowding, service quality, satisfaction, and behavioral intentions. This
model stems from the concept of the classic marketing field (e.g., Iacobucci,
et.al. 2003; Mattila, 1999) which focuses primarily on four of the six proposed
constructs: culture, service quality, satisfaction, and behavioral
intentions. We also considered Hofstede's (1991) four cultural dimensions
(power distance, individualism, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance) and
Graefe, et.al.'s (2000) four customer service dimensions (facilities,
services, information, and experience). Given that the country park is our
study setting and the subjects under study are recreationists, we suggest
that past experience and crowding are factors of significant influence. Our
multi-cultural service quality/satisfaction model in the context of country
park recreation thus comprises six constructs as opposed to the original
four. The purpose of this study is to assess service quality and satisfaction
among culturally diverse visitors (e.g., Mainland |
Project Title: |
Spatio-Temporal GIS Analysis for Environmental Health (GIS=Geographic Information System) |
Investigator(s): |
Lai PC |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
04/2007 |
Abstract: |
Medical researchers need improved tools and analytical methods for examining health and environmental related information in spatial and temporal context. Given that geographic space is the place where human interaction and environmental processes occur, geographic information is thus a key component for environmental health analyses. Geographic Information System (GIS) can function to aggregate many sources of data in promoting understanding of complex multi-dimensional relationships between pollution and disease. In contrast to descriptive approaches that aggregate exposures and disease rates into small or large areas, a new approach is to utilize location-specific environmental measurements together with data on individuals with and without disease. Data on individual risk factors, confounders, and potential biomarkers of exposure and susceptibility can be included. Valid approaches are needed to include this information in analyses. It is necessary to address the methodological problems arising from the complex nature of geographic studies. Statistical problems may arise in connection with the spatial structure of environmental data and inherent problems of interpretation and bias due to the nature of the data. In studies of chronic diseases with longer latency periods, there is the need to develop methods to account for timelag between exposure and outcome. This research project focuses on developing and test theories of environmental health sciences by: 1. Developing methods to trace locations of patients of respiratory illness back through time, to discover spatial clusters in the past or to determine past environmental exposures, 2. Identifying and quantifying environmental hazards in distinct geographic areas, 3. Verifying environmental data from existing databases for analytic research, 4. Developing statistical methods to account for uncertainty due to potential confounding factors, e.g. measurement error, repeated measures, and missing data in application of GIS 5. Designing and assessing simulation models that can deal with large sets of spatio-temporal patient records and environmental information. |
List of Research Outputs |
Kwong K.H., Lai P.C. and Mak A.S.H., Assessing the Applicability of 3D Visualization in Environmental Impact Assessment, 2008 Annual AAG Meeting, held in Boston, Massachusetts. 2008. |
Lai P.C., Li C.L., Chan K.K.W. and Kwong K.H., An Assessment of GPS and GIS in Recreational Tracking, Hong Kong ICT Awards 2007: Best Innovation and Research Award, Finalist, Internet Professional Association (iProA). 2007. |
Lai P.C. and Kwong K.H., An Assessment of GPS and GIS in Recreational Tracking, Internet Professional Association (iProA) Forum-Cum-Exposition. 2007. |
Lai
P.C. and Mak
A.S.H., Rethinking the use of information technology in teaching and
learning , Transforming Learning through Technology@HKU.
Hong Kong, The |
Lai P.C. and Chan Y.Y., Seeing Maps in the 2007 District Council Election of Hong Kong - Press Release, HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre. 2007. |
Lai
P.C. and Lin H.U.I., Session Chair, Virtual
Geographic Environments - An International Conference on Developments in
Visualization and Virtual Environments in Geographic Information Science.
