URBAN PLANNING & DESIGN



Researcher : Chan RCK
Project Title:2010 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting The Rise of the Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta Bay Area
Investigator(s):Chan RCK
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2010
Completion Date:04/2010
Abstract:
N/A


List of Research Outputs

Chan R.C.K., Are Farmland Preservation Policies Intelligent Enough To Protect Arable Land In China, In: Yan Song and Chengri Ding, Smart Urban Growth For China. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2009, 131-150.
Chan R.C.K., Co-Chairman, 10th Asian Urbanization Conference, 2009.
Chan R.C.K., External Examiner for the MSc programme in International Real Estate (Zhejiang), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 2009.
Chan R.C.K., Hong Kong and south China: A cross boundary planning perspective, 2009.
Chan R.C.K., Member, Central Management Committee for Diocesan Schools, Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, 2009, 2009.
Chan R.C.K. and Yao S.M., New Trends In Urban and Regional Governance In The Pearl River Region , In: Roger C K Chan and A G O Yeh, 10th Asian Urbanisation Conference. 2009.
Chan R.C.K., Pacific News. Hamburg Germany, Hamburg University, 2010.
Chan R.C.K., Public Housing & High Density Environment in Hong Kong: , 2009.
Chan R.C.K., The Rise of the Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta Bay Area, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting 2010. Washington, D.C. USA., Association of American Geographers.
Liao H.F. and Chan R.C.K., Redistribution of Hong Kong manufacturing firms in the Pearl River Delta, China, Association Of American Geographers Annual Meeting 2010. Washington, D.C., Association Of American Geographers.
Xie Y. and Chan R.C.K., Measurement and Analysis of the Degree of Compactness of Large municipal Cities in Coastal Provinces in China (in Chinese), 我国沿海省份大城市紧凑程度测算方法与分析, Journal of Urban and Regional Planning. 城市与区域规划研究, 2010, Vol.3: 79-93.


Researcher : Chiu RLH
Project Title:Compaction and dispersion: sustainable urban forms for large Chinese cities
Investigator(s):Chiu RLH
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2008
Abstract:
To verify whether the post-1980 urban trends of Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing move away or closer towards sustainable urban forms advocated in the West. To analyze the sustainability benefits and disbenefits of these large cities. To compare their sustainability performance with Hong Kong and other overseas large cities. To construct sustainable urban models for large Chinese cities.


Project Title:European Network for Housing Research Conference in Prague 2009 (ENHR09) Sustainability in the building of a mega city: the case of Shanghai
Investigator(s):Chiu RLH
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2009
Completion Date:07/2009
Abstract:
N/A


List of Research Outputs

Chiu R.L.H., Co-Chair, 2009 APNHR and Housing Researchers Conference (Australia), organized by City Futures Centre, University of New South Wales and Institute of Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, 5-7 August 2009, Sydney, Australia. . 2009.
Chiu R.L.H., Gated Communities and the Transitional Economy of Guangzhou: Implications for Urban Sustainability , 2009 APNHR and Housing Researchers Conference, organized by City Futures Centre, University of New South Wales and Institute of Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, 5-7 August 2009, Sydney, Australia.. 2009.
Chiu R.L.H., Journal of Housing Studies (in Chinese) . 2009.
Chiu R.L.H., Key housing policy developments in East Asia and the impact of economic crisis, keynote paper to be presented at the International Conference on Comparative Housing Research: Approaches and Policy challenges in a New International Era, Organized by the Comparative Housing Workshop of the European Network for Housing research and the Asia-Pacific Network for Housing research, 24/25 March 2010, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.. 2010.
Chiu R.L.H., Member of International Advisory Board, International Journal for Housing Policy. Francis and Taylor, 2010.
Chiu R.L.H., Organizer, Town and Gown Symposium - Hong Kong as a Sustainable World City: Planning, Housing and Design, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, 10 January 2009.. 2009.
Chiu R.L.H., Spatial Expansion And Sustainable Housing Development In Hong Kong, invited paper presented at the International Conference on Spatial Expansion and Sustainable Housing development in major Asian cities”, organized by the Faculty of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 5-6 December 2009, Beijing, China.. 2009.
Chiu R.L.H., Transferability of Hong Kong's public housing policy, Seminar presented at the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, The Univeristy of Cambridge, U.K.. 2010.
Whitehead C.M.E., Chiu R.L.H., Tsenkova S. and Turner B., Land Use Regulation: Transferring Lessons From Developed Countries, In: S.Lall, M.Freire, B. Yuen R. Rajack, J-J. Helluin , Urban Land Markets: Improving Land For Successful Urbanization. The Netherlands, Springer, 2009, 51-69.


