KADOORIE INSTITUTE
| Researcher : Chow WC |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chow W.C., How to Enhance Public Engagement in Transport Infrastructure Development, 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Yan W.L., Li P.L. and Yiu S.S.I., Community Needs Report – Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Link Investigation, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Researcher : Hills PR |
| Project Title: | Trade in environmental services as a mechanism of ecological modernisation in the Asia-Pacific region |
| Investigator(s): | Hills PR |
| Department: | Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 11/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To develop a conceptual framework and conduct empirical analysis of the role of the trade liberalisation in environmental services (as facilitated under the General Agreement on the Trade in Services - GATS) as a mechanism of ecological modernisation (EM); to formulate more general explanations of current transformations of environmental practices, discourses and institutions. |
| Project Title: | Trust, legitimacy and the environmental policy process in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Hills PR |
| Department: | Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 11/2004 |
| Abstract: |
| The project will explore the background to this apparent 'trust deficit' problem by means of a structured questionnaire survey involving representatives of key stakeholder groups in government, the business community and civil society. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Hills P.R., Executive Editor, International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., External assessment of candidates for chair appointments at The Hong Kong Institute of Education. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, Editorial Board, Business Strategy and the Environment. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, International Advisory Board, Local Environment. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, International Advisory Board, Policy and Politics. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, International Editorial Board, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, International Editorial Board, International Journal of Sustainable Society. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, International Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, International Editorial Board, Sustainable Development. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, Programme Review and Validation Committee, The Open University of Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Hills P.R., Member, Steering Committee on the Promotion of Electric Vehicles. 2009. |
| Lam J.C.K. and Hills P.R., Promoting Technological Environmental Innovations: What is the Role of Environmental Regulation?, Kadoorie Institute's Working Paper 6. Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Lim B.L., Leung Y.C., Yung K.F., Leung M.K.H., Mah D.N.Y., Lam J.C.K. and Hills P.R., Conference Presentation: "Development of Biofuel Technologies and Policy", at the Initiative on Clean Energy and Environment’s Review Workshop, Shenzhen, January 8, 2010. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Collaborative Governance for Sustainable Development: Wind Resource Assessment in Xinjiang and Guangdong Provinces, China, Sustainable Development. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment, 2010, doi: 10.1002/sd.466. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Collaborative governance for sustainable development: a comparative study of wind resource assessment in Xinjiang and Guangdong Provinces, PRC, Kadoorie Institute's Working Paper 4. Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Policy choices, central-local relations, and policy learning: a case study of the pricing policies for wind energy in China (from 1994 to 2009), "International Workshop: Institutional Change and Environmental Governance: Comparing the Dynamics of Central-Local Relations in Environmental Policy Making”, organized by Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy and Management, Beijing, December 11-12, 2009. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Policy choices, central-local relations, and policy learning: a case study of the pricing policies for wind energy in China (from 1994 to 2009), Kadoorie Institute’s Working Paper No. 5. This working paper is also published as a working paper as "Policy choices, central-local relations, and policy learning: a case study of the pricing policies for wind energy in China (from 1994 to 2009) - Governance and Globalization Working Paper Series 19", Sciences Po in China, April 2010 (English and Chinese). 2009. |
| Researcher : Ho TKK |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Researcher : Lam JCK |
| Project Title: | Open Innovation, Corporate Response to Climate Change and Sustainability, and Competitive Advantage |
| Investigator(s): | Lam JCK, Hills PR |
| Department: | Kadoorie Institute |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 01/2010 |
| Abstract: |
| Purpose of the proposed project: The purpose of this project is to explore the concept of open innovation as an approach to engage businesses to actively address climate change. Climate change has become an immediate problem affecting human life and the environment globally. There is an urgent call for developed countries to take up increasing efforts to combat the problem through greenhouse gas emissions (Climate Group, 2009 ). At a more down-to-earth level, to combat the problem, the business sector must play a much more active role because it is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. An important way to tackle the problem is to improve environmental efficiency via cleaner technologies – or in general -- environmental innovation (EI) (Hart, 1997). Although cases of multinational companies responding to the challenge of climate change through increasing greening of business, in the form of energy-efficiency upgrades, green technology development and adoption, carbon trading, have been recorded (Climate Group, 2007 ), and some have responded to climate change as a strategic rather than a scientific one, many businesses and industries remain unaware of the associated business opportunities or unfamiliar with the concept and ways of tackling the challenge (Hoffman, 2005). There are at least three major barriers that businesses are skeptical of in responding to climate change and sustainability: 1. Lack of Competence: Companies often lack the competence or knowledge to engage in the development or deployment of cleaner technologies which may not be familiar to business and industry. 