Hong Kong, The |
Rigby J., Pinto A., Lai P.C. and Singhasivanon P.,
Estimating Refugee Populations Using Spatial Analysis, Changing
Geographies of Public Health, XIIth International Symposium in Medical
Geography, held in Bonn. 2007, in CD |
Researcher
: Lam WWY |
List of Research Outputs |
Loo
B.P.Y. and Lam W.W.Y.,
Railway-based Transit-oriented Development in Hong Kong: Factors affecting
Its Success, In: CH Cheng, Sin C Ho and Janny MY Leung, Proceedings of the
Twelve International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation
Studies, 8-10 December, |
Researcher
: Lee F |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee
F., Fok
L. and Zhang D., Climatic Change
and Chinese Population Growth Dynamics over the Past Millennium, Climatic
Change. |
Lee
F. and Zhang
D., Perceiving the Environment from the Lay Perspective in Desertified
Areas, |
Zhang
D., Brecke P., Lee F., He
Y. and Zhang J., Global Climate Change, War and Population Decline in Recent
Human History, Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. |
Researcher
: Lee FYS |
Project Title: |
A comparative study of environmental consciousness: Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam |
Investigator(s): |
Lee FYS |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) - General Award |
Start Date: |
12/1998 |
Abstract: |
To compare environmental consciousness in
three major "border confucian" culture zones in |
Project Title: |
The impact of local and global factors on the development of cultural heritage management in Hong Kong, Macau and Southern China |
Investigator(s): |
Lee FYS, Lung DPY, Lee HY, DiStefano L |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
12/2003 |
Abstract: |
To improve the current understanding of the way cultural heritage management (CHM) is practised in Hong Kong, Macau and Southern China; to explore how CHM has evolved in relation to local and global factors in five case study cities: Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Leizhou and Dali; to examine the development and praxis of CHM in these five cities through a rigorous, comparative case study analysis of selected key issues, the project will identify the major cultural factors, both indigenous and alien, that have influenced their forms and contents as well as investigate the extent to which global concerns in CHM, such as sustainable development, have affected their manifestations. |
Project Title: |
Towards
Sustainable River Basin Governance in |
Investigator(s): |
Lee FYS |
Department: |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
Aim/purposeFocusing on the river basin of
Dongjiang (East River), the proposed project is designed (i) to help improve
our understanding of the primary functions of and institutional constraints
faced by the river basin commissions in China; (ii) to explore the
feasibility of introducing an innovative institutional mechanism for the
purposes of strengthening river basin governance as the country shifts toward
a market-oriented economy; and (iii) to examine the extent to which concerned
stakeholders such as different water-user groups from up-stream, mid-stream
and down-stream communities could be involved in the river basin
decision-making processes.Through an intensive fieldwork-based case study
analysis of the above three aspects of river basin management in Dongjiang,
the ultimate objective of the project is to identify pathways by which the
existing freshwater resources management scheme in China could be reformed
and moved toward an effective, equitable and sustainable river basin
governance structure. Key issuesWater is arguably |
Project Title: |
Urban Water
Management in |
Investigator(s): |
Lee FYS |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
01/2007 |
Abstract: |
Aim/purposeThe proposed research project
is designed to address the following questions, through in-depth case studies
of selected cities in Southern China, to help us improve our understanding of
the promises and limitations of the newly created body of water services
bureau in tackling water resources management problems in this supposingly
water-rich region: (a) To what extent, and how, have the water services
bureaus been able to address the most challenging water management problems
encountered in their respective jurisdictions? (b) What are the major
institutional constraints that have prevented the water services bureaus from
fully implementing the necessary measures in correcting the water management
problems? (c) What are the major lessons that could be drawn from the case
study cities, in terms of policy implications as well as implications for
further research?Key issuesAlthough coordination is severely lacking among
jurisdictions, some cities in Southern China have led the way in seeking a
functional coordination of water management. Reportedly