Researcher : Monkkonen PH
Project Title:50th Anniversary ACSP Conference The Housing Transition in Mexico
Investigator(s):Monkkonen PH
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2009
Completion Date:10/2009
Abstract:
N/A


Project Title:An Empirical Study of the Spatial Dynamics of the Hong Kong Housing Market
Investigator(s):Monkkonen PH
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2010
Abstract:
The Hong Kong housing market is one of the most heavily studied in the world for reasons both academic – there are rich data on all housing sales and the housing stock is composed of relatively similar units – and practical – the high cost of land makes housing extremely expensive. Thus, Hong Kong is an ideal case for an empirical study of the spatial dynamics of house prices, an emerging research area that has seen little empirical analysis. Although it has been long demonstrated that house prices are highly sensitive to their proximity to urban amenities, including other highly priced housing, only recently have scholars begun to address the way in which the proximity to housing that is appreciating in value affects prices. Thus, the purpose of the proposed study is to isolate the price effects of rising housing prices nearby, while holding other potentially confounding factors constant. In short, it asks the question, when the housing in a neighborhood becomes ‘hot’, how does this affect house prices in adjoining neighborhoods? Only limited analysis of this question exists and it has not been examined in the Hong Kong context. The analysis will be conducted for the two recent periods of house price appreciation in Hong Kong; the boom of the late 1990s, and the recovery since 2005. Preliminary evidence shows that the spatial distribution of house price appreciation in these two periods was quite different. While during the boom of the late 1990s, prices rose at a similar rate in the whole city, the recent period of price increase has been much greater on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon than in the New Territories. Thus, a first cut analysis will clarify the difference between the spatial patterns of appreciation in the two periods. The proposed research project approaches the question of spatial contagion in housing prices, or the potential price impacts on housing in one neighborhood of rising housing prices in adjacent neighborhoods, through visual representation of data over time and iterative hypothesis testing. The key issue in the project is whether an observed spatial contagion is spurious. Housing prices are heavily impacted by their location, both in terms of their proximity to a city’s center as well as to urban amenities like shopping centers and disamenities such as cemeteries. Thus, if higher valued houses appreciate before houses of lower value, and they are located in adjacent neighborhoods, there is potential for observed impacts of spatial proximity when in fact it is simply the different rate of appreciation of the two categories of housing. Iterative hypothesis testing will be used to assess the existence of spatial contagion in light of this problem, while carefully considering potentially confounding variables. Before testing the hypothesis regarding the presence of spatial contagion, a hypothesis regarding simple patterns of price appreciation will be tested – that higher priced housing appreciates first. If this hypothesis is not rejected, this will trigger a more cautionary interpretation of the later hypothesis regarding spatial contagion. Secondly, in the testing of the hypothesis regarding spatial contagion, all factors that contribute to housing prices, including location specific factors such as proximity to urban amenities, will be included. By controlling for these factors, any further impact of price appreciation in neighboring places can be interpreted as spatial contagion. The proposed study has an additional output; an animated heat map of generated with housing price indexes at the census tract level. A heat map shows changes in prices graphically with colors, and by animating it, we will observe price contagion over space and time, although the exact pattern is not certain. It is possible that prices will begin to appreciate in the center of the city, around central and growth will spread from there in a ripple pattern. There are no anticipated problems with this output and whatever the outcome, it will be a useful in illustrating evidence from statistical analysis.


List of Research Outputs

Monkkonen P.H., Aareal Award for Excellence in Real Estate Research, Real Estate Management Institute, European Business School. 2010.
Monkkonen P.H., The Housing Transition in Mexico: Local Impacts of National Policy, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. 2009.
Vincent J.M. and Monkkonen P.H., The Costs of School Construction: The Impact of State Regulations, Journal of Education Finance. 2010, 34: 313–331.


Researcher : Ng MK
Project Title:Building a sustainable Central and Western District: retrospect and prospect
Investigator(s):Ng MK
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:09/2000
Abstract:
To understand the concept of sustainable community; to examine the development of Central and Western District and assess if its moving towards sustainability; to evaluate the roles of the District Council in the district's development process; to offer recommendations to the Central and Western District Council on building a sustainable district.