2. Investment Risks: EI often entails large investment in the short term but only yields benefits in the long term. For EI to be feasible, companies involving in green investment must reduce the investment risks and secure maximum returns as much as possible. 3. Oversight of Stakeholders’ Interests: The development or deployment of EI involves not only technological expertise but also stakeholder and communal interests. However, individual companies may not have the capacity to attend to these issues, given the complexity of the issues. Open innovation is potentially a good approach to address the barriers above. Open innovation is defined as “purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation, respectively” (Chesbourgh, 2006:1). Open innovation is often contrasted with closed innovation. In an open model, valuable ideas can flow freely from inside or outside the company, that is, there is no boundary that limits the flow of ideas and the exchange of knowledge between the internal and external firm environment. In a closed model, valuable ideas are expected to emerge from the internal firm environment only. A firm neither exploits new ideas from external sources nor allows internal ideas to flow externally before the commercialization of products. In other words, a boundary is set to limit the flow of valuable ideas between the internal and the external environment of a firm (Chesbourgh, 2003:43). Regarding the three barriers cited, open innovation can offer significant competitive advantages through which better environmental performance can be achieved. Synergy of Competence: Open innovation gives companies bigger flexibility in gaining valuable resources, in the form of ideas, knowledge and technologies from external parties. It creates better capabilities and competence for companies to accelerate innovation processes. These external resources can complement the company’s lack of the relevant competence. Companies following the open pathway can develop products or services that integrate sustainability and climate change factors more effectively and quickly, creating significant competitive advantage over firms following the closed pathway (Chesbourgh, 2003, 2006; de Varnde et al., 2008). Reduction of Risks: The complexity and interdisciplinarity of environmental problems have made closed innovation not sufficient to secure and sustain competitive advantage as it used to be traditionally (de Varnde et al., 2008). Through collaboration, companies do not have to venture into unfamiliar domains by themselves. The approach reduces the uncertainty, resources and time in the investment of EI. Partners may even share the risks through joint investment. Engagement of Stakeholders: Increasing demands from policy-makers, business partners, and the public means that corporations need to pay attention to communal concerns such as sustainability and issues of climate change (Hart, 1997). Open innovation emphasizes collaboration with and collection of inputs from external parties and stakeholders. The exploration and exploitation of ideas from stakeholders allow open innovation to better generate user-driven and differentiated products and accommodate the environmental concerns. Again, products with superior environmental performance can be translated into competitive benefits. Research gap: Open innovation is a theoretically attractive idea to help companies respond to the challenge of sustainability and climate change and secure competitive advantage. However, the concept of open innovation remains new and successful stories of open innovation in the literature are limited to very large multinational hi-tech corporations, which conduct radical innovation in the absence of the relevant in-house competence. Examples include Intel, IBM, Lucent, Xerox etc. (Chesbourgh, 2003). Hezdog (2009) contends that open innovation is an approach best taken by firms which belong to high technology industries or those which focus on “emerging technologies.” It remains unclear how well open innovation can be applied to business and industries acquiring cleaner technologies (e.g. energy saving or renewable energy technologies) and environmental practices, and how well the new model help these industries respond to sustainability and climate change. Objectives: This study targets at corporations in Hong Kong which have engaged in green technological innovations or green practices. It investigates (1) how open innovation can bring about a better corporate response to sustainability and climate change as well as competitive advantage, and identifies (2) relevant public innovation policies that support open innovation. This study will investigate the following questions: 1. Are there any cases of open innovation related to environmental innovation in local business and industries? 2. What are the factors that drive or inhibit business and industries to adopt the open innovation approach? 3. How does the adoption of open innovation achieve the following aims? What are the limitations? (a) Addressing the challenges of sustainability and climate change (b) Securing or sustaining competitive advantage 4. What type of public innovation policies are needed to drive corporations in Hong Kong to adopt open innovation for accelerating their development of cleaner technologies and for greening their business operations? |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lam J.C.K. and Hills P.R., Promoting Technological Environmental Innovations: What is the Role of Environmental Regulation?, Kadoorie Institute's Working Paper 6. Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong. 2010. |
| Lam J.C.K., Reviewer of book chapter "An Environmentally Integrated Manufacturing Analysis Combined with Waste Management in a Car Battery Manufacturing Plant", in Z.W. Luo (ed.), "Green Finance and Sustainability: Environmentally Aware Business Models and Technologies", IGI Global. 2010. |
| Lam J.C.K., Reviewer of book chapter "Study on low-carbon economy model and method of Chinese tourism industry", in Z.W. Luo (ed.), "Green Finance and Sustainability: Environmentally Aware Business Models and Technologies", IGI Global. 2010. |
| Lam J.C.K., Technological Environmental Innovation and Company Competitiveness: The Role of Environmental Regulation, presented for HKPC Green ICT and Logistics Training, held at the Hong Kong Productivity Council, May 14, 2010. 2010. |
| Lim B.L., Leung Y.C., Yung K.F., Leung M.K.H., Mah D.N.Y., Lam J.C.K. and Hills P.R., Conference Presentation: "Development of Biofuel Technologies and Policy", at the Initiative on Clean Energy and Environment’s Review Workshop, Shenzhen, January 8, 2010. |
| Researcher : Law WWY |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Law W.W.Y., Board of Director, for Conservancy Association, Hong Kong, since 2005. 2009. |