modelled after the water services department in |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee
F.Y.S., Lo C.W.H. and Lee K.Y.A., "Strategy
Misguided: The Weak Links Between Vehicular Emissions, Public Health, and
Urban Emission Control Measures in |
Ng
C.N. and Lee F.Y.S.,
"Environmental Safeguard and Breakthroughs", In: Yeung Y.M., The
First Decade: The Hong Kong SAR in Retrospective and Introspective
Perspectives. Hong Kong, |
Nickum J.E. and Lee F.Y.S., "Same Longitude,
Different Lattitudes: Institutional Change in Urban Water in |
Yan G.D., Kang J.C., Lee F.Y.S. and Rui J.X.,
"Public Response to Global Environment Change: Taking |
Researcher
: Lee KYA |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee
F.Y.S., Lo C.W.H. and Lee
K.Y.A., "Strategy Misguided: The Weak Links Between Vehicular
Emissions, Public Health, and Urban Emission Control Measures in |
Researcher
: Leung MWH |
List of Research Outputs |
Leung M.W.H., A family transnationalised? A place of nostalgia? A commodity for sale? – Rethinking ‘home’ in diaspora, In: Mette Thunø , Beyond Chinatown: New Chinese Migration And the Global Expansion of China. Copenhagen, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, 2007, 192-225. |
Leung
M.W.H., A governed business: Migrant
entrepreneurship in |
Leung
M.W.H., Beyond Chinese, beyond food:
Unpacking the Chinese restaurant business in |
Leung M.W.H., Book review on "From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb: New Asian Communities in Pacific Rim Countries" by Wei Li, Erdkunde . 2007, 61: 379-380. |
Leung
M.W.H., Concepts of home in diaspora: The
case of ethnic Chinese in |
Leung
M.W.H., Homeward-bound investors: The role of
overseas Chinese in |
Leung
M.W.H., Log On: Chinese Women and the Cyber
Networks, In: Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce , On sale in express package: Chinese female
bodies as commodities in cyberspace. |
Leung
M.W.H., Memories, belonging and home-making:
Chinese migrants in |
Leung
M.W.H., Migration, diaspora and development:
The case of the People’s Republic of |
Leung
M.W.H., On being Chinese: Locating the
Chinese selves in |
Leung
M.W.H., Packaging Europe for compatriots: The
role of Chinese overseas in Chinese tourism in |
Leung
M.W.H., ’Multi-ethnic’ precincts as sites of
leisure and consumption: Case of Hong Kong, Annual Conference of the
German Association for Geography. |
Leung M.W.H., ’Warum sind die so chinesisch?’: Dekonstruktionen von Chinesisch-Sein in Deutschland, In: Kien Nghi Ha, Nicola Lauré al-Samarai and Sheila Mysorekar , re/visionen: Postkoloniale Perspektiven von People of Color auf Rassismus. Münster, Unrast Verlag, 2007, 177-186. |
Peng X. and Leung M.W.H., |
Researcher
: Li Y |
Project Title: |
APPLICABILITY OF MARKET APPEAL -- ROBUSTICITY MATRIX IN COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OF HERITAGE TOURISM: A MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY |
Investigator(s): |
Li Y |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award |
Start Date: |
05/2005 |
Abstract: |
This research aims to evaluate the
applicability of a Hong Kong made model: Market Appeal-Robusticity Matrix
(hereafter MARM), in the community management of heritage tourism development
in |
Project Title: |
Exploring Countermeasures for Gap between Tourism Planning and Implementation |
Investigator(s): |
Li Y |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
02/2006 |
Abstract: |
In tourism literature, a KEY ISSUE is
identified, and considered ubiquitous in planning exercise. Namely, a gap
occurs between planning and implementation (hereafter GPI) once the planned
approach to tourism development is adopted. The ALTIMATE PURPOSE of this
proposed research is, firstly, to identify the causes of GPI associated with
two specific planning exercises in China and secondly, to find out
countermeasures for the GPI by comparing the 2 cases with a relatively
successful experience of Hong Kong. It is widely acknowledged that planning
is crucial to successful tourism development and management; and planning has
been a widely adopted principle in tourism development at both regional and
national levels (Inskeep, 1991; World Tourism Organization [hereafter WTO],
1994). Arguably, the merits of planning can only be possible given that a
plan can be implemented in the first place. As such, experts suggest implementation
be considered in the planning process; and a plan be practically made for
this purpose (Cooper et al., 1993; Gunn, 2002; Inskeep, 1991; McIntosh,
Goeldner, & Ritchie, 1995; Shepherd, 1998; Veal, 2002). Ideally, a plan
should be implemented as planned. In practice, however, planners are
frequently challenged by the fact that their choices “are nuanced and have to
balance idealism [what ought to happen by and for society] with pragmatism
