Topic: Planning and Design for Health and Sustainability (or Low Fat Cities) Speaker: Mr. Guy C. Perry President & Founding Partner Investment Vision + Environments (IN-VI) Schedule: Date: 21 October, 2013 (Monday) Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm Venue: Room 829, 8/F Knowles Building, HKU Abstract: The way we create our physical environment at the urban […]
Topic: Land Supply and Land-use Planning of Public Open Space in Hong Kong Speaker: Mr. Darren Man-wai Cheung PhD Candidates Department of Urban Planning and Design The University of Hong Kong Schedule: Date: 29 October, 2013 (Tuesday) Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm Venue: Room 829, 8/F Knowles Building, HKU Abstract: Modern cities do not only […]
Topic: Housing Inequality: The Planner as Community Organiser Speaker: Ms. Lai-shan Sze Society for Community Organization (SoCo) Hong Kong Schedule: Date: 30 October, 2013 (Wednesday) Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm Venue: Room 829, 8/F Knowles Building, HKU Abstract: Hong Kong is undergoing a profound crisis in housing, both its overall supply as well as affordability. […]
Topic: Street as Museum as Method Speaker: Prof. King-chung Siu School of Design The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Schedule: Date: 6 November, 2013 (Wednesday) Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm Venue: Room 829, 8/F Knowles Building, HKU Abstract: In the midst of “city regeneration” in Hong Kong, an independent curatorial group, the Community Museum Project (CMP, […]
Topic: Rural Shareholding Cooperatives in Southern China Speaker: Mr. Samson Zhuojun Liu PhD Candidates Department of Urban Planning and Design The University of Hong Kong Schedule: Date: 12 November, 2013 (Tuesday) Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm Venue: Room 829, 8/F Knowles Building, HKU Abstract: China’s economic reform does not only lead to […]
Topic: Land Supply and Brownfields Utilization in Hong Kong Speaker: Ms. Camille Lam Local Research Community Schedule: Date: 13 November, 2013 (Wednesday) Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm Venue: Room 829, 8/F Knowles Building, HKU Abstract: In Hong Kong, it has become a “common belief” that limited land supply is the rooted cause of the majority […]
Research Seminar The Role of the State in China’s Urban System Development: State Capacity, Institution, and Policy Speaker: WANG Jiejing PhD Candidate Schedule: Date: Wednesday, 2 March 2016 (12:45-14:00) Venue: Room 829, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong Abstract: Existing theories on urban system development derived from the experiences of Western advanced countries mainly emphasize […]
Research Seminar Topic: Towards a Healthy Urban Acoustic Environment: A Case of Hong Kong Speaker: Mengdi Guo PhD Student Schedule: Friday, 15 April 2016 (12:45-14:00) Room 829, Knowles Building The University of Hong Kong Abstract: There is an increasing research interest in health related quality of built environment along with the promotion of healthy urban […]
Research Seminar Topic: Institutional Diversity in Transferring Land Development Rights in China: Government, Market and Self-organization Speaker: Chen Shi PhD Student Schedule: Monday, 18 April 2016 (12:45-14:00) Room 829, Knowles Building The University of Hong Kong Abstract: The Chinese government is facing a dilemma of achieving two conflicting targets of land governance, i.e. the continuous […]
Research Seminar Topic: Cities and the Superrich Speaker: Prof. Ray Forrest Head, Department of Public Policy Chair Professor of Housing and Urban Studies, City University of Hong Kong Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies, University of Bristol Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences Schedule: Wednesday, 20 April 2016 (13:00-14:00) Room 829, Knowles Building The […]