DEPT OF URBAN PLANNING & DESIGN



Researcher : Chan RCK

Project Title:Urban Entrepreneurialism and Governance of Flagship Developments in Shanghai
Investigator(s):Chan RCK
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Development beyond growth poles: new districts in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region
Investigator(s):Chan RCK
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2014


Project Title:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2013-14
Investigator(s):Chan RCK
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers ; Land development and land tenure model in the Pearl River Delta region
Investigator(s):Chan RCK
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2017
Completion Date:04/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chan R.C.K., Book Review, Understanding China's Urbanization: The Great Demographic, Spatial, Economic, and Social Transformation, by Li Zhang, Richard LeGates, and Min Zhao.. 2017, No. 78: 194-196.
Chan R.C.K. and Li L.Y., China's engagement with neoliberal urbanism: The experience of Chongqing, International Conference on China Urban Development. 2017.
Chan R.C.K. and Li L.Y., Contesting China’s engagement with neoliberal urbanism: An overview of the evolving policy and mismatches in urban China, Asian Education and Development Studies. 2017, 6 (1): 44-56.
Chan R.C.K. and Huang D.X., Land Finance Model in Urban China: Theory and Practice, 11th Annual Conference International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights. 2017.
Chan R.C.K., Land development and land tenure model in the Pearl River Delta region, Annual Conference of American Association of Geographers 2017.
Chan R.C.K., Yao S.M., Zhou C., Wang D., Xiu C. and Chen M., On basic concept of urban agglomeration, New Perspectives on Urban Agglomeration of China. Beijing: Science Press, 2016, 1-44.
Chan R.C.K. and Sun Y., Planning discourses, local state commitment, and the making of a new state space (NSS) for China: Evidence from regional strategic development plans in the Pearl River Delta, Urban Studies. 2016.
Chan R.C.K., Sun Y. and LIN J., Pseudo use value and output legitimacy of local growth coalitions in China: A case study of the Liede redevelopment project in Guangzhou, Cities. Elsevier, 2017, 61: 9-16.
Chan R.C.K., Yao S.M., Chen W. and Sun Y., Some key aspects on China’s new urbanization under “New Normal”, 新常态下中国新型城镇化的若干问题, Modern City,. 现代城市, 2016, 11 (2): 3-7.
Chan R.C.K., The Belt and Road Initiative: Opportunities for Developing Hong Kong's Infrastructure, Journal of Youth Studies. Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, 2017, Vol. 20 No.1: 31-38.
Chan R.C.K. and Huang D.X., Urban Development and Land Use Coverage in The Pearl River Delta: Evidences from Nansha Area, Guangzhou, 33rd International Geographical Congress. 2016.
MAI X. and Chan R.C.K., An exploratory study of economic resilience in socialist China from 1953 to 2016, Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers . 2017.
WEI X. and Chan R.C.K., The making of rural community and the changing grassroots governance in peri-urban China, Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers . 2017.


Researcher : Chiaradia AJF

Project Title:Pedestrian Volume Sampling in multi-levels build environment in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Chiaradia AJF
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chiaradia A.J.F., Review for Efficacity, Efficacity is an r&d institute based in France dedicated to energy transition in urban territories. Since its launching in 2014, it brings together the skills of over 100 researchers from industry and public research on a single site, to foster close collaboration between all the stakeholders. The Institute operates on an annual budget of €6 million, 50% financed by its partner firms and 50% by the State, via grants from the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the Investments for the Future programme (PIA). . 2017.
Chiaradia A.J.F., Urban Form Research and Urban Designing: , Invited by Head of the Department, Piotr Lorens, PhD, DSc Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. (Funded by Erasmus Exchange Programme of the European Union) . 2017.
Chiaradia A.J.F., Sieh L. and Plimmer F., Values in urban design: A design studio teaching approach, Design Studies. 2017, 49, March 2017: 66-100.
Chiaradia A.J.F., Sun G., Zhang L., Zhang X. and Webster C.J., Walk21HK CityTech Awards, CityTech Awards Innovation for Walking, Internet Society Hong Kong (ISOC HK) and Civic Exchange. 2016.
Sun G., Webster C.J. and Chiaradia A.J.F., Objective assessment of station approach routes: development and reliability of an audit for walking environments around metro stations in China., Journal of Transport & Health. Elsevier, 2017, 4: 191-207.


