Town Planning Practice
Town Planning Practice

Author: Lawrence Wai-Chung Lai

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 962209516X

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This book is the first systematic attempt to introduce the current practice and statistics of town planning in Hong Kong. Part I gives an analytical account of the practical and ideological context, discusses design principles and describes procedures of town planning with particular reference to change in use. The emphasis is on skills of plan interpretation and an appreciation of the intellectual disposition of planners and various objective constraints confronting them. Part II is the first of its kind in presenting and analysing the statistics of planning applications for 11 zones from 1978 to 1998. The success rates of planning applications as well as the main reasons used by the Town Planning Board for rejecting planning applications are elucidated.

Land-use/Transport Planning in Hong Kong
Land-use/Transport Planning in Hong Kong

Author: Harry T. Dimitriou

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-11-20

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0429778791

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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.

Town Planning in Hong Kong
Town Planning in Hong Kong

Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai

Publisher: Hong Kong Economic Policy Stud

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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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.

Planning Rules and Urban Economic Performance
Planning Rules and Urban Economic Performance

Author: Sam Staley

Publisher: Chinese University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9789622016323

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The changes will be economically disruptive because they increase uncertainty in property markets, weaken the contractual nature of land development, and provide more opportunities for planners and the general public to delay development. The result will be more volatile property markets, reduced supply and higher prices and rents.

Environmental Law in Hong Kong
Environmental Law in Hong Kong

Author: Helena Hsi-Chia Chen

Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published: 2018-01-24

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 9041194916

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Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides ready access to legislation and practice concerning the environment in Hong Kong. A general introduction covers geographic considerations, political, social and cultural aspects of environmental study, the sources and principles of environmental law, environmental legislation, and the role of public authorities. The main body of the book deals first with laws aimed directly at protecting the environment from pollution in specific areas such as air, water, waste, soil, noise, and radiation. Then, a section on nature and conservation management covers protection of natural and cultural resources such as monuments, landscapes, parks and reserves, wildlife, agriculture, forests, fish, subsoil, and minerals. Further treatment includes the application of zoning and land-use planning, rules on liability, and administrative and judicial remedies to environmental issues. There is also an analysis of the impact of international and regional legislation and treaties on environmental regulation. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for environmental lawyers handling cases affecting Hong Kong. Academics and researchers, as well as business investors and the various international organizations in the field, will welcome this very useful guide, and will appreciate its value in the study of comparative environmental law and policy.

Zoning and Property Rights, 2nd edition
Zoning and Property Rights, 2nd edition

Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 1998-04-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 962209452X

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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.

Change in Use of Land
Change in Use of Land

Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9888028618

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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.