Environmental protection and management through urban planning in old urban areas of Hong Kong : a case study of Central and Western

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-wan Ho
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Urban Areas

scholarly journals Smart Urban Planning: Evaluating Urban Logistics Performance of Innovative Solutions and Sustainable Policies in the Venice Lagoon—the Results of a Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Mazzarino ◽  
Lucio Rubini
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Venice Lagoon ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Transport Capacity ◽  
Urban Network ◽  
Urban Freight

Currently, remarkable gaps of operational, social and environmental efficiency and overall sub-optimization of the logistics and mobility systems exist in urban areas. There is then the need to promote and assess innovative transport solutions and policy-making within SUMPs (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans) to deal with such critical issues in order to improve urban sustainability. The paper focuses on the case study of the Venice Lagoon, where islands—despite representing a relevant feature of urban planning—face a tremendous lack of accessibility, depopulation, social cohesion and they turn out to be poorly connected. By developing an original scenario-building methodological framework and performing data collection activities, the purpose of the paper consists of assessing the feasibility of a mixed passenger and freight transport system —sometimes called cargo hitching. Mixed passenger and freight systems/cargo hitching are considered as an innovative framework based on the integration of freight and passenger urban systems and resources to optimize the existing transport capacity, and thus, urban sustainability. Results show that the overall existing urban transport capacity can accommodate urban freight flows on main connections in the Lagoon. The reduction in spare public transport capacity, as well as in the number (and type) of circulating freight boats show—in various scenarios—the degree of optimization of the resulting urban network configuration and the positive impacts on urban sustainability. This paves the way for the regulatory framework to adopt proposed solutions.

scholarly journals THE CASE STUDY OF AWARD-WINNING MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY IN GREEN MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Kwan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Green Management ◽  
Management Company ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Management Services

Using the award-winning management services company, Kai Shing Management Services Limited (KSMS) in Hong Kong as a case study, this research investigates effective green management strategies range from carbon emission reduction, energy-saving, water-saving, waste recycling, indoor air quality management, daily green practices, clubhouse practices and various educative community engagement initiatives that have been adopted in award-winning properties management company in Hong Kong. KSMS is committed to implement environmentally friendly practices to all of sites. So as to encourage customers to participate in green living and bring a positive impact on the environment, people and communities.  Author conducted case study analysis to illustrate the contributing role of properties management company in green management. All those green management strategies have demonstrated the leading and contributing roles of properties management company.  All the management services companies and customers should join hand in hand in daily environmental protection. Originality/Value: This paper urges for the importance of all stakeholders including, government, customers and all management services companies to jointly engage in daily environmental protection for sustainable development. The aim of such an episode is to arouse all stakeholders to take part in environmental protection truly, wholeheartedly and sincerely.  

ChemSafe (HK) Ltd

2003 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 17-42
Author(s):  
Terence Tsai ◽  
Jonathan Lee ◽  
Catina Pui Pui Siu ◽  
Michael Chun-Fu Ma ◽  
Christianne Lam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Changing Society

This case study explores the unique challenges confronting a small-sized Hong Kong enterprise in the wake of the "Green Revolution". The founder Mr. Peter Chan, possessed of a zest to protect the natural environment, sought to combine profit for the company with environmental protection. The science and technology behind the development of PestControl®, an organic and environmentally friendly pesticide, was clearly superior to that of its closest competition. However, despite an impressive growth rate in the 1990s, Chan was concerned about his firm's ability to sustain growth. The case is a classic example of entrepreneurship fighting for survival in a rapidly changing society.