Researcher : Chiu RLH

Project Title:Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships 2010-11
Investigator(s):Chiu RLH
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships
Start Date:09/2010


Project Title:Transferability of subsidized housing policy from a liberal interventionist to a marketized socialist system: the case of Hong Kong and Shenzhen
Investigator(s):Chiu RLH
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:Spatial policy transfer under the One Road One Belt Initiative: A preliminary study of Hong Kong and Dhaka
Investigator(s):Chiu RLH
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:IV World Planning Schools Congress: Global Crisis, Planning and Social Challenges to Spatial Justice in the North and in the South; A democratizing planning governance in Hong Kong - for whose interest?
Investigator(s):Chiu RLH
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016


List of Research Outputs

Chiu R.L.H., A democratizing planning governance in Hong Kong – for whose interest, IV World Planning School Congress. 2016.
Chiu R.L.H., Accreditation By Hong Kong And U.k. Institutes Of Planning: Why Serve Two Masters?, Dean’s (and Chair’s) Forum of the 2017 conference of the International Conference of China Planning, Harbin Institute of Technology. 2017.
Chiu R.L.H., Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2017 (Faculty of Architecture), University of Hong Kong. 2017.
Chiu R.L.H., Gated Communities: Controversial to Whom?, 2016 Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research (APNHR) Conference, organized by CUSUP, FoA, HKU and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. 2016.
Chiu R.L.H., Housing challenges of Hong Kong and implications for Chinese cities, International Symposium Urbanization and the Production of Space, jointly organized by Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Guangzhou Urban Planning and Design Survey Research Institute. . 2016.
Chiu R.L.H., Medal of Honour by the Chief Executive of the Government of HKSAR, Government of HKSAR. 2017.
Chiu R.L.H., In: Gurran, N., Gallent, N. & Chiu, R.L.H, Politics, Planning and Housing Supply in Australia, England and Hong Kong. Routledge, 2016.
Chiu R.L.H., Subsidized housing policy of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Singapore: comparing government roles and market functions, Public Lecture at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University. 2017.
Chiu R.L.H., Urban Infrastructure and Housing, Dialogue Series on Urban Planning and Development in Dhaka, Bangladesh, organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners. 2017.
Chiu R.L.H., Urban Neighbourhood in Hong Kong: Issues & Challenges, Seminar in Real Estate 2016: 2.0. 2016.


Researcher : Chu CL

Project Title:Speculative Urbanism: Modernist Planning and Housing Practices in Colonial Hong Kong, 1912-1939
Investigator(s):Chu CL
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Legitimating Tradition; Communities of Experts: Emergent Heritage Practices and the Reconfiguration of Power-Knowledge
Investigator(s):Chu CL
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:12/2016


Project Title:Shaping a New Moral Topography: Emergent Roles of Landscape Design in the Planning of Chinese Cities, 1914-1937
Investigator(s):Chu CL
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017




Researcher : He S

Project Title:Enclave urban living in post-reform China — An empirical investigation in Guangzhou
Investigator(s):He S
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2015


Project Title:Housing provision restructuring under state-led financialisation in urban China
Investigator(s):He S, Webster CJ
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:11/2016


Project Title:World Planning School Congresses; Housing provision restructuring and state-led financialisation in postglobal recession China
Investigator(s):He S
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016