[what can happen with private sector investment]” (Burns, 2004, p.27). This
situation creates a gap between planning and implementation, and has led to
the failure of tourism plans. For instance, studies have recorded the failure
of tourism development plans caused by lack of analytical details or
miscalculations regarding the control of land usage (Cooper et al, 1993;
Shepherd, 1998), the failure of central planning caused by lack of community
involvement (Tosun & Jenkins, 1996), as well as mismatch between central
planning and local possibilities (Burns & Sancho, 2003). GPI has been
described in some ironic but telling terms, such as “paper exercises” (King,
McVey, & Simmons, 2000, p.413), “sitting on government shelves to collect
dust” (Burns, 2004, p. 29), “perfunctory or bureaucratic exercise” (Gunn,
2002, p. 28) and “theoretical exercise” (Baidal, 2004, p.322). This
phenomenon of GPI is not rare in |
Project Title: |
Sport Tourism and Public Health: the Implications of the 4th East Asian Games for Hong Kong |
Investigator(s): |
Li Y |
Department: |
School of Geography |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
12/2006 |
Abstract: |
Geographers have contributed little to studying the phenomenon of sport tourism. The purpose of this proposed research is to focus on Macau's success in hosting the 4th East Asian Games in 2005 so as to achieve the following three major objectives: * to supplement to the inadequacy of the geographic enquiry on sport tourism* to examine the impacts of sport tourism on public health and destination image* to generate policy implications for Hong Kong SAR government to both promote the community public health and develop the tourism economy by hosting the 5th East Asian Games in 2009Nowadays, sport is increasingly becoming an important activity within tourism, and tourism and travel have been embedded fundamentally into many types of sport. On one hand, sport can promote tourism by providing sport-oriented tourist attractions, such as sport activities, sport landscapes (e.g. stadiums and statues), and sport cultures (e.g. festivals, symbols, images, etc.). On the other hand, tourism complements sport by adding a touristic or recreational color that can make sport more popular and exciting. Neverthless, sport tourism is defined as having three major features: (1) attractions of sport tourism is primarily sport (events, facilities, etc.), not traditional tourism attractions; (2) sport attractions are not located within sport tourists' home area; (3) sport tourists get involved in sport tourism by actively participating in sport activities on their own, or passively observing those engaged in sport. In recent years growing recognition has been given to the impacts of sport tourism. Statistics show that 55% German tourists, 50% British tourists, 52% Dutch tourists, and 37.3% Canadian tourists made their trips including at least a sport component (World Tourism Organization, 1999). In the 1980s and 1990s, the public generated surpluses of at least US $100 million were from Olympic Games (Roche, 2000). It is not surprising that past studies of sport tourism focused much on the economic impacts of the tourism activities related to specific sport events (Kim and Morrison, 2005; Lee and Taylor, 2005; Owen, 2005). Some (Ritchie and Adair, 2004) have criticized this trend of neglecting the social and cultural effects of sport tourism on the participants and spectators. To address the inadequacy of the past studies on the social and cultural impacts of sport tourism, this proposed research will investigate, specifically, the 4th East Asian Games held in Macao in 2005, in order to understand whether sport tourism can be a catalyst for engaging the community to improve its health.Leisure sports help promote public health by encouraging and motivating community residents to participate in physical exercises. Australia, USA and UK have launched the program of "exercising formula", which proved to be helpful for engaging the residents to improve its public health. Compared with other developed societies, however, the public participation rate in regular physical exercises is rather low in Hong Kong. This has affected the community public health (Department of Health, 2006). Therefore, how to reverse the low pubblic participation rate in physical exercises and how to achieve the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of public health promotion activities are two significant problems for the SAR government to handle in order to enhance the community public health. This research is designed to address the two problems by focusing on two specifically related issues, namely, whether sport tourism can serve as a catalyst for achieving the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of health promotion activities; and whether a specific sport event, such as East Asian