Mapping the local climate zones of urban areas by GIS-based and WUDAPT methods: A case study of Hong Kong

Urban Climate ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 567-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Wang ◽  
Chao Ren ◽  
Yong Xu ◽  
Kevin Ka-Lun Lau ◽  
Yuan Shi
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Climate Zones ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Local Climate Zones

Mülteciler ve Hatay’da geleceğin plansız inşası

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Zehra Güngördü ◽  
Erhan Kurtarır
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Living Condition ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Strategic Planning Process ◽  
Integration Strategy

Birleşmiş Milletler verilerine göre mültecilerin ağırlıkla kentsel alanlarda yaşamaktadır. Günümüzde de mültecilerin görece daha insani koşullarda yaşama imkanı bulacaklarına inandıkları küresel kentlere doğru göç ettikleri görülmektedir. Bu çalışma kent mültecileri konusunda şehir planlama pratiklerinin görmezden geldiği mülteci sorununa dikkat çekmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu amaçla, mültecilerin Hatay’daki koşulları, yerel dinamikler ve bir toplumsal entegrasyon stratejisi olarak mülteci çocuklarının eğitimi konusu ele alınması gerektiği hatırlatılmakta ve bu amaca ulaşmak için gerekli planlama erkinin sorumlulukları tartışmaya açmaktadır. Çalışmanın örnek kenti olarak Hatay ve kentin mekânsal stratejik planlama süreci seçilmiştir.ENGLISH ABSTRACTRefugees and future in Hatay without a planAccording to UN data’s, refugee distribution on world wide shows us most of the refugees are living in urban areas. It can be seen that today refugee’s migrating into the direction of global cities to find better living condition. This paper aims to draw attention to the urban refugee problematic which is overlooked by urban planning practices today in Turkey. For this purpose, conditions of refugees in Hatay, local dynamics and education of refugee children will be evaluated as social integration strategy and needed responsibility of planning authority in order to reach that goal will be discussed. Hatay and it’s spatial strategic planning process has been selected as the case study of this paper.

scholarly journals Competition and Sustainability Development of a Multi-Airport Region: A Case Study of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Liao ◽  
Xiaoshu Cao ◽  
Shengchao Li
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Airline Competition ◽  
New Era ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Bay Area

A new era in the development of multi-airport regions (MARs) has been in China, especially in the construction of global urban areas such as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). In order to better understand competition and provide significant advice to support sustainable development of Chinese MARs, this paper takes the GBA-MAR as an example, and then explores the competition between airports in this multi-airport region based on route level and its impact on passenger airport choice using three liner models. According to our findings, competition is concentrated on a few air routes in the Northeast–East Coastal region and the Asia-Pacific region, in which all three airports operate. Although the domestic market of the GBA-MAR has been relatively mature, the international air transport market is still left with considerable room, which is also reflected in connections to the world’s cities and tourist destinations. In addition, the research also found that different airport brands created by route type significantly affected passenger airport choice. Overall, the study revealed that whether from a supply or demand aspect, competition between airports in a multi-airport region—not just airline competition in a single airport—is an important topic.

scholarly journals Mapping and Characterizing Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Impervious Surfaces Using Landsat Images: A Case Study of Xuzhou, East China from 1995 to 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Li ◽  
Long Li ◽  
Longqian Chen ◽  
Xisheng Zhou ◽  
Yifan Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
East China ◽  
Impervious Surfaces ◽  
Landsat Images ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Surface Expansion ◽  
Spectral Mixture

As an effective indicator of urbanization, impervious surfaces play a significant role in urban planning and ecological protection. It is, therefore, important to characterize impervious surfaces in urban geographical studies. As a key city in East China, Xuzhou has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades and is now becoming an environmentally friendly city. To better understand the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of Xuzhou’s urban development, we extracted its impervious surfaces from Landsat images of 1995, 2003, 2010, and 2018 by a linear spectral mixture analysis. Then, a range of complementary methods including landscape indices, profile lines, median centers, standard deviational ellipses, and spatial autocorrelation were adopted to analyze the landscape pattern and expansion of impervious surfaces on both city and district scales. Results show that (1) there was a constant impervious surface expansion, originating in downtown Xuzhou; (2) promoting ecological protection in urban areas fragmented impervious surfaces with increasing heterogeneity and diversity overall; and (3) expansion directions and rates of impervious surfaces varied with district and town, and the central urban area expanded towards east and southeast, which could be related to their own resources and governmental policies. Findings from this study provide useful insights into urban planning of this economically prospective region.

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