List of Research Outputs

He S., Bridging formal and informal dynamics of low-income housing development in urban China, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. 2017.
He S. and Qian J., From an emerging market to a multifaceted urban society: Urban China studies, Urban Studies. 2017, 54: 827-846.
He S., Homeowner Association and Neighborhood Governance, in Guangzhou, China, Changing China: Migration, Communities and Governance. London, Routledge, 2016, 157-181.
He S., Homeowner Associations and Neighborhood Governance of Gated Community – A Case Study of Guangzhou, Public Lecture On At The School Of Architecture And Urban Planning At Chongqing University. 2016.
He S. and Zhang Z., Housing provision restructuring and state-led financialisation in postglobal recession China, World Planning School Congress. 2016.
He S. and Qian J., New Frontiers in Researching Chinese Cities, Handbook of New Urban Studies. Sage, 2017, 462-479.
Li S.M., He S. and Chan K.W., In: Li, Si-ming, He, Shenjing, Chan, Kam Wing, Changing China: Migration, Communities And Governance. London, Routledge, 2016, 214.
Li S.M., He S. and Chan K.W., Migration, Communities and Governance in Chinese Cities: Unfolding Forms and Processes, In: Li, Si-ming, He, Shenjing and Chan, Kam Wing, Changing China: Migration, Communities and Governance. London, Routledge, 2016, 1-13.
Xue D., Li Z., He S., Zeng X. and Li W., The Urbanization Process and Mechanism, The Geographical Sciences During 1986—2015: From the Classics to the Frontiers. Singapore, Springer, 2016, 435-451.


Researcher : Huang J

Project Title:Simulation of Urban-Scale Thermal Environment for Inhabitants (SUSTEIN)
Investigator(s):Huang J
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2015
Completion Date:02/2017


Project Title:Pleasant Urban Experiences: Sentiment Analysis of Geo-Coded Social Media Data
Investigator(s):Huang J
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2016


Project Title:The 52nd ISOCARP Congress; Pleasant Urban Experiences: Re-Examining Place-Making Theories Using Social Media Data in High-Density Cities Final report updated title: Happiness and High-rise Living: Sentiment Analysis of Geo-Located Twitter Data in Hong Kong's Housing Estates.
Investigator(s):Huang J
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2016
Completion Date:09/2016


Project Title:A numerical model to assess 3D urban acoustic environment in high-density cities
Investigator(s):Huang J
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Small Equipment Grant
Start Date:06/2017




Researcher : LIU J

List of Research Outputs

LIU J., Li W. and Li J., Quality screening for air quality monitoring data in China, Environmental Pollution. 2016.
LIU J., Li J. and Li W., Temporal Patterns in Fine Particulate Matter Time Series in Beijing: A Calendar View, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 32221.
Sarkar C., Webster C.J., Pryor M.R., Tang D.S.W., Melbourne S.J., Zhang X. and LIU J., The RTPI Awards for Research Excellence 2016 - Commendation for the project: "Exploring associations between urban green, street design and walking: Results from the Greater London boroughs", Royal Town Planning Institute, London.. 2016.
Wu J., Zhu J., Li W., Xu D. and Liu J., Estimation of the PM2.5 health effects in China during 2000–2011, Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2017, 24: 10695-10707.


Researcher : Lau MHM

Project Title:A framing analysis of the inadequate housing problem in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Lau MHM
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:Space sharing in the city: Developing a conceptual framework
Investigator(s):Lau MHM
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2017


List of Research Outputs

Lau M.H.M., Mobilization around the issue of inadequate rental housing in Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research (APNHR) Conference. 2016.


Researcher : Lejano RP

Project Title:Investigation of Postmaterialism in the Urban Milieu: Investigations on (I) Valuing Traditional Spaces, and (II) Non-Utilitarian Reasoning and Collective Action
Investigator(s):Lejano RP, Chui EWT
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:09/2012




Researcher : Li J

List of Research Outputs

LIU J., Li W. and Li J., Quality screening for air quality monitoring data in China, Environmental Pollution. 2016.
LIU J., Li J. and Li W., Temporal Patterns in Fine Particulate Matter Time Series in Beijing: A Calendar View, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 32221.