Project Title:Urban Planning in China's Transitioinal Economy: Legislation, Regulations & Practice
Investigator(s):Ng MK
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:08/2007
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This project aims to facilitate the development of a full-course module on urban planning legislation and practice in the transitional economy of China. China has transformed from a centrally planned economy into a socialist market economy, leading to dramatic changes in the urban landscape. While land had little differential value in China's socialist cities constituted by 'self-contained units' before her open door policy, today governments at all geographical levels have developed various plans to attract investments and boost different kinds of land developments. This project aims at producing a handbook for students to appreciate and understand the sea changes in the urban planning system in post-reform China, with specific reference to their changing legislation, regulations and practices. KEY ISSUES AND PROBLEMS: To identify the relevant legislation, regulations, administrative practice, hierarchy of plans and relevant case studies. One major problem is that Chinese-based information is rather fragmented and it is necessary to have dedicated support in research, synthesise and translation to make the project possible.


Project Title:Values and Practices in Urban Planning: reviewing Hong Kong SAR's first decade
Investigator(s):Ng MK
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:01/2008
Completion Date:09/2009
Abstract:
Before the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule, I got a CRCG award to carry out a research on "Advocacy planning in Hong Kong: Prospects and Problems" and conducted a survey among planners and non-planners (legislators, councillors and social opinion leaders) to gauge their views on various planning issues such as citizen participation, ethical issues, the politics of knowledge generation, meaning of public interest and equal opportunities, etc. I had also tried to understand their views on the roles of the government, the function of planning, the market and the civil society in the planning process. The survey results showed how planning was perceived and practised in a strong executive-led government employing professional rhetoric to justifiy its position. Ten years have passed and the voices of the community have become much louder and more passionate in planning related issues. From Star Ferry to Queen's Pier to Wedding Card Street in Wanchai or Graham and Peel Street markets in Central, the controversies are surrounding who should have the rights to make decisions about the future developments and shapes of Hong Kong. Hence, it would be extremely interesting to re-do the questionnaire survey and to investigate if urban planners and nonplanners' perceptions, value positions, rhetoric and practices have changed in face of changing political ecology and social sentiments in Hong Kong. This research has the following objectives: - To canvass major changes, if any, in the planning and development scenes in the past decade; - To refine the earlier theoretical framework that relates planning practice with value positions which in turn is affected by the wider socio-economic and political context; - To re-do a refined version of the questionnaire survey that was done 10 years ago to gauge planners and nonplanners' views on urban planning issues. This round, views of the active citizens will also be collected; - To compare and constrast the two sets of results; and - To analyse if the identified changes are related to macro changes in the local planning and development context, thus providing further food for thoughts for the earlier model developed.


Project Title:Evaluating Hong Kong's collaborative planning efforts in the making of places
Investigator(s):Ng MK
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:01/2009
Abstract:
In recent years, Hong Kong's top-down planning process has increasingly been challenged by a vocal public, leading to numerous debates and controversies in the planning and (re)development process. In view of these debilitating incidents, the Government has started to engage various stakeholders in a number of planning exercises related to regeneration, development of the cultural district and harbourfront design and planning. However, there has been little formal assessment of the efforts made so far and this study would like to fill this gap. In fact, collaborative planning practice has been a mainstream paradigm in the planning of spaces and making of places since the 1990s in the Western context and in this sense, Hong Kong is a late comer. Collaborative planning practices involve individuals, organizations and agencies with different vested interests working together, debating on issues, sharing knowledge and resources through formal and informal dialogues and activities in order to arrive at commonly agreed visions, mutually beneficial goals and practical solutions. Place making has been a popular concept ever since the cultural turn of the capitalist economy. The concept ranges from place marketing, that is, the beautification of the cityscape for commercial purposes to the art of producing public places with character, with a soul--that empower those who are involved in crafting the cityscape; places that signify citizens working and learning together to produce a landscape that they can be proud of when passing down to their future generations. This study aims at reviewing Hong Kong's version of collaborative planning and place making and examines how the process and its accompanied institutional framework fare when compared to international best practices. Specific objectives are as follows: • To examine international (Western and Asian) best practices of collaborative planning and place making; • To formulate a locally relevant and appropriate evaluation framework to assess the current state of collaborative planning in the place making processes in Hong Kong; • Through various case studies, review carefully Government's efforts in undertaking collaborative planning, paying special attention to the formal and informal institutional set up that specifies the roles of various stakeholders at different stages of the planning and development processes; • To evaluate the reviewed practices with the formulated assessment framework; and • To put forward recommendations to current collaborative planning practices in order to ‘build on strengths, overcome weaknesses, exploit opportunities and blunt threats’ in the place making efforts in Hong Kong.