Games, can help engage the community to participate more in healthy sport exercises. It is hoped this study will generate some specific policy implications which will help the SAR government to improve the public health of Hong KongKey References:Department of Health, HKSAR (2006). Fact sheet on physical activity. Retrieved January 8, 2006, from http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/do_you_k/index.htmKim, S. S. and Morrison, A. M. (2005). Change of image of South Korea among foreign tourists after the FIFA 2002 World Cup. Tourism Management, 26(1), 233-347Lee, C. K. and Taylor, T. (2005) Critical reflections on the economic impact assessment of a mega-event: the case of the FIFA 2002 World Cup. Tourism Management, 26(3), 595-603Owen, J.G. (2005). Estimating the cost and benefit of hosting Olympic Games: what can Beijing expect from its 2008 Game? The Industrial Geographer, 3(1), 1-8Ritchie, B.W. and Adair, D. (2004). Sport tourism: Interrelationships, impacts, and issues. England: Channel View PublicationsWorld Tourism Organization (WTO). (1999). Tourism: 2020 vision-executive summary. Madrid: World Tourism Organization. |
Researcher
: Lin GCS |
Project Title: |
|
Investigator(s): |
Lin GCS |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
To identify the similarities and differences among the three regions in the growth and structure of the ICT industry; to analyze the ways in which HK and other foreign firms forge their linkages with local Chinese firms in the processes of technological innovation and transfer within the different regional contexts; to evaluate how localized social, political, and institutional conditions shape the different regional trajectories of technological innovation, inter-firm relations, and the growth of the ICT industry. |
Project Title: |
Urban Land
Management and the Growth of Sustainable City in the |
Investigator(s): |
Lin GCS |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2006 |
Abstract: |
Dramatic urban land development has been taking place in the Pearl River Delta region in the recent decade subsequent to deepened reforms, increased marketization, and growing influence of globalization. While the speed and extent of Chinese urban development have attracted the growing attention of scholars and publicy makers, the detailed mechanism of land use development and its possible impacts on the growth of sustainable city remain poorly understood. Against this backdrop, the research project proposed here attempts to assess the magnitude of urban land development in leading cities of the delta region and explain such changes in terms of the institutional system that underlines urban expansion and land use conversion. The purposes of this proposed research are threefold, namely to 1) examine the expansion of land in major cities of the Pearl River Delta region since the 1990s; 2) analyze changes in the management of land, particularly acquisition of existing urban land versus expropriation of the rural land in the suburban area; and 3) evaluate the implications of continuing urban encroachment over rural land for the growth of sustainable city in the context of a rapidly urbanizing region undergoing marketization and globalization. A detailed study of the dynamics of urban land development in the delta region will hopefully generate insightful information about the special nature of urbanization in a transitional socialist economy. It will also provide useful empirical materials for the formulation of policies to guide urban management and promote the growth of sustainable city in a rapidly changing Chinese regional economy. |
List of Research Outputs |
Chan
R.C.K. and Lin G.C.S.,
From a Colonial Outpost to a Special Administrative Region: Hong Kong's First
Decade of Reunion with |
Chan
R.C.K. and Lin G.C.S.,
Guest Editor, The |
Lin
G.C.S., A Quiet Urban Revolution? Economic
Tertiarization and Urban Reformation in the Globalizing Guangzhou
City-region, China, Proceeding of the International Conference on
Diversity and Dynamics of Globalizing City-Region: Asian and European Cases
Compared. Shanghai, |
Lin
G.C.S., |
Lin
G.C.S., Reproducing Spaces of Chinese
Urbanization: New City-based and Land-centered Urban Transformation, Urban
Studies. |
McGee T.G., Lin G.C.S., Wang M.Y.L., Marton A.
and Wu J., |
Wang
C. and Lin G.C.S., The
Growth and Spatial Distribution of |
Xie Y., Fang C.L., Lin G.C.S., Gong H. and Qiao B.,
Tempo-Spatial Patterns of Land Use Changes and Urban Development in
Globalizing China: A Study of Beijing, Sensors. |
Researcher
: Lo YH |
List of Research Outputs |
Lo Y.H.,
Merging Electricity and Environmental Plitics of Hong Kong: Identifying the
Barriers from the Ways that Sustainability is Defined, Energy
Policy. |
Researcher
: Loo BPY |
Project Title: |
Airport coordination for HK-PRC development under "one country, two systems" |