Researcher : Li W

Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers PLANNING FOR LAND-USE AND TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: TOWARDS HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITY-BASED URBAN MODELING FOR METRO LISBON
Investigator(s):Li W
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:02/2012


Project Title:Housing Choices and Constraints of Migrant Workers and the Impact on Urban Spatial Transformation in Chinese Cities
Investigator(s):Li W
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award
Start Date:07/2013


Project Title:Neighbourhood Design and Energy Efficiency in Post-industrial Urban China: Evidence from Shenzhen and Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Li W
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:10/2014


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Li W
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:Remote Sensing Monitoring of PM2.5 Concentrations and Analysis of Socio-economic Driving Forces in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Based on VIIRS Data
Investigator(s):Li W, Qi Z
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Planning for Resilient Cities: Linking Urban Resilience to Spatial Structure
Investigator(s):Li W
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2016


Project Title:The 56th Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference ; Air Pollution and Environmental Inequality in Urban China: Evidence from Beijing
Investigator(s):Li W
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2016
Completion Date:11/2016


Project Title:Restructuring Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Urban Bus Services in Transit-oriented Cities: Evidence from Hong Kong and Taipei
Investigator(s):Li W
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2017


List of Research Outputs

LIU J., Li W. and Li J., Quality screening for air quality monitoring data in China, Environmental Pollution. 2016.
LIU J., Li J. and Li W., Temporal Patterns in Fine Particulate Matter Time Series in Beijing: A Calendar View, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 32221.
Li W., Air Pollution and Environmental Inequality in Urban China: Evidence from Beijing, The 56th Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference. 2016.
Li W., Editor, New Urbanization: Smart Growth and Sustainable Development: Selected Papers from the 9th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Conference, Chongqing, China, June 19-21, 2015. Springer, 2016.
Li W., Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Environment-Health Inequalities in Urban China, Managing Negative Externalities of Urban Development in China (Samuel Tak Lee Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2017.
Li W., Cao Q., Lang K. and Wu J., Linking potential heat source and sink to urban heat island: Heterogeneous effects of landscape pattern on land surface temperature, Science of The Total Environment. 2017, 586: 457-465.
Li W., Planning for Resilient Cities: Linking Individual Resilience to Personal Factors and Community Infrastructure and Management, IACP International Workshop on Urban Resilience and Sustainability, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. 2017.
Li W., Planning for Resilient Cities: Linking Individual Resilience to Personal Factors and Community Infrastructure and Management, IACP Yuelu Forum on Urban Development jointly organised by International Association for China Planning (IACP) and Hunan University. 2017.
Li W., Wu J. and Lin Q., Vegetation Cover Dynamics Associated with Rapid Urbanization in Metropolitan Areas of East China (1998-2010), The 33rd International Geographical Congress, Beijing, China. 2016.
Sak H., Yang G., Lu B. and Li W., A copula-based model for air pollution portfolio risk and its efficient simulation, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 2017.
Wu J., Zhu J., Li W., Xu D. and Liu J., Estimation of the PM2.5 health effects in China during 2000–2011, Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2017, 24: 10695-10707.
Wu J., Yao F., Li W. and Si M., VIIRS-based remote sensing estimation of ground-level PM2.5 concentrations in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei: A spatiotemporal statistical model, Remote Sensing of Environment. 2016, 184: 316-328.
Yao F., Wu J. and Li W., Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award, International Association for China Planning (IACP) in its annual conference in Beijing, 2016. 2016.
Zhou X., Yeh A.G.O., Li W. and Yue Y., A commuting spectrum analysis of the jobs–housing balance and self-containment of employment with mobile phone location big data, Environment and Planning B. 2017.