| Law W.W.Y., Book Reviews: The Community Planning Event Manual and Kitchen Table Sustainability, Urban Policy and Research. London, UK, Routledge, 2010, 28: 125-134. |
| Law W.W.Y., Book Reviews: What Makes a City? Planning for 'Quality of Place' - The Case of High-Speed Train Station Area Redevelopment, Urban Policy and Research. London, UK, Routledge, 2009, 27: 447-454. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Yan W.L., Li P.L. and Yiu S.S.I., Community Needs Report – Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Link Investigation, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Introduction to Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Manuscripts Reviewer, for Urban Planning International (ISBN:1673-94963), Beijing, since 2007. 2009. |
| Law W.W.Y., Member, the Ad Hoc Working Group of MSc Environmental Management, HKU, since 2010. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Organizing Committee, The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Sustainable Development and Urban Planning, Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre. 2010. |
| Researcher : Leung THD |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Yan W.L., Li P.L. and Yiu S.S.I., Community Needs Report – Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Researcher : Li PL |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Yan W.L., Li P.L. and Yiu S.S.I., Community Needs Report – Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Researcher : Lo YH |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Link Investigation, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Researcher : MacPherson KL |
| Project Title: | Reconnecting Public Health and the Environment: A History of the origins of public health and town planning in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | MacPherson KL |
| Department: | Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2008 |
| Abstract: |
| To investigate the relationship between the evolution of public health and its influence on the Town Planning of Hong Kong as well as the evolution of Town Planning and its influence on Public Health. To investigate the international transfer of health, sanitation, water supplies, demographic analysis and planning ideas and practices from the UK to Hong Kong during the colonial period (1841-1997). To investigate the priortization, polices and implementation of both Public Health and Town Planning vis-a-vis demographic and disease patterns. (including population movements). To investigate the disjuncture between public health and town planning as each developed in separate spheres: health advances in biomedicine, such as vaccines that could control the known infectious diseases, with health care delivered in specialized sites such as hospitals and clinics, contributed to the process whereby city planning could prioritize economic aspects of town planning. To assess the impact of recent public health issues such as emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases on the built environment. To assess the cross-border environmental concerns and the health of Hong Kong in the face of rapid urbanization in China and a differential health care system. |
| Project Title: | The Challenge of the Double Disease Burden in the History of the Health Transition in Asia and the Pacific |
| Investigator(s): | MacPherson KL |
| Department: | Kadoorie Institute |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 09/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| The primary aim of the proposed book would be to offer a historical picture of the development of a leading global health problem and policy responses to it in the context of a demographically, economically and politically very significant region of the world—Asia and the Pacific. Each chapter will focus on a particular country, and this will include a balanced selection of most countries of the region.(China, Hong Kong, Australia, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, The Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Island states) |
| List of Research Outputs |
| MacPherson K.L., "City and Regional Planning", In: David Pong (ed), Encyclopedia of Modern China. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2009, 1: pp. 267-269. |
| MacPherson K.L., "History of Land Use", In: David Pong (ed), Encyclopedia of Modern China. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2009, 2: pp. 427-431. |
| MacPherson K.L., "Housing, 1800-1949", In: David Pong (ed), Encyclopedia of Modern China. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2009, 2: pp. 250-251. |
| MacPherson K.L., "Shops", In: David Pong (ed), Encyclopedia of Modern China. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2009, 3: pp. 394-397. |
| MacPherson K.L., Academic Advisor, Shue Yan University Hong Kong. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., External Examiner, M.Phil/ Ph.D, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., External Programme Assessor in the Department of History, Shue Yan University Hong Kong. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., External Programme Assessor, B.A. Honours Programme, Shue Yan University. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Manuscript Reader, Hong Kong University Press. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Manuscript Reviewer, Planning Perspectives. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Manuscript Reviewer, The Chinese University Press. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Manuscript Reviewer, The International Journal of Asian Studies. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Manuscript Reviewer, University of Hawaii Press. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Member, Royal Town Planning Institute, Marine Spatial Planning Task Force. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Referee for "Planning Perspective", Hong Kong University Press. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Referee for The Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Reviewer, American Historical Review. 2009. |
| MacPherson K.L., Reviewer, Routledge Press. 2009. |
| Researcher : Mah DNY |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lim B.L., Leung Y.C., Yung K.F., Leung M.K.H., Mah D.N.Y., Lam J.C.K. and Hills P.R., Conference Presentation: "Development of Biofuel Technologies and Policy", at the Initiative on Clean Energy and Environment’s Review Workshop, Shenzhen, January 8, 2010. |
| Mah D.N.Y., Chair of the Session, "Stakeholder engagement, gender and empowerment" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Mah D.N.Y., Chair of the Session, "Sustainable development and transportation" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Collaborative Governance for Sustainable Development: Wind Resource Assessment in Xinjiang and Guangdong Provinces, China, Sustainable Development. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment, 2010, doi: 10.1002/sd.466. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Collaborative governance for sustainable development: a comparative study of wind resource assessment in Xinjiang and Guangdong Provinces, PRC, Kadoorie Institute's Working Paper 4. Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong. 2009. |