Investigator(s): |
|
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Other Funding Scheme |
Start Date: |
01/2002 |
Abstract: |
In 1979, there were only two
international airports (at Hong Kong and |
Project Title: |
From the black
spot to "Black Zone" methodology in road safety research: a case
study of |
Investigator(s): |
Loo BPY, Chan WS |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2005 |
Abstract: |
To conduct a spatial autocorrelation
analysis of road accidents on the road network of |
Project Title: |
An Experimental Study of Age Differences on Road Crossing Behaviour |
Investigator(s): |
Loo BPY |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
04/2007 |
Abstract: |
In |
List of Research Outputs |
Chow S.Y. and Loo B.P.Y., Sustainable Transport and Urban Spatial Structure: A Case Study of Hong Kong under Urban Expansion, Research Postgraduate Conference 2008, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. 2008. |
Li
L.M.J., Wong S.C., Loo B.P.Y. and Hau T.D., Preliminary findings on
empirical analysis of work trip scheduling in Hong Kong, Proceedings of
the Twelfth International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation
Studies, 8-10 December, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, |
Loo
B.P.Y., Age as a Risk Factor in Pedestrian
Traffic Injury, |
Loo
B.P.Y., Member of Editorial Board (01/2008 -
12/2010), Transportation. |
Loo B.P.Y., Member of Editorial Board (01/2008 - now), International Journal Shipping and Transport Logistics. Inderscience Publishers, 2008. |
Loo B.P.Y., Member of Editorial Board (01/2008 - now), The Open Civil Engineering Journal. Bentham, 2008. |
Loo B.P.Y., Member of Editorial Board (07/2007 - now), The Open Transportation Journal. Bentham, 2007. |
Loo B.P.Y., Member of Editorial Board (12/2007 - now), The Ergonomics Open Journal. Bentham, 2008. |
Loo B.P.Y., Member of Editorial Board (12/2007 - now), The Open Geography Journal. Bentham, 2007. |
Loo B.P.Y., Member of Editorial Board (12/2007 - now), The Open Urban Studies Journal. Bentham, 2008. |
Loo B.P.Y., Opportunities and Constraints of Teleworking in Hong Kong, Digital Communities 2007, Tallinn (Estonia) and Helsinki (Finland), 8-12 July, 2007. |
Loo
B.P.Y., Passengers' airport choice within
multi-airport regions (MARs): Some insights from a stated preference survey
at |
Loo
B.P.Y. and Lam
W.W.Y., Railway-based Transit-oriented Development in Hong Kong: Factors
affecting Its Success, In: CH Cheng, Sin C Ho and Janny MY Leung, Proceedings
of the Twelve International Conference of Hong Kong Society for
Transportation Studies, 8-10 December, |
Loo B.P.Y., Setting Data-based and Short-essay Questions for Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE), In: Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, Seminar on New Secondary School Geography Public Assessment. 2008. |
Loo
B.P.Y., Leung B.S.Y., Wong S.C. and Yang H., Taxi license
premiums in |
Loo
B.P.Y. and Chow
S.Y., Travel Behaviour, Urban Form and Transport Policies: A Comparative
Study of Hong Kong and |
Loo
B.P.Y. and Chan
T.H., West Rail and the Modal Hierarchy in Hong Kong: Some Preliminary
Findings, In: CH Cheng, Sin C Ho and Janny MY Leung, Proceedings of the
Twelve International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation
Studies, 8-10 December, |
|
Researcher
: Mak ASH |
List of Research Outputs |
Kwong K.H., Lai P.C. and Mak A.S.H., Assessing the Applicability of 3D Visualization in Environmental Impact Assessment, 2008 Annual AAG Meeting, held in Boston, Massachusetts. 2008. |
Lai
P.C. and Mak A.S.H.,
Rethinking the use of information technology in teaching and learning , Transforming
Learning through Technology@HKU. Hong Kong, The |
Researcher
: Ng CN |
Project Title: |
Urban rural interaction of land use change and its ecological effects in cities of Pearl River Delta, China |
Investigator(s): |
Ng CN |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
03/2006 |
Abstract: |
Increased urbanization and
industrialization have resulted in serious environmental pollution in many
places of the world, including |
List of Research Outputs |
Ng
C.N. and Lee
F.Y.S., "Environmental Safeguard and Breakthroughs", In: Yeung
Y.M., The First Decade: The Hong Kong SAR in Retrospective and
Introspective Perspectives. Hong Kong, |
Ng C.N., An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Ecological Impact Assessment in Hong Kong’s EIA Process, International Association of Impact Assessment 2008 Annual Conference, Perth, Australia 5-10 May 2008. |
Ng C.N., Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Landscape and Urban Planning. Elsevier, 2007. |
Researcher
: Peart MR |
Project Title: |
Natural organic matter and its spatial and temporal variation in a small basin in Hong Kong |
Investigator(s): |