Researcher : Liu J

List of Research Outputs

LIU J., Li W. and Li J., Quality screening for air quality monitoring data in China, Environmental Pollution. 2016.
LIU J., Li J. and Li W., Temporal Patterns in Fine Particulate Matter Time Series in Beijing: A Calendar View, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 32221.
Sarkar C., Webster C.J., Pryor M.R., Tang D.S.W., Melbourne S.J., Zhang X. and LIU J., The RTPI Awards for Research Excellence 2016 - Commendation for the project: "Exploring associations between urban green, street design and walking: Results from the Greater London boroughs", Royal Town Planning Institute, London.. 2016.
Wu J., Zhu J., Li W., Xu D. and Liu J., Estimation of the PM2.5 health effects in China during 2000–2011, Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2017, 24: 10695-10707.


Researcher : Liu X

Project Title:Urban Form and Economic Productivity in Chinese Urban Regions.
Investigator(s):Liu X
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2015


Project Title:Mapping the gastronomical landscape in transforming urban China
Investigator(s):Liu X
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund - General Award
Start Date:09/2015


Project Title:Understanding the evolution of the spatial structure of polycentric urban regions in China: A network perspective
Investigator(s):Liu X
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Science Fund for Young Scholars
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Liu X
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:11/2016


Project Title:Polycentric urban development and carbon dioxide emission in China
Investigator(s):Liu X
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:2017 International Conference on China Urban Development; Mind the gap: An exploratory analysis of broken intercity trunk roads in China
Investigator(s):Liu X
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:05/2017


Project Title:Glasgow/HKU Early Career Mobility Funds 2017-18
Investigator(s):Liu X
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Glasgow/HKU Early Career Mobility Fund
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

CHEN X., Lu W. and Liu X., Does Beam Really Matter To Construction Waste Management? What Big Data Does And Does Not Tell., Proceedings Of The World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017.
Chen Y., Liu X.P., Li X., Liu X., Yao Y., Hu G., Xu X. and Pei F., Delineating urban functional areas with building-level social media data: A dynamic time warping (DTW) distance based k-medoids method, Landscape and Urban Planning. 2017, 160: 48-60.
Liu X., Emerging Scholar Award, American Association of Geographers Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group. 2017.
Liu X., HKU Faculty Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2016.
Liu X. and Zhou J., Mind the missing links in China's urbanizing landscape: The phenomenon of broken intercity trunk roads and its underpinnings, Landscape and Urban Planning. 2017, 165: 64-72.
Liu X., Derudder B. and Wang M., Polycentric urban development in China: A multi-scale analysis, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 2017, 239980831769015.
Liu X., Royal Town Planning Institute Early Career Researcher Award (Shortlisted), Royal Town Planning Institute. 2016.
Liu X., Young GIS Researcher Award 2017, Austrian Academy of Sciences. 2017.
Tian Y., Liu Y., Liu X., Kong X. and Liu G., Restructuring rural settlements based on subjective well-being (SWB): A case study in Hubei province, central China, Land Use Policy. 2017, 63: 255-265.


Researcher : MAI X

List of Research Outputs

MAI X. and Chan R.C.K., An exploratory study of economic resilience in socialist China from 1953 to 2016, Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers . 2017.


Researcher : Nam K

Project Title:Development of an assessment tool for the subnational level analysis of pollution-health effects in China
Investigator(s):Nam K
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:10/2014


Project Title:Cost of Excess Air Pollution in China and Its Cross-provincial Distribution: Focusing on the Health Effects
Investigator(s):Nam K
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:10/2015


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Nam K
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:02/2016


Project Title:Fiscal Decentralization and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from China
Investigator(s):Nam K
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:Environmental Regulations as Industrial Policy: Evidence from the Global Automotive Industry
Investigator(s):Nam K
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2017


Project Title:2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG); Environmental Regulations as Industrial Policy: Evidence from the Global Automotive Industry
Investigator(s):Nam K
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2017
Completion Date:04/2017