| Mah D.N.Y., Invited reviewer on a paper titled "Emissions Trading Control in China", Journal of Environmental Management. 2009. |
| Mah D.N.Y., Invited seminar, titled "Local States, Policy Capacity and the Sustainability Transition: a Study of Policies for Wind Energy Development in Xinjiang, Shanghai and Guangdong", at School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, October, 26, 2009. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Policy choices, central-local relations, and policy learning: a case study of the pricing policies for wind energy in China (from 1994 to 2009), "International Workshop: Institutional Change and Environmental Governance: Comparing the Dynamics of Central-Local Relations in Environmental Policy Making”, organized by Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy and Management, Beijing, December 11-12, 2009. |
| Mah D.N.Y. and Hills P.R., Policy choices, central-local relations, and policy learning: a case study of the pricing policies for wind energy in China (from 1994 to 2009), Kadoorie Institute’s Working Paper No. 5. This working paper is also published as a working paper as "Policy choices, central-local relations, and policy learning: a case study of the pricing policies for wind energy in China (from 1994 to 2009) - Governance and Globalization Working Paper Series 19", Sciences Po in China, April 2010 (English and Chinese). 2009. |
| Researcher : Moinuddin G |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Begum H. and Moinuddin G., Management Research and Practice, Spatial Dimension of Social Exclusion. An Imperial Investigation into The Relationship Of Housing And Social Exclusion In The Slums Of Dhaka City. Management Research Practice, 2010, 2(3): 314-328. |
| Moinuddin G., Chair of the Session, "Sustainable architecture, design & housing (I)" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Moinuddin G., Chair of the Session, "Sustainable architecture, design & housing (II)" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Moinuddin G., Deviation form master plan and its impact on Drainage system of Jahangirnagar University, In: Professor Abul Kalam, Journal Jahangirnagar Planning Review. Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 2010, 7: 112-128. |
| Moinuddin G., Metropolitan government and improvement potentials of urban basic services governance in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: Rhetoric or reality?, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management. Theoratical and Empirical Research in Urban Management, 2010, 5(14): 59-81. |
| Researcher : Tsang SSL |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Tsang S.S.L. and Kolk A., The Evolution of Chinese Policies and Governance Structures on Environment, Energy and Climate, Environmental Policy and Governance. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment, 2010, 20(3): 180-196. |
| Researcher : Tse SLP |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Tse S.L.P., Applying the Delphi Method to Housing Study: An Exploration with an Illustration from Hong Kong, 2009 Housing Researchers Conference, Sydney 5-7 August 2009. |
| Tse S.L.P., Chair of the Session, "Sustainable development and architecture, housing and construction (I)" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Tse S.L.P., Chair of the Session, "Sustainable urban and rural planning and management (II)" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Researcher : Walker RM |
| Project Title: | Public Service Performance and Stakeholders: A Pilot Study |
| Investigator(s): | Walker RM |
| Department: | Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 05/2008 |
| Completion Date: | 07/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| Purpose This project will examine what dimensions of performance different stakeholders hold dear and why they offer alternative assessments of the performance of public services. The scope of the study will be limited to the arena of the environmental policy. The project will pilot the conceptual framework and methods for a full RGC CERG application. Key issues and problems being addressed There has been longstanding debate about the nature of public service performance (Ostrom 1973; Boyne, Meier, O’Toole and Walker 2006). These debates suggest that performance is a multidimensional and multi-perspective construct (Boyne 2002; Carter, Day and Klein 1992). 1. There are a number of dimensions of performance that could be used to assess the effectiveness of public agencies. This can be attributed to the multiple and, indeed, ambiguous goals that public organizations have to achieve (Chun and Rainey 2005), some of which may be in conflict with one another. Boyne (2002) isolated five conceptual categories of performance: outputs, efficiency, effectiveness, responsiveness and democratic outcomes, and within this fourteen dimensions of performance such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, value for money, accountability and probity. 2. A variety of types or sources of performance data are available to public management scholars and practitioners. Such measures may be ‘archival’, some times referred to as ‘objective’ and include data recorded by an organization for it’s own purposes (such as indicators of performance set by the organization or data collected for the purposes of internal audit, that the organization collects for itself, but does not disseminate externally) or required by oversight bodies. The other form of data are perceptual. These are the views of staff, politicians, users and citizens on the achievements of organizations. Perceptual questions often take a point of reference to prior performance or the activities of other similar agencies. 