Publications

Books

  1. Chiu, R.L.H.; Liu, Z.; Renaud, B. (eds.) (2019) International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China, Routledge, London, New York.
  2. Chiu, R.L.H. and Ha, S. (2018) (eds.) Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia, Routledge: London, New York.
  3. Gurran, N., Gallent, N. and Chiu, R.L.H. (2016) Politics, Planning and Housing Supply in Australia, England and Hong Kong, Routledge: London.
  4. Chiu, R.L.H. (ed.) (2006) Professional Housing Management Practices in Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press: Hong Kong. 320 pp. 230x152mm. Paperback ISBN 962-209-803-7.

Edited special issues

  1. Chiu, R.L.H. (ed.) (2012) Chinese Cities under Marketization: A Sustainability Perspective, Urban Policy and Research, Special Issue, vol.30, no. 4, pp.357 – 423.
  2. Chiu, R.L.H. and Ronald, R. (eds.) (2010) Changing policy landscapes in Asia Pacific, International Journal of Housing Policy, Special Issue, vol.10, no. 3.
  3. Chiu, R.L.H. (ed.) (2008) Urban Housing Policy Issues in Re-surging Asia, Urban Policy and Research, Special Issue, vol. 26,  3.
  4. Chiu, R.L.H. and Lee, J.K.C. (eds.) (2001) One country, two housing systems – the convergence and divergence between Hong Kong and China, Special Issue, Third World Planning Review, vol. 23, no. 1.