List of Research Outputs

Li X. and Nam K., One country, two “urban” systems: focusing on bimodality in China’s city-size distribution, The Annals of Regional Science. Berlin, Springer, 2017, 59: 427-452.
Nam K., Costs of Excess Air Pollution in China & Carbon Co-benefits of Its Abatement, Managing Negative Externalities of Urban Development in China (Samuel Tak Lee Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2017.
Nam K., Environmental Challenges in Chinese Mega-city Regions: Focusing on Air Quality Management, International Mega-city Region Symposium (Strategic Research Theme in Contemporary China and the Center for Urban Studies and Urban Planning, University of Hong Kong). 2016.
Nam K., Environmental Regulations as Industrial Policy: Evidence from the Global Automotive Industry, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (Boston, MA). 2017.
Nam K. and Zhang X., Health Damage from Excess PM2.5 Pollution in China and Its Cross-provincial Distribution (updated draft), The 63rd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (Minneapolis, MN). 2016.
Nam K. and Zhang X., Health Damage from Excess PM2.5 Pollution in China and Its Cross-provincial Distribution, Annual Conference of the International Association of China Planning (Beijing, China). 第十届国际中国城市规划 学会年会, 2016.
Nam K., Health Damage from Excess PM2.5 Pollution in China: A Province Level Analysis, Invited Seminar. Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. 2016.
Nam K., Need for Coordination between Greenhouse Gas and Pollution Abatement Regulations: China’s Case and Its Implications for Korea, Invited Lecture. Spatial Economics Lab, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University. 2017.
Nam K., Need for Coordination between Greenhouse Gas and Pollution Abatement Regulations: China’s Case and Its Implications for Korea, In: Euijune Kim, Brian H. S. Kim, Quantitative Regional Economic and Environmental Analysis for Sustainability in Korea. Singapore, Springer, 2016, 191-208.
Nam K., Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University (Aug 1-3, 2016) , Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. 2016.
Nam K., Visiting Scholar, Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (July 8-15, 2016) , Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2016.
Nam K., Visiting Scholarship (June 26-27, 2017), Spatial Economics Lab, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University. 2017.


Researcher : SHI C

List of Research Outputs

SHI C. and Tang B.S., State-market interaction and self-organization in the transfer of land development rights in China: the case of Chengdu, 2017 International Conference on China Urban Development, University College London, London, UK. 2017.


Researcher : Sarkar C

List of Research Outputs

Sarkar C., Residential greenness and adiposity: Findings from the UK Biobank, Environment International. Elsevier, 2017, 106: 1-10.


Researcher : Tang BS

Project Title:Restructuring of Industrial Space in Hong Kong: Government Strategy and Market Responses
Investigator(s):Tang BS
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2012


Project Title:Regulatory Delay and External Impact of Land Development Projects: A Study of “Comprehensive Development Area” (CDA) Zone in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Tang BS
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2012


Project Title:Brownfield Redevelopment and Land Use Transformation in Metro Rail Corridor: A Hong Kong Study
Investigator(s):Tang BS
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014


