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Author : Reuben David Flint
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (513 download)
Download or read book The Sustainability and Development of Hong Kong's Land Transport System written by Reuben David Flint and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reuben David Flint
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781361215548
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (155 download)
Download or read book The Sustainability and Development of Hong Kong's Land Transport System written by Reuben David Flint and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "The Sustainability and Development of Hong Kong's Land Transport System" by Reuben David, Flint, 斐迪偉, 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_b3195196 Subjects: Transportation - Environmental aspects - China - Hong Kong - Case Studies Sustainable development - China - Hong Kong - Case studies Transportation - Case Studies
Author : Harry T. Dimitriou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429778791
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Land-use/Transport Planning in Hong Kong written by Harry T. Dimitriou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : CHI-ON. LEE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781361201619
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development and Integrated Transport Planning written by CHI-ON. LEE and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Sustainable Development and Integrated Transport Planning: "Is Hong Kong Moving Towards a More Sustainable Transport System for New Development Areas?"" by Chi-on, Lee, 李子安, 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_b3125995 Subjects: Land use, Rural - China - Hong Kong - Planning Transportation - China - Hong Kong - Planning Automobiles - Motors - Exhaust gas Sustainable development - China - Hong Kong
Author : Oi-Ching Ip
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781374723276
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (232 download)
Download or read book SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT IN T written by Oi-Ching Ip and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Sustainability Assessment in the Transport Sector in Hong Kong" by Oi-ching, Ip, 葉愛貞, 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. Abstract: Abstract "Sustainability Assessment in the Transport Sector in Hong Kong" Submitted by IP, Oi-ching for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Management at the University of Hong Kong in April 2004 Transport is vital to the development of a city. To maintain the quality of life of the citizens and prosperity of the city, a sustainable transport system, which comprises the environmental, social and economic perspective, should be considered. However, there is no commonly agreed indicator to assess the transport sustainability in Hong Kong. Moreover, sustainability of transport sectors, including the rail, buses, minibuses, taxis, and private vehicles, were not assessed previously. In order to evaluate the sustainability of land transport sector in Hong Kong, this study aims at developing a set of sustainable transport indicators and employs these indicators to assess the sustainability of land transport sectors in Hong Kong. Moreover, this study provides suggestions on how the land transport sectors in Hong Kong can become more sustainable. Sustainable transport is comprised of three perspectives, namely, the social, economic and environmental perspectives. Social indicators include accessibility for the disabled, level of congestion, and road safety. Economic indicators include fares of public transport, and household expenditure on transport. Environmental indicators include emission from vehicles, percentage of car ownership, number of residents exposed to excessive noise, distance of RAMSAR site to major roads, etc. The sustainability assessment of land transport sectors in Hong Kong is thus ibased on the three perspectives. In the social perspective, buses and rail provide the best accessibility for the disabled compared to other modes of transport. However, it should be noted that only 30% of the buses provide facilities for the disabled. For the economic perspectives, fares can be adjusted with the economic conditions for buses, rail, green minibuses and taxi. For the environmental perspective, taxi is the cleanest vehicle as more than 90% of them have switched to Liquefied Petroleum Gas, which emit fewer pollutants. Hong Kong is heading towards sustainable transport with the indicators shown as above. However, improvement can be made. Car ownership is low in Hong Kong, fatality and injury due to traffic accidents is comparatively lower than United Kingdom and Singapore, most of the journeys are generated by public transport. However, it will be more sustainable if Hong Kong implement the following technological and institutional measures. At technological level, more vehicles, especially goods vehicles and private vehicle can switch to a cleaner fuel. More publicity and enforcement of Fuel Economy Label that indicate the fuel efficiency of vehicles should be implemented. Noise mitigation measures like improved low-noise road texture and noise barriers should be constructed. At the institutional level, alternative modes of transport like walking and cycling should be encouraged. Accessibility for the disabled should be encouraged, and public participation is encouraged for transport related decisions. Fares on public transport have not had a great change and lowered with the decrease in living cost, and this should be considered in transport policy. ii DOI: 10.5353/th_b3011080 Subjects: Transportation - China - Hong Kong - Evaluation Susta
Download or read book Developing a Sustainable Transport System in Hong Kong written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Uncorrected OCR) Abstract of thesis entitled Developing a Sustainable Transport System in Hong Kong Submitted by CHAN Kwong Yan, Ian for the degree of Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning at The University of Hong Kong in June 2004 It is broadly agreed that sustainable development in transport is vital to the world at present and in future. Economical growth benefits human beings but also creates problems in over consumption of natural resources and pollution. A lot of cities such as Hong Kong are enjoying benefits from mobility, but also suffering deterioration in air quality due to vehicle emission. Development of a sustainable transport system is indispensable. It is hard to develop a sustainable transport system from a planning model with no full consideration of sustainability. In the past decade, lots of studies have been done for 1 building up transport planning model that would cater for requirements of sustainability. One of the areas under research is the use Stated Preference (SP) Survey in modelling. A recent study [Loo 2002] has identified ways of using SP surveys to improve traditional four-stage transport planning model for developing a sustainable transport system. Countries in Europe and North American have applied SP survey to develop sustainable transport, but it is comparatively less use in Asia. Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR) has incorporated sustainability as one of the policy objectives of the government but the current use of traditional four-stage transport planning model for evaluating transport policies and projects does not fully cater for the requirements of sustainability. Hence, this study is an attempt to carry out a location-specific SP survey to estimate new utility functions using Stated Preference Survey and Multinomial Logit Analysis for improvement of the traditional four-stage transport planning model, and to understand the implication of the results of findings to the development of sustainable tra.