3. Judgements on performance can be made by internal or external stakeholders. Internal stakeholders include staff (at different levels in an organization) and politicians. External stakeholders include direct users of services, citizens, businesses, civil society organizations and regulators. Different stakeholders are likely to hold different perspectives and reach different judgements on the merits of different dimensions of performance. Two important covariates are likely to influence performance assessments by stakeholders: governance structure and institutional context. Governance. Over recent decades substantial reform has taken place within the public sector resulting in new governance arrangements. Current governance arrangements mean that a public service could be delivered hierarchically by a public sector organization, through a market system by a private or voluntary agency or through a network, which could include a combination of service providers. Assumptions are often made about the likely performance of different types of agencies or different governance structures. For example, private sector organizations are assumed to be better at achieving higher efficiency, and public ones better equity outcomes. However, the degree of ‘publicness’ of a service delivery agency raises clear questions about the consequences of these arrangements for performance and the ways in which judgements are reached by different stakeholder groups (Boyne, Farrell, Law, Powell and Walker 2003). Institutional context. Country context, and in particular political context, is likely to result in different assessment of performance by different stakeholder groups. Most studies of performance are limited to intensive case studies that supply an incomplete picture of government effectiveness and a weak basis for generalisability to other settings. While the degree of management reform will vary by country, comparative studies permits an exploration of variations in political structures between countries with different political systems: democratic, pluralistic and communist (Brewer, Choi and Walker 2007). Research gap. The practice of public management, and its research, typically examines only a limited number of concepts of performance, draws upon limited sources of performance data, does not utilise the full range of stakeholders and is limited to one governance arrangement or country. For a review of progress on academic work see Boyne, Meier, O’Toole and Walker (2006) and in relation to the practice of performance management by governments in Asia see Walker and Moon (2007). This project will explore the views of different stakeholder groups, different dimensions of performance and different governance structures and countries. It will also pilot method quasi-experimental approaches (see below). Andrews, R., Boyne, G.A., & Walker R.M. (2006). Subjective and objective measures of organizational performance: An empirical exploration, in Boyne, G.A. Meier, K.J., O’Toole. Jr. L.J. Walker R.M. (eds.) Public Services Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press pp. 14-34. Boyne, G.A. (2002). Concepts and indicators of local authority performance: An evaluation of the statutory framework in England and Wales. Public Money and Management, 22(2), 17-24. Boyne, G.A, C. Farrell, J. Law, M. Powell and R.M. Walker. (2003). Evaluating Public Management Reforms: Principles and Practice Philadelphia, The Open University Press. Boyne, G.A. Meier, K.J., O’Toole. Jr. L.J. Walker R.M. (eds.) (2006). Public Services Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Brewer, G.A., Choi, Y. and Walker, R.M. (2007). Accountability, corruption and government effectiveness in Asia: An exploration of the World Bank Governance Indicators, International Public Management Review 8, 2, 200-219. Carter, N., Klein, R., and Day, P. (1992). How Organizations Measure Success: The Use of Performance Indicators in Government London, Routledge. Chun Y.H and Rainey, H.G. (2005). Goal ambiguity and organizational performance in US Federal agencies, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 15, 4, 529-557. Ostrom, E. (1973). The need for multiple indicators of measuring the output of public agencies. Policy Studies Journal, 2, 85-91. Walker, R.M. and Moon, M.J. (2007). Performance Management in Asia: Measurement, Tools and Practices, in OECD Asian Centre for Public Governance (ed) Comparative Studies for Better Governance in Asian Countries Seoul, OECD Asian Centre for Public Governance pp. 45-92. |
| Project Title: | Parterships for Sustainable Development: Implications for Public Policy in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Walker RM, Hills PR, Welford RJ |
| Department: | Kadoorie Institute |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Public Policy Research |
| Start Date: | 09/2009 |
| Abstract: |
| 1) Develop theoretical perspectives on sustainable development partnerships; 2) Provide empirical evidence on success in partnerships for sustainable development—including public private differences, network behaviour, and perceptions of partnership success; 3) Develop measures to assess sustainable development partnerships; 4) Create new datasets (quantitative and qualitative) on sustainable development partnerships in Hong Kong; 5) Examine the applicability of stakeholder participation models for Hong Kong; and 6) Provide policy recommendations to all stakeholders (including government) in partnerships for sustainable development. |
| Project Title: | Understanding Public Management Reform in China: Internationalisation or Chinese Characteristics |
| Investigator(s): | Walker RM |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 03/2010 |
| Abstract: |
| China has undergone substantial reform over the last three decades. Factors driving reform forward have been hotly debated since 1978 when reforms commenced. Argument on the drivers of reform broadly falls into two camps, and at the extremities views from these two perspectives suggests the following. First, that reform is purely the product of the unique internal characteristics of the Chinese political system, and its historical evolution (Ngok and Chan 2003; Chan and Li 2007). Second, the alternative model has it that the reforms witnessed in China are part of the worldwide administrative movement that has been influence by the New Public Management (Zhang and Straussman 2003; Christensen, Dong and Painter 2008). To date these questions have not been systematically explored and the evidence is patchy and focuses upon single agencies or topics (Foster 2005; Gao 2009). Developing a deep understanding of the primary driving force behind China’s administration reforms is vital to understand and explain its nature, which have both theoretical and practical value. Given this background, the objective of this proposal is to undertake a pilot study for a larger project that will: • Bring greater theoretical clarity on the drivers of public management reforms between and within departments in China, and • Collect empirical evidence on the above. In undertaking a pilot our aims are modest, in that we will hone our research design, develop and pilot a survey instrument and undertake preliminary empirical work. The empirical setting for this study will be Hangzhou, where we will conduct a multiple informant survey across a number of departments seeking a response rate of 300 officials. The results of this HKU Basic Research Grant will be used as the basis for a GRF application and as such this project will serve to validate our research design and enhance our chances of success with a GRF application. In developing this project we start with the following two working hypotheses and seek to build upon these. Hypothesis 1: China’s administrative reform is mainly internally driven. In order to explore this hypothesis it is necessary to look for Chinese characteristics and contrast these with international administrative reform. This would include answering the following questions: 1. What are the guiding ideas, theories or principles of Chinese administrative reform? 