Project Title:23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP 2009) Paper: Participation and Mode of Governance: an East Asian Perspective
Investigator(s):Ng MK
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2009
Completion Date:07/2009
Abstract:
N/A


Project Title:"The Production of Space is a Matter of Life and Death"? A Lefebvrian Perspective on Old Urban Neighbourhood Renewal in Hong Kong and Taipei
Investigator(s):Ng MK, Tang WS
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010
Abstract:
1) To examine old urban neighbourhood renewal practices in Hong Kong and Taipei with Lefebvre’s triadic spatial framework. 2) To employ Lefebvre’s triadic spatial framework to “sieve” out the three “moments” of space in thick comparative case studies: to examine how spatial practices produce the perceived space and determine the “specific spatial competence and performance of every society member” (Lefebvre, 1991, p.38); to examine the genesis of official renewal plans and how are they related to the economic needs in both cities; and to evaluate if these plans have respected the lived space of the local residents and to identify whose interests these plans would serve when operational (Lefebvre, 1991, p.44). 3) To examine historically the evolving relationships among these three “moments” of space, that is, how the renewal plans and the lived experiences of residents are mediated, “distorted” or “displaced” (op cit, 1991, p.42) by the respective society’s spatial practices and the “modes of production” (op cit, 1991, p.46) in each city. 4) To assess the roles of professional urban planners, social activists and the affected community members and the types of knowledge that they have summoned up in the process of old neighbourhood renewal. 5) To summarize the salient issues in the renewal of old urban neighbourhoods and to assess the relative importance of economic imperative and spatial practices of local communities in determining the final outcomes of urban renewal plans and to identify their respective implications for planning theories and practices in Hong Kong and Taipei.


List of Research Outputs

Leung K.Y. and Ng M.K., A bumpy path towards collaborative planning, In: Harbourfront Enhancement Committee, Harbour of Life. Hong Kong, Harbourfront Enhancement Committee, 2010, 20-23.
Ng M.K., Conference report: Why can't the future be more like the past? The 23rd AESOP Congress, Liverpool, 2009, Town Planning Review. United Kingdom, Liverpool University Press, 2010, 81: 111-119.
Ng M.K., Developing strategically competitive city, Developing Living Cities Roundtable, parallel event of the World Cities Summit. 2010.
Ng M.K., Evidences that demand a verdict: place-making in Asia's world city, 10th Asian Urbanisation Conference. 2009.
Ng M.K., One of the five finalists recommended for the AESOP Prize for the best paper in the planning field publishing in European planning journals over 2008: From government to governance? Politics of planning in the first decade of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,' Planning Theory and Practice, Vol.9, No.2, pp.165-185., AESOP Prize Paper Committee, Association of European Schools of Planning. 2009.
Ng M.K., Our aspiration for the Harbourfront Commission and beyond, In: Harbourfront Enhancement Committee, Harbour of Life. Hong Kong, Habourfront Enhancement Committee, 2010, 72-73.
Ng M.K., Participation and mode of governance: an East Asian perspective, 23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning. 2009.
Ng M.K., Place-making battlefields: three empty reclaimed sites in Victoria Harbour, disP, The Planning Review. Zurich, Switzerland, ETH, 2010, 180: 8-17.
Ng M.K. and Pretorius F.I.H., Planning, managing and financing mega urban transport project by the public sector and public-private partnership, Working Paper No.1, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2009.
Ng M.K. and Zimmerman P., Protection of the Harbour Ordinance: past and future, In: Harbourfront Enhancement Committee, Harbour of Life. Hong Kong, 2010, 74-77.
Ng M.K. and Pretorius F.I.H., Summary project report covering all three country case studies, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.
Ng M.K., Sustainability challenges in the 'world factory' and the Pearl River Delta Urban System Plan, Invited Lecture, Department of Land Economy, The University of Cambridge. 2009.
Ng M.K. and Pretorius F.I.H., West Rail (Phase I)--Hypothesis-led analysis and the Four Tests, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.
Ng M.K. and Pretorius F.I.H., West Railway (Phase I)--Prehypothesis-led research, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.
Pretorius F.I.H. and Ng M.K., Airport Railway--Hypothesis-led analysis and the Four Tests, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.
Pretorius F.I.H. and Ng M.K., Airport Railway--Prehypothesised-led research, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.
Pretorius F.I.H. and Ng M.K., Mega urban transport and development projects: the chellenge of embedding sustainability in financing mega urban transport project, Working Paper No.2, OMEGA Report, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.
Pretorius F.I.H. and Ng M.K., Western Harbour Crossing--Hypothesised-led analysis and the Four Tests, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.
Pretorius F.I.H. and Ng M.K., Western Harbour Crossing--Prehypothesised-led research, OMEGA Project, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. 2010.