Peart MR |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Low Budget High Impact Programme |
Start Date: |
07/1998 |
Abstract: |
To quantify the particulate and dissolved organic matter content of a small upland stream during both storm and baseflow conditions; to describe and quantify the dissolved organic matter content and other related water quality determinands of rainfall, throughfall, soil-water and pipeflow in the drainage basin; determine the organic matter content of representative soil profiles. |
Project Title: |
Sediment source determination in the East River, China |
Investigator(s): |
Peart MR, |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
03/2007 |
Abstract: |
PURPOSE - IDENTIFICATION OF SEDIMENT
SOURCES AND EVALUATION OF SEDIMENT PROPERTIES TO FINGERPRINT SOURCE IN THE
EAST RIVERThe first purpose of the proposed project is to identify the
spatial source of sediment being transported in the East River (Dongjiang),
which is one of three main tributaries of the Pearl River (Zhujiang) located
in southern China. The watershed of the |
List of Research Outputs |
Qiu Y., Guan D.-.S., Song W.-.W. and Peart M.R., The Dust Retention
Effect of Urban Vegetation in Huizhou, |
Researcher
: Tao TCH |
List of Research Outputs |
Tao
T.C.H., Cultural Tourism: Sustainable
Livelihoods and Aboriginal Tourism, |
Tao
T.C.H., Tourism for Marginal Groups: Tourism
as a Livelihood Strategy in an Indigenous Community in |
Wall G. and Tao T.C.H., Tourism as Livelihood
Diversification Strategy in an Aboriginal Community in |
Researcher
: Wang C |
List of Research Outputs |
Wang C.
and Lin G.C.S., The Growth and
Spatial Distribution of |
Researcher
: Wang JJ |
Project Title: |
Service differentiation as a strategy for regional ports integration: a case study of Pearl River Delta |
Investigator(s): |
Wang JJ |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2003 |
Abstract: |
To investigate and test the hypothesis that due to the fact that various port operators in the Pearl River Delta - Hong Kong region (PRD-HK) purposely differentiate themselves to avoid direct competition within the region, an integrated regional port system is in the making; to reveal the mechanisms that facilitate this integration and the barriers that obstruct it. |
Project Title: |
The Global
Supply Chains and its Impacts on the Formation of New Generation Port-cities
in |
Investigator(s): |
Wang JJ |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award |
Start Date: |
05/2005 |
Abstract: |
Global trends in policy and technology
related fields are rapidly reshaping the port industry worldwide.
Transformations in the past decade have largely outpaced scholars and
policy-makers' capacity to survey, conceptualize and interpret change.
Meanwhile, port-cities have had to assimilate and accommodate advances in
logistics to sustain their competitive status as key interfaces in the
building of smooth trade flows. They are constitutive elements of emerging
global supply chains. Both industry and research are at an exciting frontier,
in clear need of new paradigms. Recent research stresses how spatially
variegated port-cities have become: at one extreme young and dynamic
port-cities are emerging 'out of nowhere', notably in Asia (e.g. Shenzhen in |
Project Title: |
|
Investigator(s): |
Wang JJ |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Public Policy Research |
Start Date: |
09/2006 |
Abstract: |
Overarching objective: evaluate and
analyze |
List of Research Outputs |
Wang J.J., Airports in GPRD: Co-petition and government role , 大珠三角地区机场的竞合关系及城市政府的角色, Annual Conference of Shanghai-Hong Kong Development Institute, CUHK, Hong Kong. 2008. |
Wang
J.J., Challenges facing Hong Kong as an
International Logistics Hub, 2nd International Workshop The Second
Workshop on International Trading Hubs in East and |
Wang
J.J., Long live trade, In: Lemaire, Olivier
and Marini, Greta , Portcities 13:28 GMT. |
Wang
J.J., Multi-scale port-city interplays as
part of globalization: the Case of China, 全球化作用下中国沿海多层次港-城关系演变过程及其影响, |
Wang
J.J., The Changing Role of Hong Kong as a
GSCM Centre, IACP International Conference 2008 ( |
Wang
J.J., The Changing Role of Hong Kong: from |
Wang
J.J., Transport Development of Greater |
Wang
J.J., Urban Transport Management in |
Researcher
: Zhang D |
Project Title: |
Travertine (tufa) deposit at waterfall sites: a field study on hydraulic changes and associated hydrochemical evolution in the Chinese and Jamaican karst rivers |
Investigator(s): |
Zhang D |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Low Budget High Impact Programme |
Start Date: |
11/2001 |
Abstract: |