2. What are the main features of the administrative reform? 3. How is the theme of each round of administrative reform chosen? 4. What methods are adopted to implement reforms? 5. How are Chinese reforms that are of a similar nature to international reforms explained, for example privatisation? Hypothesis 2: China’s administrative reform is strongly influenced by international reform ideas, theories and practice. To examine this hypothesis it is necessary to examine the way in which international practice have shaped China’s reforms and the way in which they influence China. Questions to unpack here include: 1. Through which institutions and actors does China learn about international ideas and experience of management reform? 2. Is learning from other countries’ reforms active or passive, comprehensive or partial, coordinated or fragmented, in terms of actors and organizations? 3. Are central political leaders involved in this learning process, or do administrative leaders and experts primarily control it? 4. What characterizes the reform effort in introducing the administrative reform ideas and practices from abroad? 5. What are the challenges and experiences? What efforts are made to learn not only from alleged successes but also from the problems and difficulties? We suspect that the answers to these questions lies somewhere between these two extreme positions. Systems theory would indicate that organizational processes and the nature of internal characteristics are responses to change in the external environment—the environment can be immediate, that is within China, and also more distant i.e. international practices. Contingency theory also suggests that factors influencing or driving the adoption of management reforms are likely to be predicated on changes in the organizational context. Given this, our research will be guided by two key dimensions of reform: the organizational environment (both domestic and international) and external pressure for reform and the role that key national political and administrative leadership (reform champions) initiate and promote reform (Christensen and Lægreid 2001; Pollitt and Bouckeart 2004). The degree of influence by these two variables and likely impact are illustrated in figure 1 (annex) (see also Dong, Christensen and Painter 2009). These two variables are also important in allowing us to identify differences between adoption (the intention to use a reform) and implementation (the actual use of a reform). Elsewhere this is referred to as ‘policy as adopted’ and ‘policy in action’ (Boyne et al. 2003). An understanding of this is important in public agencies where policies can be symbolically adopted (to appease or deliberately resist higher levels of government) but not implemented. References Boyne, George. A, Catherine Farrell, Jennifer Law, Martin Powell and Richard M. Walker. 2003. Evaluating Public management reforms: Principles and practice Philadelphia and Buckingham: The Open University Press. Chan, Hon S. and Edward Li Suizhou. 2007. Civil service law in the People’s Republic of China: A return to cadre personnel management, Public Administration Review, 67(3): 383-98 Christensen, Tom and Per Lægreid. 2001. New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice. Aldershot: Ashgate. Dong, Lisheng, Tom Christensen and Martin Painter. Forthcoming. A case study of China’s administrative reform: The case of the super-department, American Review of Public Administration. Foster, Kenneth W. 2005. Chinese Public Policy Innovation and the Diffusion of Innovations: An Initial Exploration, Chinese Public Administration Review 3(1): 1-13 Gao, Jie. 2009. Governing by goals and numbers: A case study in the use of performance measurement to build state capacity in China, Public Administration and Development, 29(1): 21-31 Ngok Kinglun and Hon S. Chan. 2003. Guest Editors’ Introduction, Chinese Law and Government, 36(1): 5-13. Pollitt, Christopher and Geert Bouckeart. 2006. Public management reform: A comparative analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Zhang Mengzhong and Jeffrey D. Straussman. 2003. Chinese administrative reforms with British, American and Japanese characteristic?, Public Administration and Policy 12(2): 143-79. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Andrews R., Boyne G.A., Moon M.J. and Walker R.M., Assessing Organizational Performance: Exploring Differences Between Internal and External Measures, International Public Management Journal. Routledge, 2010, 13(2): 105-129. |
| Andrews R., Boyne G.A., O’Toole Jr L.J., Meier K.J. and Walker R.M., Immigration, Networking, Strategic Management and Public Service Performance, Public Management Research Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio State University, October 2009. |
| Andrews R., Boyne G.A., Law J. and Walker R.M., Strategy, Structure and Process in the Public Sector: A Test of the Miles and Snow Model, Public Administration. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009, 87(4): 732-749. |
| Boyne G.A., Andrews R. and Walker R.M., Administrative or Survey Data for Measuring Organizational Performance: What's the Difference?, IRSPM Conference, Berne, Switzerland, April 2010. |
| Brewer G.A. and Walker R.M., Explaining Variation in Perceptions of Red Tape: A Professionalism-Marketization Model, Public Administration. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010, 88(2): 418-438. |
| Brewer G.A. and Walker R.M., Personnel Constraints in Public Organizations: A Study of Intraorganizational Variation and Performance, Public Management Research Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio State University, October 2009. |
| Brewer G.A. and Walker R.M., The Impact of Red Tape on Governmental Performance: An Empirical Analysis, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 2010, 20(1): 233-257. |
| Meier K.J., O’Toole Jr L.J., Boyne G.A., Walker R.M. and Andrews R., Alignment and Results: Testing the Interaction Effects of Strategy, Structure, and Environment from Miles and Snow, Administration & Society. SAGE Publications, 2010, 42(2): 160-192. |
| Mok K.H., Wong Y.C., Walker R.M. and Zhang X.L., Embracing the Market: Examining the Consequences for Education, Housing and Health in Chinese Cities, In: Ka Ho Mok and Yeun-Wen Ku (eds), Social Cohesion in Greater China: Challenges for Social Policy and Governance. World Scientific Publishing Co., 2010, 187-224. |