Researcher : Qi Z
List of Research Outputs

Li X., Yeh A.G.O., Qian J., Al B. and Qi Z., A Matching Algorithm for Detecting Land Use Changes Using Case-Based Reasoning, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 2009, 75(11): 1319-1332.


Researcher : Sadoway D
List of Research Outputs

Sadoway D., Awarded, UGC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Research Postgraduate Students (HK$13,500). Hong Kong, UGC, 2009.
Sadoway D., Cities and carbon governance in Asia: the cases of Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei, 10th Congress of the Association of Planning Students of Asia Conference (APSA10). Ahmadabad, India, 2009.
Sadoway D., Climate Cool Scholarship, ($HKD50,000), Hang Seng Cool Grant for Research and Community Projects. Hong Kong, CEDARS HKU / Hang Seng Bank, 2009.
Sadoway D., Post-COP15 event report: From Copenhagen to Hong Kong: what the climate talks imply for us?, Civic Exchange Hong Kong, The Climate Group, British Consulate-General, Climate Change Business Forum. Hong Kong, 2010.
Sadoway D., Pre-COP15 event report: Copenhagen Climate Change Briefing Seminar, Hong Kong, Civic Exchange Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science, 2009.
Sadoway D., Spatial Sustainability in Urban Asia: Conservation, Eco-Modernization and Urban Wilding, Ecocity World Summit. Istanbul, Turkey, 2009.
Sadoway D., Spatial Sustainability in Urban Asia: Conservation, Eco-Modernization and Urban Wilding, In: Joshua Bolchover & Jonathan D. Solomon, Sustain and Develop. New York, Princeton Architectural Press & 306090 Books, 2009, 13: 155-168.
Sadoway D., Tracing novel info-sociational practices for urban sustainability: informational urbanity and associational life in East Asia, 9th Symposium of International Urban Planning and Environment Association. Guangzhou, China (UPE9), 2009.
Sadoway D., invited presentation, "Green Dreams, Dirty Developments," , Launch of 'Sustain and Develop 306090'. Hong Kong, American Institute of Architects (Hong Kong Branch), 2010.


Researcher : Xie Y
List of Research Outputs

Xie Y. and Chan R.C.K., Measurement and Analysis of the Degree of Compactness of Large municipal Cities in Coastal Provinces in China (in Chinese), 我国沿海省份大城市紧凑程度测算方法与分析, Journal of Urban and Regional Planning. 城市与区域规划研究, 2010, Vol.3: 79-93.


Researcher : Yeh AGO
Project Title:Constrained cellular automata (CA) models for land use planning
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO, Li X
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:06/2000
Abstract:
A site of constrained cellular automata models will be developed for generating alternative land use plans according to different planning objectives. These models can be used for the planning of sustainable development.


Project Title:Hong Kong - Pearl River Delta development
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:The University of Hong Kong Foundation Seed Grant
Start Date:04/2002
Abstract:
To study Hong Kong - Pearl River Delta development.


Project Title:Competitive development of GuangZhou
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:09/2002
Abstract:
To examine how GuangZhou reposition itself in the increasing competition amongst cities in the Pearl River Delta.