List of Research Outputs

Lai Y. and Tang B.S., Institutional barriers to the redevelopment of urban villages in China: a transaction cost perspective, Land Use Policy. Elsevier, 2016, 58: 482-490.
SHI C. and Tang B.S., State-market interaction and self-organization in the transfer of land development rights in China: the case of Chengdu, 2017 International Conference on China Urban Development, University College London, London, UK. 2017.
Tang B.S., Compact city and high-density urban development in Hong Kong : applications and challenges, International Symposium on Land Resource Utilization and Management. Shanghai Institute of Geological Survey, Zhejiang University’s Land Academy for National Development, Shanghai Planning and Land Resources Administration Bureau and the Ministry of Land and Resources, Shanghai, China. 2016.
Tang B.S., Envisioning 2047: Towards a Research Agenda for Urban Planning and Development of Hong Kong, First Annual Forum of the University-Government-Industry Consortium for Sustainable Urban Development – Smart New Town Development and Urban Renewal, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. 2017.
Tang B.S., Review and reflection on the urbanization of the Hong Kong countryside, 2016 Research Workshop on Community Planning and Governance: Shareholding Reforms and Institutional Capacity Building for Community Governance in Periurban China: Theory and Practice, Yiwu, China. 2016.
Tang B.S., Success of ToD application : review of MTR and urban development of Hong Kong, The Annual China Planning Conference 2016. UPSC, Shenyang, China. 2016.
Tang B.S., Urban planning and integrated metro and property development in Hong Kong, Project Symposium on Community Building and Resources Management of Village Administration in Beijing Fengtai District - Urban Planning and Community Building. School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. 北京市丰台区卢沟桥乡乡村干部, 社区建设与资源管理能力提升的研究与试验项目, 研讨会之一:城市规划与社区建设, 2016.
Tang B.S., Urban planning and integrated rail-property development in Hong Kong, Invited Lecture to MSc (International Real Estate) programme. Zhejiang University-the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Joint Centre, Hangzhou. 2016.
WANG X. and Tang B.S., Land consolidation, land tickets and state-village power restructuring: the case of Chongqing, 2017 International Conference on China Urban Development, University College London, London, UK. 2017.
Wong S.W., Tang B.S. and Liu J., Urbanization, rescaling and transforming of village governance in China: a comparative case study of Beijing and Guangzhou, 2017 International Conference on China Urban Development, University College London, London, UK. 2017.


Researcher : WANG X

List of Research Outputs

WANG X. and Tang B.S., Land consolidation, land tickets and state-village power restructuring: the case of Chongqing, 2017 International Conference on China Urban Development, University College London, London, UK. 2017.


Researcher : WEI X

List of Research Outputs

WEI X. and Chan R.C.K., The making of rural community and the changing grassroots governance in peri-urban China, Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers . 2017.


Researcher : Webster CJ

List of Research Outputs

Chiaradia A.J.F., Sun G., Zhang L., Zhang X. and Webster C.J., Walk21HK CityTech Awards, CityTech Awards Innovation for Walking, Internet Society Hong Kong (ISOC HK) and Civic Exchange. 2016.
Lu W., Webster C.J., CHEN K., Zhang X.L. and CHEN X., Computational Building Information Modelling for construction waste management: Moving from rhetoric to reality, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2017, 68: 587-595.


Researcher : Yang F

Project Title:10th World Congress of the RSAI; Do Producer Services Really Serve Producers? A case Study on Guangdong of China
Investigator(s):Yang F
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2014




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


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


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


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


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


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


Project Title:Producer Services and Urban Development in China
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Unsupervised Short-Term Monitoring of Human-Induced Land Cover Change Using Repeat-Pass RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric SAR Images
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2014


Project Title:High Speed Railway Accessibility and the Spatial Restructuring of Producer Services in China
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO, Yang F
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2014


Project Title:A Study of Urban Living and Employment Compactness Based on Multi-source Spatio-temporal Data
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO, Li W, Qi Z
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Distinguished Research Achievement Award 2014-15
Investigator(s):Yeh AGO
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Distinguished Research Achievement Award
Start Date:02/2016


