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.


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.


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 Administration and Practice in Hong Kong

Land Administration and Practice in Hong Kong

Author: Roger Nissim

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9789622098480

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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.


SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFO SYSTEM FOR

SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFO SYSTEM FOR

Author: Chun-Ming Lee

Publisher: Open Dissertation Press

Published: 2017-01-26

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781361065587

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This dissertation, "A Socio-economic Information System for Land-use Planning in HongKong" by Chun-ming, Lee, 李震明, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3197413 Subjects: Land use - China - Hong Kong - Planning Management information systems Land Town planning Management information systems


Governance of Residential Land Use Planning in Hong Kong

Governance of Residential Land Use Planning in Hong Kong

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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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.