Project Title:Dynamic Real Time Transport Information Intelligent Vehicle Navigation Software and System
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Matching Fund for Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Projects)
Start Date:06/2007
Abstract:
1) methodology and literature review of land-based GIS-T database and short-term real time traffic forecasting; 2) development of lane-based GIS-T prototype for real time multi-lane multilevel vehicle navigation


Project Title:Economic, Infrastructure and Real Estate Development Forum for A Competitive Pan-Pearl River Delta Region
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO, Xu J
Department:Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt
Source(s) of Funding:Professional Services Development Assistance Scheme
Start Date:05/2008
Abstract:
(1) To share experiences on coordination and collaboration between different places of the Pan-Pearl River Delta (Pan-PRD) on infrastructure planning and real estate growth through organization of this tripartite forum where government officials, professionals and academics in the Pan-PRD region and from other parts of the world will meet and discuss issues related to regional cooperation. (2) To update local real estate, infrastructure and construction professionals on the latest development on economic, infrastructure and real estate development in the Pan-PRD. (3) To enhance local professionals’ knowledge on the market potential and changing trajectories in the Pan-PRD so as to increase the competitive edge of the profession in the China market.


Project Title:Contemporary China
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:06/2008
Abstract:
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Project Title:Contemporary China
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:06/2008
Abstract:
n/a


Project Title:Research Output Prize
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO, Xu J
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:10/2008
Abstract:
To identify and recognize the best research outputs in different faculties.


Project Title:Spatial-temporal Compression of Large-scale Traffic Data
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO, Yung NHC
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010
Abstract:
1) Examine methods for cleaning up errors and noises in data collected in the field to improve data quality and facilitate real time traffic data storage; 2) Examine flexible data compression schema in large-scale traffic data archiving for analyses at different spatial-temporal granularities.


Project Title:The Linkages of Producer Services between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO, Yang F
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Strategic Public Policy Research
Start Date:05/2010
Abstract:
1) Identify the pattern and process of producer services development in the PRD since the 1990s; 2) Investigate the sectoral and spatial linkages of producer services in the PRD, and evaluate how the development of local producer services has influenced the pattern of regional industrial linkages between Hong Kong and the PRD; 3) Analyze the competitive advantages and disadvantages of Hong Kong’s producer services as compared with those in the PRD.


List of Research Outputs

Li X., Yeh A.G.O., Qian J., Al B. and Qi Z., A Matching Algorithm for Detecting Land Use Changes Using Case-Based Reasoning, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 2009, 75(11): 1319-1332.
Li X., Zhang X., Yeh A.G.O. and Liu X., Parallel Cellular Automata for Large-scale Urban Simulation Using Load-balancing Techniques, In: Brian Lees - School of Physical, Environmental & Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. New York, Taylor & Francis, 2010, 24(6): 803-820.
Phillips D.R., Cheng K.H.C., Yeh A.G.O. and Siu O.L., Person-Environment (P-E) Fit Models and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Persons in Hong Kong, Environment and Behaviour. Sage Publication, 2009, 17: 127-141.
Xu J., Wu F. and Yeh A.G.O., Land Commodification: New Land Development and Politics in China Since the late 1990s, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009, 33(4): 890-913.
Xu J. and Yeh A.G.O., Planning Mega-city Regions in China: Rationales and Policies, In: Ronald K. Vogel et al., Governing Global City Regions in China and the West, Progress in Planning. Elsevier Ltd, 2010, 73: 17-22.
Yeh A.G.O., Academic Board Member, Journal of Urban and Regional Planning (in Chinese). Beijing, China, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University and The Commerci, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Associate Editor, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. New York, Elsevier Ltd., 2009.
Yeh A.G.O. and Li X., Cellular Automata and GIS for Urban Planning, In: Marguerite Madden, Manual of Geographic Information Systems. Bethesda, MD, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2009, 591-619.
Yeh A.G.O., Chairman, Exhibition and Seminar on Green Transport in Hong Kong, Asia’s World City. Shanghai, China, Government of HKSAR, CUSUP of HKU, ITS of HKU, CILT and HKIP, 2010.
Yeh A.G.O. and Xu J., China’s Post-Reform Urbanization: Trends and Policies, Presented an invited paper, IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development )‐UNFPA (The United Nations Population Fund) Research Workshop on Population and Urbanization Issues. London, UK, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Co-Chairman, 10th Asian Urbanization Conference. Hong Kong, Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, HKU, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Editorial Board Member, Asian Pacific Planning Review. Korea Planners Association, Taiwan Institute of Urban Planni, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Editorial Board Member, China City Planning Review (in Chinese). Beijing, China, China Urban Planning Society and China Academy of Urban Plan, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Editorial Board Member, Geo-information Science (in Chinese). Beijing, China, Science Press, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Editorial Board Member, Journal of Geographical Sciences. Beijing, China, Geographical Society of China and Institute of Geographic S, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Editorial Board Member, Tropical Geography (in Chinese). Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Science and Technology Press, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Editorial Board Member, Urban Planning International (in Chinese). Beijing, China, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design and Ministry of C, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., GIS as a Planning Support System for Urban Planning, Opening Address, 10th International APSA (Asian Planning Schools Association) Congress 2009. India, CEPT (Centre of Environmental Planning and Technology) Unive, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Invited Participant, East-West Center Seminar on Urban Asia – Challenges of Transition and Governance in celebration of its 50th Anniversary. Honolulu, Hawaii, East-West Center, 2010.
Yeh A.G.O., Member of Editorial Board, Geo-Spatial Information Science (English Edition). Wuhan, China, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Member of Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS. Cambridge, GeoInformation International, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Member of International Editorial Board, International Planning Studies. Cardiff, Taylor & Francis, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., In: Member of International Advisory Board, Planning Practice and Research. Bristol, UK, Taylor & Francis, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., Real Time GIS-T, Keynote Paper, 2009 International Workshop on GIS for Transportation organized. Wuhan, China, Transportation Research Center and State Key Laboratory of I, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., The Planning and Development of Hong Kong in the Context of the Greater Pearl River Delta, Presented an invited paper, Colloquium on Sustainable Urban Development: Urban Governance and Institutional Development. Hong Kong, Faculty of Construction and Land Use and Guangzhou Social Sc, 2009.
Yeh A.G.O., “Development of Remote Sensing and GIS”, Opening Address, 100th Anniversary of Chinese Geographic Society and 2009 National Conference of Chinese Geographic Society, Cartography, Remote Sensing and GIS Session. Beijing, 2009.