List of Research Outputs

Chen Y., Yeh A.G.O. and Zhang Y., Political tournament and regional cooperation in China: a game theory approach, The Annals of Regional Science. 2017, 58: 597-622.
Yeh A.G.O., ZHONG T. and YANG Y., Angle Difference Method for Vehicle Navigation in Multilevel Road Networks With a Three-Dimensional Transport GIS Database, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2017, 18: 140-152.
Yeh A.G.O., From Mega-Cities to Mega-City Regions in China, Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture by the Department of Urban Planning of Tsinghua University. 2017.
Yeh A.G.O., How Did Hong Kong Become a World City, Conference on Global Resources Allocation Center -International Experience and Guangzhou Practice. 2017.
Yeh A.G.O., Impacts of Smart Technologies and Smart Cities on Urban Development and Planning, 2016 International Human Settlement Science Forum organized by the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies of Tsinghua University. 2016.
Yeh A.G.O., Impacts of Smart Technologies and Smart Cities on Urban Development and Planning, CPD lecture, Planning and Development Division of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. 2017.
Yeh A.G.O., Keynote Speech On “smart Technologies And Urban Management And Development”, 4th Smart Spatial Information Services Conference organized by the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping & Remote Sensing (LIESMARS) of Wuhan University. 2016.
Yeh A.G.O., Keynote Speech, Global Megacities and Regional Coordinated Development in the Civilized World Sub-Forum of the Beijing Forum 2016 organized by Peking University, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education and Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies. 2016.
Yeh A.G.O., Measurements of POI-based mixed use and their relationships with neighbourhood vibrancy, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2017, 31: 658-675.
Yeh A.G.O., Nanyan Honorary Professorships, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University. 2016.
Yeh A.G.O., New Wave of Urban Development in China, 65th Anniversary Celebration of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University. 2017.
Yeh A.G.O., The Challenges and Opportunities of Hong Kong in a Changing Global Spatial Economy, Conference on the Repositioning and Transformation of Hong Kong Under the One Belt One Road organized by the College of Economics and Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Economic Research Institute of Jinan University in Guangzhou. 2017.
Zhou X., Yeh A.G.O., Li W. and Yue Y., A commuting spectrum analysis of the jobs–housing balance and self-containment of employment with mobile phone location big data, Environment and Planning B. 2017.
Zhou X., Yeh A.G.O. and Yue Y., Jobs-housing balance and self-containment of employment using big data, The 15th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. 2017.


Researcher : ZHONG T

List of Research Outputs

Yeh A.G.O., ZHONG T. and YANG Y., Angle Difference Method for Vehicle Navigation in Multilevel Road Networks With a Three-Dimensional Transport GIS Database, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2017, 18: 140-152.


Researcher : Zhang F

Project Title:Characterising and Modelling Transfers in the Multimodal Transport Networks in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Zhang F
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:The 13th International Conference of the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR); Travelers' General Behavioral and Psychological Responses to Real-time Transit Passenger Information
Investigator(s):Zhang F
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2012


Project Title:Impacts of Urban Built Environment on Cycling Behavior in Nanjing, China
Investigator(s):Zhang F
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Science Fund for Young Scholars
Start Date:01/2013




Researcher : Zhou J

Project Title:Examining equity and spatial impacts and implications of transit fare
Investigator(s):Zhou J
Department:Urban Planning & Design
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chen P., Zhou J. and Sun F., Built environment determinants of bicycle volume: A longitudinal analysis, Journal of Transport and Land Use. 2017, 10.
Chen P. and Zhou J., Effects of the built environment on automobile-involved pedestrian crash frequency and risk, Journal of Transport & Health. 2016, 3: 448-456.
Liu X. and Zhou J., Mind the missing links in China's urbanizing landscape: The phenomenon of broken intercity trunk roads and its underpinnings, Landscape and Urban Planning. 2017, 165: 64-72.
Zhang P., Zhou J. and Zhang T., Quantifying and visualizing jobs-housing balance with big data: A case study of Shanghai, Cities. 2017, 66: 10-22.


Researcher : Zhou X

List of Research Outputs

Zhou X., Yeh A.G.O., Li W. and Yue Y., A commuting spectrum analysis of the jobs–housing balance and self-containment of employment with mobile phone location big data, Environment and Planning B. 2017.
Zhou X., Yeh A.G.O. and Yue Y., Jobs-housing balance and self-containment of employment using big data, The 15th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. 2017.
Zhou X. and Chen Z.F., 三等奖, 2016.


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