| Walker R.M. and Brewer G.A., Can Management Strategy Minimize the Impact of Red Tape on Organizational Performance?, Administration & Society. SAGE Publications, 2009, 41(4): 423-448. |
| Walker R.M., Chair, The Public Management Research Association 'Site Search Committee for the 2013 Conference'. (January 2010 - July 2010). 2010. |
| Walker R.M., Chair, The Public Management Research Association 'Site Search Committee for the 2015 Conference'. (June 2010 - December 2011). 2010. |
| Walker R.M., Chairperson, West Island School Parent Teacher Association, Hong Kong. (August 2009 - November 2011). 2009. |
| Walker R.M. and Boyne G.A., Editor, Public Administration. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009, 87(3): 433-518. |
| Walker R.M., Editorial Board Member, Administration & Society. 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Editorial Board Member, International Review of Public Administration. 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Editorial Board Member, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Editorial Board Member, Public Administration. 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Editorial Board Member, Review of Public Personnel Administration. 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Evaluating Performance Management Regimes: Process and Performance Impacts, International Conference on Science and Technology Performance Management and Research Methods, Xi'an Jiaotong University, August 2009. |
| Walker R.M. and Wu J., Future Prospects for Performance Management in Chinese City Governments, Administration & Society. SAGE Publications, 2010, 42(1 Suppl): 34-55. |
| Walker R.M., Brewer G.A. and Boyne G.A., How far has Market Orientation Penetrated Public Organizations? An Empirical Test on Customer Satisfaction, In: M. Ramesh, Eduardo Araral and Xun Wu (eds), Reasserting the Public in Public Services: New Public Management Reforms. London, Routledge, 2010, 63-78. |
| Walker R.M., Innovation and Public Service Improvement, In: Rachel E. Ashworth, George A. Boyne, and Tom Entwistle, Public Service Improvement: Theories and Evidence. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010, 143-161. |
| Walker R.M. and Boyne G.A., Introduction: Determinants of Performance in Public Organizations, Public Administration. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009, 87(3): 433-439. |
| Walker R.M., Damanpour F. and Caranana C.A.D., Management Innovation, Strategy Implementation and Organizational Performance, Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, August 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Member of Board of Director, Public Management Research Association. (September 2007 - September 2011). 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Member of the Conference Committee, The PMRA biannual conference in June 2011 at Syracuse University. (June 2010 - June 2011). 2010. |
| Walker R.M., Member of the Conference Committee, The PMRA biannual conference in October 2009 at Columbia, Ohio State University. (November 2008 - November 2009). 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Member of the General Committee, Aberdeen Boat Club, Hong Kong. (November 2007 - November 2011). 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Member of the Peer Review College, The Economic and Social Research Council, UK. (June 2010 - June 2014). 2010. |
| Walker R.M., Member, West Island School Council, Hong Kong. (August 2009 - November 2011). 2009. |
| Walker R.M., Brewer G.A. and Choi Y.J., Public Administration Research in Asia: A Review 1999-2009, 1st Asian Association for Public Administration Conference, Tokyo, Meiji University, January 2010. |
| Researcher : Welford RJ |
| Project Title: | The economic and environmental impacts of post-tsunami corporate giving |
| Investigator(s): | Welford RJ |
| Department: | Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 01/2006 |
| Abstract: |
| This project aims to: 1. Identify perceptions amongst large corporations in the region with respect to the use of funds donated for tsumani relief 2. Through the use of Thailand as an example, identify reasons why tsunami relief has been perceived to be slow and evaluate the way in which monies donated by large businesses have been used 3. Make recommendations relating to how remaining funds being held by companies can be effectively used for tsunami related aid and relief in affected areas 4. Examine the environmental safeguards taken in tsunami redevelopment and measure the overall impact of relief efforts on the environment |
| Project Title: | Stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Pilot Study |
| Investigator(s): | Welford RJ, Walker RM, Hills PR |
| Department: | Ctr of Urban Planning & Env Mangt |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 03/2007 |
| Abstract: |
| This proposal builds upon existing streams of work in CUPEM on sustainable development, environmental policy, corporate social responsibility and public policy (Boyne et al, 2003; Enticott and Walker, 2005, 2006; Hills et al, 2003; Hills et al, 2006; Hills and Welford, 2002; Hills et al., 2003, 2006; Walker and Li, 2006; Walker et al., forthcoming; Welford, 2004, 2005; Welford and Frost 2006). It seeks to take this work forward by synthesising literature from different disciplines, drawing upon new conceptual frameworks and stakeholder partnerships and by moving the unit of analysis away from the environment to include broader social, economic and environmental issues in the formation of public policies with the intention of submitting and CERG RGC application in autumn 2007. Social, economic and environmental issues in the formation of public policies is an area that is constantly being refined, extended and redefined. Command-and-control models based on the extensive use of regulatory laws and standards, though still important, are increasingly seen as just one element in a diverse ‘menu’ of approaches that can help government, business and civil society move towards a more sustainable future. Concepts of negotiation, stakeholder engagement and consensus-building now occupy a prominent role in processes of reform in many parts of the world. Hong Kong’s approach to policy making and management still places considerable emphasis on regulation but there are indications that this is beginning to change and that a more significant role for stakeholder partnerships may emerge in the future. These cooperative structures are likely to see new relationships developing between non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and government. The basic long-term issues are how to promote effective modes of policy development and implementation. Our