Journal publications

  1. H.C. Ho, Y. Song, W. Cheng, Y. Liu, Y. Guo, S. Lu, T.Y.S. Lum, R.L.H. Chiu, C. Webster (2023) “How do forms and characteristics of Asian public housing neighbourhoods affect dementia risk among senior population? A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong” Public Health, 219, 44-52.
  2. H.C. Ho, W. Cheng, Y. Song, Y. Liu, Y. Guo, S. Lu, T.Y.S. Lum, Rebecca L.H. Chiu, C. Webster (2022), “Spatial uncertainty and environment-health association: An empirical study of osteoporosis among “old residents” in public housing estates across a hilly environment” Social Science & Medicine, 306,115155.
  3. Rebecca L.H. Chiu (2021) “Compact urbanism and older people’s mental wellbeing: reflections from Hong Kong”, in Mark Scott (ed.) Interface on Planning for Age-friendly Cities, Planning Theory & Practice, p.11-18.
  4. Chiu, R. L.H. (2021) “Subsidized housing policy transfer: from liberal-interventionist Hong Kong to marketized socialist Shenzhen”, Housing, Theory and Society, DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2021.1879252. (Online first)
  5. Tang, J.Y.M. Tang; Chui, C. H.K.; Lou, V.W. Q.; Chiu, R.L.H. Chiu; Kwok, R.; Tse, M.; Leung, A.Y. M.; Chau, P-H and Lum, T. Y. S. (2021), “The Contribution of Sense of Community to the Association Between Age-Friendly Built Environment and Health in a High-Density City: A Cross-Sectional Study of Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Hong Kong”, Journal of Applied Gerontology JAG-20-0439, (Online first, DOI: 10.1177/0733464821991298).
  6. Gallent, N.; Morphet, J; Chiu, R.L.H.; Filion, P.; Fischer, K.F.; Gurran, N.; Li,; Schwartz, A; Stead, D (2020), “International experience of public infrastructure delivery in support of housing growth” Cities, 107:4. (Online first, doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102920).
  7. Li J., Chiu, R.L.H. (2019) “State rescaling and large-scale urban development projects in China – the case of Lingang New Town”, Urban Studies,
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098019881367.
  8. Zhang, T., Chiu, R.L.H., Ho, H.C. (2019) Suburban neighborhood environments and depression: A case study of Guangzhou, China, Journal of Transport and Health, 15:100624.
  9. Chui, C.H.; Tang, J.Y.M.; Kwan, C.M, Chan, O.F.; Tse, M., Chiu, R. L. H.; Lou, V.W.Q.; Chau, P.H., Leung, A.Y.M.; Lum, T.Y.S. (2018) “Older Adults’ Perceptions of Age-friendliness in Hong Kong” (2018), The Gerontologist, org/10.1093/geront/gny052, (Published on-line first).
  10. Wei, Z., Chiu, R.L.H. (2018) “Livability of subsidized housing estates in marketized socialist China: An institutional interpretation”, Cities, (Published online first).
  11. Ma, Y. & Chiu, R.L.H. (2018) “Governing Rural Redevelopment and Re-distributing Land Rights: the case of Tianjin”, Land Use Policy, 72, P.533-546. (Corresponding author)
  12. Chiu, R. L.H. and Webster, C. (2018) “One Belt One Road Urban Observatory (Oborobs)”, Special Issue on Urbanizing, Technology, Architecture and Design, Journal of American Collegiate Schools of Architects, 3(1): 33-35.
  13. Li., J. & Chiu, R.L.H. (2017) “Urban investment and development corporations, new town development and China’s local state restructuring – the case of Songjiang new town, Shanghai”, Urban Geography. DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2017.1382308. (Corresponding author)
  14. Satu, S.A. & Chiu, R.L.H. (2017) “Livability in dense residential neighbourhoods of Dhaka”, Housing Studies. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1364711. (Corresponding author).
    Satu, S.A. & Chiu, R.L.H. (2019) “Livability in dense residential neighbourhoods of Dhaka”, Housing Studies, 34 (3): 538-559. (Corresponding author)
  15. Wei, Zongcai;Chen, Tingting; Chiu, Rebecca L. H.; Chan, Edwin H. W. (2017) Policy Transferability on Public Housing at the City Level: Singapore to Guangzhou in China. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 143:3, pages 05017010.
  16. Seo, B. & Chiu, R.L.H. (2014) “Social cohesiveness of disadvantaged communities in urban South Korea: the impact of the physical environment”, Housing Studies, vol.29, no. 3, pp.407 -437. (org/10.1080/02673037.2013.803519).
  17. Chiu, R.L.H. (2012) “Editorial introduction: Chinese cities under marketization: a sustainability perspective”, Urban Policy and Research, vol. 30, no. 4, pp.357 – 442. SJR.