Author : 徐偉德
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361423424
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (234 download)
Download or read book A Review of Sustainable Development for Railway in Hong Kong written by 徐偉德 and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Review of Sustainable Development for Railway in Hong Kong" by 徐偉德, Wai-tak, Tsui, 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. Abstract: Abstract of Dissertation entitled "A Review of Sustainable Development for Railway in Hong Kong by Tsui Wai Tak for the degree of Master of Interdisciplinary Design (MIDM) at the University of Hong Kong in August 2006 Hong Kong is a world class city and centre for financial, trading and business with now nearly 700 million people in such a small place. Therefore, there will be many traffic demand generated by either the people living or working in this densely populated city. The transportation in Hong Kong must be sustainable enough to deal with traffic demand of different modes of transportation. The road based-transportations have found to be unsustainable, since there are too many traffic congestions and accidents. These all affect the efficiency of the productivity in Hong Kong, and the gases emitted from vehicles will increase the air pollution and green house effects. In view of the situation, the Government is now more relied on the use of railways as the backbone of passenger transport system. If one of the solutions leading to sustainable transportation is the better use of railway, we need to evaluate the railway performance in Hong Kong in terms of Sustainability by systematic approach. This dissertation will first review the theory of sustainability and follow by an overview of the development of railway in Hong Kong. Finally, evaluation on the largest railway operator in Hong Kong will be carried out by sustainability indicators. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3678904 Subjects: Railroads - China - Hong Kong
Download or read book Sustainable Development and Integrated Transport Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : 吳嘉恩
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361169650
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Logistics Development written by 吳嘉恩 and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Logistics Development: a Way Towards a Sustainable Transport System in Hong Kong" by 吳嘉恩, Ka-yan, Karen, Ng, 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_b3126092 Subjects: Freight and freightage - China - Hong Kong - Planning Logistics Sustainable development - China - Hong Kong
Author : 彭銘豪
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781374709270
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Development of Public Transport in Hong Kong written by 彭銘豪 and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Development of Public Transport in Hong Kong" by 彭銘豪, Ming-ho, Darwin, Pang, 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. Abstract: Abstract of Dissertation Development of Public Transport in Hong Kong Submitted by Pang Ming Ho, Darwin for the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Hong Kong in August 2003 Transport is of vital importance to the economic growth of the society. It is related to every one of us who uses public transport services for any purposes. Over the past 30 years, there was a remarkable growth in Hong Kong's economy, inducing significant changes in the travel pattern and behaviour of the General Public. There were also increasing demands for the services with population growth and expansion of the city development. th Primitive public transport services evolved in the 19 Century with little advancement until the last few decades after the war. Most of the milestones of the development of public transport in Hong Kong concentrated in this period. Besides, structured and systematic processes of transport policy making were also established. New Government department was set up to take up the role of regulating the transport services and White Papers were started to issue. The principles delivered in the first two papers were similar while the latest one giving the blueprint for our future transport system incorporated the ideas of considering the environment and sustainable development when providing new facilities or services to enhance economic growth and society needs. DOI: 10.5353/th_b2682452 Subjects: Transportation - China - Hong Kong - History Transportation and state - China - Hong Kong
Author : Becky PY Loo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317389697
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Unsustainable Transport and Transition in China written by Becky PY Loo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses various transport sustainability issues from the perspective of developing countries, exploring key issues, problems and potential solutions for improving transport sustainability in China. It first reviews the current transport sustainability baselines in the three key dimensions of environmental, economic and social sustainability, via an international comparison encompassing both developed and developing countries in different world regions. Then, with a time frame up to 2030, the study groups 100 major Chinese cities according to their baseline conditions, projected population and economic growth, and common sustainability challenges in passenger transport. A systematic attempt is made to discuss the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of various emerging sustainable transport strategies, including the metro systems, bus rapid transit, light rail, bicycles (and e-bicycles), electric vehicles and walking. Based on the different city clusters identified, the study then explores the opportunities and constraints of introducing a range of emerging sustainable transport strategies through both statistical analysis and detailed fieldwork. Future directions and challenges are identified based on official documents, onsite observations and interviews with local people. The study concludes with thoughts on sustainable transport in smart cities, the importance of governance, local participation, internal and external city movements, and towards a holistic sustainable transport plan. Unsustainable Transport and Transition in China will be of great interest to scholars interested in carbon emissions, climate change, environmental policy, planning, road safety, sustainability, transportation and urban studies, and is relevant to China and other developing countries.