research objectives are to: • Examine the variables associated with successful partnership arrangements for sustainable development (theoretically and empirically); • Identify how different stakeholder groups identify success, in terms of processes and outcome; and, • Examine the applicability of stakeholder participation models for Hong Kong. This study will address the following research questions: 1. For each of the four topics listed below, what stakeholder partnership exist?; 2. What does the academic literatures from the business, public and voluntary sectors say about the effectiveness of public policy development based on cooperative stakeholder based engagement?; 3. How do different stakeholder groups measure success?; 4. According to the success criteria did the partnerships work?; and, 5. What are the implications for the development of stakeholder-based public policy? This proposal is a continuation of work in CUPEM on environmental policy reform, partnerships, corporate social responsibility, and trust. Importantly it is also a natural extension of three successful RGC grants by Professor Peter Hills and Dr Richard Welford: • Engaging business with environmental change: an analysis of impediments and incentives in Hong Kong, • Partnership, voluntary agreements and the process of environmental reform in Hong Kong, • Trust, legitimacy and environmental reform in Hong Kong What differentiates this proposal from past work is the emphasis on social, economic and environmental policies and strategies together with a more explicit focus on public policy making, development and service delivery through stakeholder partnerships. This links to Walker’s work on public policy and management—for example research on network or partnership behaviour, social and public policies in Hong Kong and processes and methods to enhance government effectiveness. The novelty of this application is to be found in our work that seeks to bring together the notion of corporate social responsibility in the business and management literature together with the study of sustainable development policies (that includes social, economic and environmental policies) in the public management literature. An additional factor joining these two themes is an increasing focus on stakeholder partnership as a mode of public engagement, consultation and better quality decision-making. Boyne, G. A., Farrell, C., Law, J. Powell, M and Walker R. M. (2003) Evaluating Public Management Reforms: Principles and Practices Buckingham: The Open University Press Enticott, G and Walker, R. M. (2005) Environmental sustainability and management reform in local government, Policy and Politics 33, 2, 397-322 Enticott, G and Walker, R. M. (2006) Sustainability, performance and organizational strategy: an empirical analysis of public organizations, Business Strategy and the Environment 14, DOI: 10.1002/bse.501 Hills, P. R. and Welford, R. (2002) “Ecological modernisation as a weak form of sustainable development in Hong Kong”, International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 9, (2002), 315-331 Hills, P. R., Lam, J. and Welford, R. (2006) “Environmental reform, technology policy and transboundary pollution in Hong Kong”, Development and Change, 37, 1, (2006), 145-178 Hills, P. R., Roberts, R. and Welford, R. (2003) Ecological modernisation, environmental reform and the transformation of production and consumption. International Journal of Environmental and Sustainable Development 2, 3, 156-171 Walker, R. M. and Li, L. H. (2006) Institutional reform in the provision of public services in Hong Kong: an efficiency evaluation, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 24, 597-614 Walker, R. M., O’Toole, L. J. Jr., and Meier, K. J. (forthcoming) Its where you are that matters: The networking behaviour of local government officers, Public Administration Welford R. (2004) Corporate social responsibility: A perspective from Asia, new Academy Review 3, 4, 47-54 Welford R. (2005) Corporate social responsibility in Europe, North America and Asia: 2004 survey results. Journal of Corporate Citizenship 17, 33-52 Welford R. and Frost, S (2006) Corporate social responsibility in Asian supply chains Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 13, 3, 166-176 Welford, R. Hills, P. R., and Young, W. (2006) Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region. Hong Kong, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Welford R.J., Chairman, The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Welford R.J., Editor, Business Strategy and the Environment. 2009. |
| Welford R.J., Editor, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2009. |
| Welford R.J., Editor, Sustainable Development . 2009. |
| Welford R.J., Member of Editorial Board, Journal Environmental Assessment and Management. 2009. |
| Welford R.J., Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Policy and Governance. 2009. |
| Researcher : Wong OSA |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Wong O.S.A., Chair of the Session, "Environmental risk assessment" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Wong O.S.A., Chair of the Session, "Sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity (I)" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Researcher : Wong YHF |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Wong Y.H.F., Sustainable Construction and Health: Developing a Quantitative Assessment Tool (PhD Thesis, The University of Hong Kong). 2009. |
| Researcher : Yan WL |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Yan W.L., Li P.L. and Yiu S.S.I., Community Needs Report – Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Lo Y.H., Chow W.C. and Yan W.L., Final Report on Social Impact Assessment – Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Link Investigation, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Researcher : Yiu SSI |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Yan W.L., Li P.L. and Yiu S.S.I., Community Needs Report – Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town, Highways Department, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Law W.W.Y., Chow W.C., Leung T.H.D., Lo Y.H., Yan W.L., Yiu S.S.I., Li P.L. and Ho T.K.K., Research Report on International Experience and Practice on Sustainable Development, Environment Bureau, HKSAR Government. 2010. |
| Researcher : Zeng X |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Zeng X., Chair of the Session, "Sustainable urban and rural planning and management (I)" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |
| Zeng X., Chair of the Session, "The role of indicators in sustainable development (II)" at The Sixteenth Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, organized by The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, 30 May - 1 June 2010. 2010. |