  18. Chiu, R.L.H. (2012) “Urban sustainability and the urban forms of China’s leading mega cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou”, Urban Policy and Research, vol. 30, no. 4, pp.359 – 384.
  19. Chiu, R.L.H. (2012) “Editorial: urban research challenges from China”, Urban Policy and Research, vol. 29, no. 3, pp.231-232.
  20. Ronald, R. and Chiu, R.L.H. (2010) “Changing housing policy landscapes in Asia Pacific: editorial introduction”, International Journal of Housing Policy, vol. 10, no. 3, pp.223-231.
  21. Chiu, R.L.H. (2010) “The transferability of Hong Kong’s public housing policy”, International Journal of Housing Policy, vol. 10, no. 3, pp.301-324.
  22. Chiu, R.L.H. (2008) “Shanghai’s rapid urbanization: how sustainable?”, Built Environment, vol. 34, no. 4, PP. 532- 546.
  23. Wan, P.Y.K. and Chiu, R.L.H. (2008) “Transforming governance of plan making in Hong Kong”, Journal of Place Management and Development, vol. 1, no. 3, pp.256-271.
  24. Chiu, R.L.H. (2008) “Editorial introduction: urban housing policy issues in re-surging Asia”, Urban Policy and Research, vol. 26, no.3, pp.245-247.
  25. Chiu, R.L.H. (2008) “Government intervention in housing: Convergence and divergence of the Asian Dragons”, Urban Policy and Research, vol.26, no.3, pp.249-269.
  26. Chiu, R.L.H. (2007) “Planning, land and affordable housing in Hong Kong”, Housing Studies, Vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 63-81.
  27. Chiu, R.L.H. and Ho, M.H.C. (2006) “Estimation of elderly housing demand in an Asian city: Methodological issues and policy implications”, Habitat International, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 965-980.
  28. Chiu, R.L.H. and Ho, M.H.C. (2005) “Cross-border migration of Hong Kong residents under the ‘One country, two systems’ policy”, Urban Policy and Research, vol.23, no.3, pp. 305-327.
  29. Chiu, R.L.H. (2004) “Socio-cultural sustainability of housing: A conceptual exploration”, Housing, Theory and Society, vol.21, no.2, pp. 65-76.
  30. Ho, M.H.C. and Chiu, R.L.H (2002) “Impact of accessibility on housing expenditure and affordability in Hong Kong’s private rental sector”, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 363-383.
  31. Chiu, R.L.H. (2002) “Social equity in housing in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: a social sustainability perspective”, Sustainable Development, vol.10, no.3, pp. 155-162.
  32. Chiu, R.L.H. and Lee, J.C.K. (2001) “One country, two housing systems – the convergence and divergence between Hong Kong and China”, Editorial Introduction, Third World Planning Review (Special Issue), vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1 – 4.
  33. Chiu, R.L.H. (2001) “The role of the government in housing in socialist China and capitalist Hong Kong”, Third World Planning Review, vol. 23, no. 1, pp.5-21.
  34. Chiu, R.L.H. (2001) “Commodification of housing with Chinese characteristics”, Review of Policy Research, vol.18, no.1, pp.75-95.
  35. Chiu, R.L.H. (2001) “Letter from Hong Kong”, Urban Policy and Research, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 562 – 563.
  36. Chiu, R.L.H. (2000) “Housing reform in a marketized socialist economy: the case of Shanghai”, Urban Policy and Research, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 455-468.
  37. Chiu, R.L.H. (2000) “Environmental sustainability of Hong Kong’s housing system and the housing process model”, International Planning Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 45-64.
  38. Chiu, R.L.H. (1997) “The promotion of home ownership in Hong Kong: planning and policy issues”, Asian Journal of Business and Information Systems, vol.2, no.1, pp.89-110.
  39. Chiu, R.L.H. (1996) “Housing affordability in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone: a forerunner of China’s housing reform”, Housing Studies, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 561-580.
  40. Chiu, R.L.H. (1995) “Commodification in Guangzhou’s housing system: analysis and evaluation”, Third World Planning Review, vol. 17, no. 3, pp.295-311. SJR IF: 0.48, 2003.
  41. Chiu, R.L.H. (1993) “China’s housing reform: the experiments in Shenzhen housing reforms in China: the experiment of Shenzhen”, Asian Geographer, vol. 12, no. 1 & 2, pp.47-56.

