| Introduction | |
| One Belt One Road Observatory (OBORobs) Reference: Rebecca L. H. Chiu & Chris Webster (2019). One Belt One Road Observatory (OBORobs). Technology, Architecture + Design, doi: 10.1080/24751448.2019.1571795. |
Investigators Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU Chris Webster, HKU |
| Cluster 1 – Construction and transport development | Investigators |
| Construction management: institution barriers, governance and workers’ wellbeing | Steve Rowlinson, HKU (PI) |
| Mass transit systems: comparative development standards | Guibo Sun, HKU (PI) |
| The governance structure of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in OBOR countries | Steve Rowlinson, HKU (PI) Roine Leiringer, HKU |
| Enhancement of neighbourhood air quality through environmentally-friendly planning and design of new towns in Dhaka | Weifeng Li, HKU (PI) Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU Shammi Akter Satu, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh |
| Cluster 2 – Mega infrastructure projects, connectivity and economic development | Investigators |
| Growth and Distribution Impacts of Improved Inland Cross-border Connectivity along the China-Indochina BRI Corridor | Kyung-min Nam, HKU (PI) |
| Mega infrastructure, multi-scale and multimode connectivity and wider economic impact | Alain Chiaradia, HKU (PI) |
| Construction of a Eurasian multi-modal transport infrastructure network model | Chris Webster, HKU (PI) Alain Chiaradia, HKU Weifeng Li, HKU Xingjian Liu, HKU |
| Integration of policy study outcomes with development potential outcomes and policy innovation/transfer study outcomes to help raise the local economic and social value of Belt and Road infrastructure | Chris Webster, HKU (PI) Alain Chiaradia, HKU Weifeng Li, HKU Xingjian Liu, HKU |
| The construction of a multi-modal, multi-scale graph model for deriving network connectivity, accessibility and development potential indicators based on network statistics and public domain data to predict and explain externality effects | Chris Webster, HKU (PI) Alain Chiaradia, HKU Weifeng Li, HKU Xingjian Liu, HKU |
| Cluster 3 – Urban data platform | Investigators |
| A common OBOR database
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Jiangping Zhou, HKU (Project Coordinator) Weifeng Li, HKU Xingjian Liu, HKU Kyung-Min Nam, HKU Alain Chiaradia, HKU |
| Impacts of transport infrastructure on development based on open and new data: a case study of Thailand
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Jiangping Zhou, HKU (Project Coordinator) Weifeng Li, HKU Xingjian Liu, HKU Kyung-Min Nam, HKU Alain Chiaradia, HKU |
| Cluster 4 – Cross-border development | Investigators |
| Study of perceived impacts of cross-border infrastructure and tourism along the Sino-Nepal Friendship Highway under the Belt and Road Initiative | Roger C.K. Chan, HKU (PI) Kishan Datta Bhatta, Far Western University, Nepal |
| Tumen trans-border sub-region (China, Russia and N Korea): a developable totality? | Xiaoxuan Lu, HKU (PI) |
| China’s borderlands in transition | Xiaoxuan Lu, HKU (PI) |
| Cluster 5 – Livability: housing, environmental quality and transport oriented development | Investigators |
| China’s infrastructure investment in Chittagong, Bangladesh | Shenjing He, HKU (PI) Guibo Sun, HKU (Co-I) |
| Examining The Environmental Quality Impact Resulting from Proposed Medium Rise Housing Development in Dhaka (tentative PhD thesis) |
Kabir Kazi, HKU (PI) Weifeng Li, HKU |
| Housing affordability problems of the middle-income groups in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A policy environment analysis
Reference: Rebecca L. H. Chiu & Seong-Kyu Ha (2018). Housing policy, wellbeing and social development in Asia. |
Chowdhury Md. Zaber Sadeque (PI) |
| Housing and livability: transferability of housing estate-based development from Hong Kong to OBOR cities | Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU (PI) Shenjing He, HKU Franky Choi, HKU Shammer Aktar Satu, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh |
| Livability in dense residential neighbourhoods of Dhaka Reference: Satu, S.A., & Chiu, R.L.H. (2017). Livability in dense residential neighbourhoods of Dhaka. Housing Studies, doi: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1364711. |
Shammi Aktar Satu, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh (PI) Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU |
| Rural revitalization and green development in China and implications for Nepal | Shenjing He, HKU (PI) |
| Transit and spatial development synergy in a developing city (tentative PhD thesis) |
Afsana Haque, HKU (PI) Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU |
| Affordable housing strategy in the Dhaka Structure Plan 2016 – 2035: Supply side issues | Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU (PI) Darren Cheung, HKU |
| Subsidized housing policy and practices to Dhaka | Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU (PI) Shammi Aktar Satu, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh Mandy Lau, HKU Weijen Wang, HKU Darren Cheung, HKU |
| Sustainable urban form, urban efficiency and spatial policy of Hong Kong and Dhaka | Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU (PI) Weifeng Li, HKU Shammi Akter Satu, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh |
| Cluster 6 – Industrial development of land-locked cities | Investigators |
| Local state entrepreneurialism and mega-project-based industrial development: a case study of Chongqing (tentative PhD thesis) |
Shouqiang Chen, HKU (PI) Rebecca L.H. Chiu, HKU |