To examine the saturation index of CaCo3 of river waters in karst areas of China and Jamaica, which is a basic condition for travertine deposition.; to measure the chemical concentration evolution of CaCO3 and CO2 along the river sections with and without waterfalls and cascades, to investigate whether the concentration changes only occur at waterfall sites; to estimate how important of water effects in causing waterfall travertine deposition by theoretical analysis and field investigations. |
Project Title: |
Ice-age Tibetans and their living environment |
Investigator(s): |
Zhang D, Li SH |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2005 |
Abstract: |
To reconstruct the paleoenvironment in which the ice-age Tibetans were living, including temperature, precipitation, surface vegetation cover and surface processes of 2000 years ago; to evaluate human activities around the site. This includes surveying and mapping of the whole site, discovery of new evidence of human occupation and a complete description and analysis of these remnants; to improve age accuracy using the latest dating techniques; to explore the best way in preservation of the handprints, footprints and hearth and other remnants. |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee
F., Fok L. and Zhang D., Climatic Change and
Chinese Population Growth Dynamics over the Past Millennium, Climatic
Change. |
Lee
F. and Zhang D.,
Perceiving the Environment from the Lay Perspective in Desertified Areas, |
Li B., Chen D. and Zhang D., Fossil Gastropods from the
MGS3 Stratigraphic Segment in the |
Li B., Wen X. and Zhang D., Millennium-scale Climate Fluctuations during the Last Interstadial Record in AQS3 Segment of Aqiang Loess Section in the North Piedmont of the Kunlun Mountains, Quaternary Sciences. Science Press, 2008, 28(1): 140-149. |
Zhang
D., Brecke P., Lee F., He Y. and Zhang J., Global
Climate Change, War and Population Decline in Recent Human History, Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, USA. |
Researcher
: Zhao SX |
Project Title: |
Spatial
restructuring of financial centers in Mainland |
Investigator(s): |
Zhao SX |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2002 |
Abstract: |
To explore the most important factors or driving forces behind the formation and development of financial centers, with a focus on the analysis of information externalities, asymmetric information, path dependence, and information hinterlands; to examine China's information hinterland in the face of its impending accession to the WTO, and to assess its influence on the development of individual financial centers: to undertake interim assessment of China's WTO impact on spatial restructing of financial centerd in the Mainland and Hong Kong, with examination of the roles and positions of Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai as international and national financial centers, in terms of their changing relative importance and specific rankings in China and the Pacific-Asia region. |
Project Title: |
Spatial
restructuring of financial centers in Mainland |
Investigator(s): |
Zhao SX |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
02/2004 |
Abstract: |
To explore the most important factors or driving forces behind the formation and development of financial centers, with a focus on the analysis of information externalities, asymmetric information, path dependence, and information hinterlands; to examine China's information hinterland in the face of its impending accession to the WTO, and to assess its influence on the development of individual financial centers: to undertake interim assessment of China's WTO impact on spatial restructing of financial centerd in the Mainland and Hong Kong, with examination of the roles and positions of Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai as international and national financial centers, in terms of their changing relative importance and specific rankings in China and the Pacific-Asia region. |
Project Title: |
|
Investigator(s): |
Zhao SX, Zhang L |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2004 |
Abstract: |
To understand the formation process of chengzhongcun as migrant enclaves; to explore why and how chengzhongcun have become a rural migrant enclave; to assess various government proposals for the redevelopment of chengzhongcun in order to work out politically acceptable and economically feasible policy solutions. |
Project Title: |
Income
Inequalities under Economic Restructuring: The Case Study of |
Investigator(s): |
Zhao SX |
Department: |
|
Source(s) of Funding: |
Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award |
Start Date: |
07/2005 |
Abstract: |
Objectives |
List of Research Outputs |
Zhao
S.X., Foreign Direct Investment and the
Formation of Global City-Regions in |
Zhao
S.X., Geographical Changes in Foreign Direct
Investment and Impacts on Regional Economic Integration in |
Zhao
S.X., ‘Information Hinterland’ - A Base for
Financial Centre Development: The Case of |
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