Researcher : Zhang F
Project Title:Evaluation of Urban Transport Sustainability in Chinese Cities
Investigator(s):Zhang F
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2009
Abstract:
Transport plays a key role in socio-economic activities in cities. Transportation facilities and activities have significant impacts on the sustainability of cities, such as air pollution, traffic congestion, and social equity. Sustainable transportation, an expression of sustainable development in the transportation sector, has been universally adopted by scholars and authorities as an ultimate goal in terms of urban transportation development (e.g., OECD, 2002). In China, adverse impacts of unsustainable urban transport systems have been more and more serious, including air pollution, accidents, traffic congestion, and social equity. Therefore, it is urgent for Chinese scholars and governments to embrace the concept of sustainable transport. So far, although some attention has been paid to sustainable transport in China, it is barely an official vision for governments and authorities at different levels and little has been studied in regard with how sustainable transport strategies and policies can be applied, as a whole package, to Chinese cities. This study is to conduct research on sustainable urban transport in the context of Chinese cities. The goal of this research is to try to address research questions such as: How suitable is the concept of sustainable transport for China in its urban settings? How to evaluate the sustainability level of exciting urban transport systems? How to evaluate sustainability impacts of existing systems and proposed transport projects? What measures or policies shall we adopt in order to achieve sustainable transport in China and what impacts will these measures exert? The main objectives of this research are 1) to develop a set of indicators for sustainable urban transport which are suitable for Chinese cities; 2) to evaluate the transport sustainability in select Chinese cities using such set of indicators; and 3) to propose the potential measures for sustainable urban transport in China and analyze their impacts.




Researcher : Zhang X
List of Research Outputs

Li X., Zhang X., Yeh A.G.O. and Liu X., Parallel Cellular Automata for Large-scale Urban Simulation Using Load-balancing Techniques, In: Brian Lees - School of Physical, Environmental & Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. New York, Taylor & Francis, 2010, 24(6): 803-820.
Zhang X., Simulating land-use dynamics under planning policies by integrating artificial immune systems with cellular automata, In: Brian Lees - School of Physical, Environmental & Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. New York, Taylor & Francis, 2010, 24: 783-802.
Zhang X., Within a Pixel Using a New Mixed-Label Analysis Method, In: Christopher Ruf Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences College of Engineering University of Michigan2455 Hayward St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143 USA , IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. New York, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 2010, 48: 1882-1891.


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