Invited journal articles

  1. Chiu, R.L.H., (2013) “A Comparison of Housing Welfare Policies among Major Asian Countries in the Modern Era”, LHI Journal of Land, Housing and Urban Affairs, Vol. 4, no. 1, pp.23 – 32.
  2. Chiu, R.L.H. (2006) “Globalization and localization: economic performance and the housing markets of the Asian Tigers since the Financial Crisis”, Housing Finance International, Vol. 20, no.3, pp.12-17.
  3. Chiu, R.L.H. (2006) “Collaboration opportunities among Asian housing scholars – present and future”, Journal of Housing Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp.1-4. (In Chinese)
  4. Chiu, R.L.H. (1998) “Home ownership drive of HKSAR”, Planning and Development, Journal of HKIP, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp.12-20.

Book chapters

  1. Chiu, R.L.H. (2019) “Housing challenges in Hong Kong’s dualistic housing system: Implications for Chinese cities”, in R.L.H. Chiu, Z. Liu, B. Renaud (eds.) (2019) International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China, Chapter 10, Routledge, London, New York.
  2. Renaud, B.; Chiu, R.L.H. and Liu, Z.; (2019) “Global and local housing challenges”, in R.L.H. Chiu, Z. Liu, B. Renaud (eds.) (2019) International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China, Chapter 1, Routledge, London, New York.
  3. Glaeser, E.; Chiu, R.L.H.; Liu, Z.; Renaud, B. (2019) “Lessons of International Experience: A Roadmap For Housing Policy”, in R.L.H. Chiu, Z. Liu, B. Renaud (eds.) (2019) International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China, Chapter 16, Routledge, London, New York.
  4. Chiu, R.L.H. (2018) “Introduction: conceptual context”, in R.L.H. Chiu and S. Ha (eds.) (2018) Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia, Routledge: London, New York, Ch 1.
  5. Chiu, R.L.H. (2018) “Conclusion: housing policy and social development in Asia”, in R.L.H. Chiu and S. Ha (eds.) (2018) Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia, Routledge: London, New York, Ch 14.
  6. Chiu, R.L.H., Lau, M.H.M. and Seo, G. (2018) “The Security-based Public Housing Policy of Hong Kong: A Social Development Interpretation”, in R.L.H. Chiu and S. Ha (eds.) (2018) Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia, Ch 3, Routledge: London, New York.
  7. Chiu, R.L.H. (2013) “The transferability of public housing policy within Asia: reflections from the Hong Kong-Mainland China case study”, in J. Chen, M. Stephens & Y. Man (eds.), The Future of Public Housing: Ongoing Trends in the East and the West, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, pp. 3-12.
  8. Chiu, R.L.H. (2012) “Is the public housing policy of Hong Kong transferable?”, in Y. Man, G. Long and J. Jing (eds.) Low-Income Housing in China: Current Status and Policy Design, Beijing: The Commercial Press, 143 – 151. (in Chinese)
  9. Zhu, W.J. and Chiu, R.L.H. (2011) “The planning and design of environmentally sustainable high-rises”, in B. Yuen & A.G.O. Yeh (eds.) High-rise Living in Asian Cities, Springer, pp.49-64.
  10. Whitehead, C.M.E., Chiu, R.L.H., Tsenkova, S., and Turner, B. (2009) “Land use regulation: Transferring lessons from developed countries”, in S. Lall et al (eds.) “Urban Land Markets: Improving Land for Successful Urbanization”, Springer, pp.51-69. (25%)
  11. Chiu, R.L.H. (2006) “Environmental issues and housing management”, in R.L.H. Chiu (ed.) Housing Management Practices in Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press: Hong Kong, pp.243 – 252.
  12. Chiu, R.L.H. (2005) “Housing in the social development perspective”, in R. J. Estes (ed.) Social Development in Hong Kong: The Unfinished Agenda, Oxford University Press: London and New York, pp. 157-169.
  13. Chiu, R.L.H. (2003) “Analysis on policy trends”, in Y.M. Yeung and K.Y. Wong (eds.) Fifty Years of Public Housing in Hong Kong: A Golden Jubilee Anniversary Public Housing Volume, Chinese University Press: Hong Kong, pp. 221-242 (In Chinese), pp. 235-258 (In English).
  14. Chiu, R.L.H. (2003) “Social sustainability, sustainable development, and housing development: the experience of Hong Kong”, in R. Forrest, J. Lee (eds.) Housing and Social Change: East-West Perspectives, Routledge: London, pp. 221-239.
  15. Chiu, R.L.H. (2001) “Hong Kong: how sustainability is managed in a high density city”, in G. Dubois-Taine and Henriot (ed.) Cities of the Pacific Rim: Diversity and Sustainability, Plan Urbanisme Construction Architecture: Paris, pp. 95 – 113.
  16. Chiu, R.L.H. (2001) “Commodification of housing provision in Urban China”, in P.N.S. Lee and C.W.H. Lo (eds.) Remaking China’s Public Management, Westport: Quorum Books, 97-113.
  17. Chiu, R.L.H. (2000) “Housing”, in Y.M. Yeung & K.Y. Chu (eds.) Fujian: A coastal Province in Transition and Transformation, Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press: Hong Kong, 431-454.
  18. Chiu, R.L.H. (1999) “The swing of the pendulum in housing”, in C.H.L. Chow and K.F. Yiu (eds.) The Other Hong Kong Report 1998, Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, pp. 329-352.
  19. Chiu, R.L.H. (1998) “Housing”, in Y.M. Yeung & K.Y. Chu (eds.) Guangdong: Survey of a Province Undergoing Rapid Change, Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, Ch. 13, First Edition:1994, Second Edition:1998.
  20. Chiu, R.L.H. (1997) “Housing, environment and the community: an overview”, in P. Hills & C.L.W. Chan (eds.) Community Mobilization and the Environment in Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Hong Kong, pp.139-160.
  21. Chiu, R.L.H. (1996) “Housing” in Y.M. Yeung & Y.W. Sung (eds.) Shanghai: Transformation and Modernization under China’s Open Door Policy, Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, pp. 341-374.
  22. Chiu, R.L.H. (1994) “Housing intervention in Hong Kong: from laissez faire to privatization”, in B.K.P. Leung & T.Y.C. Wong (eds.) 25 Years of Social and Economic Development in Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Center of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, pp.336-356.

Encyclopedia entries

  1. Chiu, R.L.H. (2019) “Liveable cities/urban liveability”, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies, Wiley Blackwell. (Forthcoming in April 2019).
  2. Chiu, R.L.H. (2012) “Sustainability” International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, vol. 7, pp. 91-96, Elsevier Ltd.