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(Uncorrected OCR) Abstract of thesis entitled GOVERNANCE OF RESIDENTIAL LAND USE PLANNING IN HONG KONG Submitted by Wan Yim King Penny for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong In August, 2005 The perspective of "governance" has emerged as a powerful analytical concept in urban studies since the 1980s (Jessop, 1995; Pierre, 1999). This development was caused by the recognition of the failure of many governments, because of changing socio-economic and political circumstances, to alone steer urban decision-making as they traditionally did. To enable the governments to make and implement urban decisions more effectively, governments had been urged to adopt new ruling strategies. This global shift in the governance structure also seemed applicable to Hong Kong's land use planning. Since the 1990s, the elitist-led mode of residential land use planning practice has been intensely challenged by the community. A shift in the planning approach was, therefore, conceived (Planning Department, 2001a). Given this background, this study aimed to analyze the mode of governance of planning for residential land use in Hong Kong from the period of 1990 to 2000. It identified the mode of governance, investigated whether there were any shifts in the mode of governance, and explored the factors leading to the shifts. To address these issues, the three processes involved in the supply of housing in Hong Kong, namely, planning applications, district planning associated with harbour reclamation, and urban redevelopment, were investigated. This study argued that before the year of 1999, Hong Kong's residential land use practice was elitist-led, iii dominated by the Town Planning Board and government officials. This elitist mode of governance was partly due to the government's interest in incorporating elites, who held similar interests, into the major decision-making bodies to facilitate the implementation of public policies. It was also partly due to the governm.
Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai Publisher: Hong Kong Economic Policy Stud ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 180
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This book addresses one of Hong Kong's most sensitive issues: land-use planning d its effects on land supply and the housing market. The present planning system and the conflicts between various planning ordinances are criticized. The book proposes several ways to minimizing the transaction costs of development and environmental improvement.
Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai Publisher: Hong Kong University Press ISBN: 9888028618 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 254
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Provides an account of the concept of the use and change in use of land, and an outline of the procedures for lease modifications and waivers, planning applications, reviews and appeals, and building applications and approvals. It also includes an overview of government enforcement against contravention of lease conditions, provisions of statutory town plans prepared under the Town Planning Ordinance, and provisions of the Buildings Ordinance -- Back cover.
Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai Publisher: Hong Kong University Press ISBN: 962209452X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 242
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The author combines the unique multidisciplinary backgrounds of an academic, a political scientist, a lawyer and an urban planner to provide the reader with a novel and challenging discussion about the economic nature of land use zoning. Besides establishing a coherent framework for zoning based on the Coasian property rights paradigm, the book offers the reader several up-to-date case studies, including the government role in assigning exclusive property rights via marine fish culture zoning in Hong Kong. The observations provided in the case studies make a valuable contribution to the reader's knowledge of both the effects of zoning systems and the value of the property rights framework for analysis. They also have important implications for future town planning exercises. Lawrence Lai has been a Lecturer in economics in the Department of Surveying at the University of Hong Kong since 1989. His research interests are property rights analyses in respect of politics, urban planning and environment. This book will be of value to students working in a wide range of subjects, including the building environment and economics, as well as property professionals and environmental planners.
Author: Roger Nissim Publisher: Hong Kong University Press ISBN: 9789622098480 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 222
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Hong Kong is frequently acclaimed as being the most open and business user-friendly environment in the world. However, it is often forgotten or overlooked that this paragon of capitalism is founded, and indeed underpinned, by a socialist leasehold land tenure system. As the government is landlord to virtually all land, it plays a pivotal role in the administration of this scarce and therefore valuable resource. The purpose of this book is to explain both the historical development and the current practice of land administration.Since publication of the book in 1998, it has been welcomed by students and practitioners of surveying, architecture, planning and law, and also by the wider business and financial community. In this second edition, the text has been thoroughly updated and should continue to be equally useful and popular.
Author: Nicole Gurran Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317385160 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 251
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In recent years many nations have asked why not enough housing is being built or, when it is built, why it isn't of the highest quality or in the best, most sustainable, locations. Politics, Planning and Housing Supply in Australia, England and Hong Kong examines the politics and planning of new homes in three very different settings, but with shared political traditions: in Australia, in England and in Hong Kong. It investigates the power-relationships and politics that underpin the allocation of land for large-scale residential schemes and the processes and politics that lead to particular development outcomes. Using a comparative framework, it asks: how different systems of urban governance and planning mediate the supply of land for housing; whether and how these system differences influence the location, quantity and price of residential land and the implications for housing outcomes; what can be learned from these different systems for allocating land, building consensus between different stakeholders, and delivering a steady supply of high quality and well located homes accessible to, and appropriate for, diverse housing needs. This book frames each case study in a comprehensive examination of national and territorial frameworks before dissecting key local cases. These local cases – urban renewal and greenfield growth centres in Australia, new towns and strategic sites in England, and major development schemes in Hong Kong – explore how broader urban planning and housing policy goals play out at the local level. While the book highlights a number of potential strategies for improving planning and housing delivery processes, the real challenge is to give voice to a broader array of interests, reconstituting the political process surrounding planning and housing development to prioritise homes in well-planned places for the many, rather than simply facilitating investment opportunities for the few.
Author: Harry T. Dimitriou Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429778791 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 374
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First published in 1998, this volume is certain to be the definitive work about the practice of land-use and transport planning in Hong Kong. Dimitriou and Cook explore the historical developments, current issues and problems, policy and planning responses and new directions. Hong Kong has experienced remarkable economic growth as the ‘Gateway to China’ and its land-use has become a model for other cities in the region and for China as a whole.
Author: OECD Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 926426860X Category : Languages : en Pages : 208
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Land use has important consequences for the environment, public health, economic productivity, inequality and social segregation. Land use policies are often complex and require co-ordination across all levels of government as well as across policy sectors. Not surprisingly, land use decisions ...
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Author: Yim-king Wan (Penny)
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Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai
Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai
Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai
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Author: Nicole Gurran
Author: Harry T. Dimitriou
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