Author : Terri Mottershead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development in Hong Kong written by Terri Mottershead and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Development in Hong Kong provides a unique and pioneering examination of what the application of the ideas of sustainable development implies for Hong Kong with all its exceptional characteristics, political, social, ecological, and especially its very high urban density. The book brings together, for the first time, a broad cross-section of 21 public and private sector specialists in the many and varied aspects of sustainable development. In so doing, it demonstrates the breadth and depth of local knowledge and expertise in the subject, as well as the wide range of concepts and issues that will have to be considered and interests reconciled, for the concept to be fully implemented in Hong Kong. Sustainable development has been defined as "development that meets the needs of today whilst not affecting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Implementing this concept requires that decision-makers from all stakeholder groups (government, business and the public) not only commit to sustainable development, but also incorporate it at every level of decision-making regardless of the political, economic, social, technological, cultural and legal frameworks within which their decisions are made. It also requires that, before doing so, they hear, respect and utilize the input from each other in these decisions. Sustainable development was placed squarely on the political agenda in Hong Kong through the Chief Executive's commitment to it in his Policy Address in 1999. This was followed by the adoption of it as an overriding objective in Hong Kong 2030 Planning Vision and Strategy (2001) and the establishment of the Sustainable Development Unit (2001) and the Council for Sustainable Development (2003). This is a book for all who are concerned about Hong Kong's environment and about its future development. The exceptional nature of Hong Kong means that this book also provides a valuable extreme case study for all who work in the sustainable development field.
Author : SAMANTHA LAURA. NICHOLS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781361381502
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Transport in Hong Kong written by SAMANTHA LAURA. NICHOLS and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Sustainable Transport in Hong Kong: Reshuffling the Transport Hierarchy Based on Geographical and Trip Characteristics Variations" by Samantha Laura, Nichols, 黎焯霖, 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. Abstract: With the increased concern as to sustainable development in recent years, there is a need to develop a sustainable transport system as urban transportation plays an important role in cities. Transportation is an important part of daily life as it is related to mobility; and enhanced mobility will contribute to economic development and improve the quality of life. However, the most commonly used transport modes (i.e. motorised transportation) have contributed to heavy air and noise pollution, degrading our environment and affecting people's quality of life. With this unsustainable urban transport system, there is an urgent need to apply the principles of sustainable development to the development of the transport system. The aim of this study is to revisit the general transport hierarchy, examine how the hierarchy varies according to geographical and trip characteristics, and propose new sustainable transport hierarchies that take local contexts, availability of existing infrastructures, travel distance, and income level into consideration. In this study, Hong Kong is chosen as the focus of the study despite the fact that government has already identified the heavy rail system as the backbone of Hong Kong's transport system, and 90% of all travel trips in Hong Kong are carried out on public transport, yet there is much room for improvements, for example the high roadside air pollution, the public transport are not fully utilised, non-motorised transport modes are not widely used, and the public transport fares are on the high side. The Travel Characteristics Survey 2001 will be used for examining trip characteristic variations in Hong Kong. The findings suggest that the general transport hierarchies in Hong Kong do not match with the theoretically most sustainable transport hierarchy. Furthermore, the findings suggest that travel distance and income level have an effect on people's choice of transport modes. The results give a better understanding of the overall sustainability of Hong Kong's transport system and its local variations so that supportive policy can be formulated to further promote sustainable transportation based on the local characteristics, such as the availability of infrastructure, and the socio-economic and travel characteristics of residents in different districts. Subjects: Transportation - Environmental aspects - China - Hong Kong
Author : Ka-Yi Carrie Yu
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361164464
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (644 download)
Download or read book Hong Kong's Environmentally Sustainable Transport written by Ka-Yi Carrie Yu and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Hong Kong's Environmentally Sustainable Transport: Rail-based or Road-based?" by Ka-yi, Carrie, Yu, 俞嘉儀, 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_b3126068 Subjects: Transportation - Environmental aspects - China - Hong Kong Local transit - Environmental aspects - Evaluation - China - Hong Kong
Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264187693
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Transport Policies written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Substantial progress has been made in improving the sustainability of transport in Europe in a number of areas and is reported in this paper. Nevertheless there remain important problems and challenges: - unsustainable rates of traffic growth ...
Author : Hoi-Ting Jannie Leung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781361164167
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (641 download)
Download or read book A Sustainable Transportation System in Hong Kong? written by Hoi-Ting Jannie Leung and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Sustainable Transportation System in Hong Kong?: Towards an Era of Ecological Modernisation" by Hoi-ting, Jannie, Leung, 梁凱庭, 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_b3126113 Subjects: Urban transportation - Environmental aspects - China - Hong Kong Sustainable development - China - Hong Kong
Author : Terri Mottershead
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622094910
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development in Hong Kong written by Terri Mottershead and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Development in Hong Kong provides a unique and pioneering examination of what the application of the ideas of sustainable development implies for Hong Kong with all its exceptional characteristics, political, social, ecological, and especially its very high urban density. The book brings together, for the first time, a broad cross-section of 21 public and private sector specialists in the many and varied aspects of sustainable development. In so doing, it demonstrates the breadth and depth of local knowledge and expertise in the subject, as well as the wide range of concepts and issues that will have to be considered and interests reconciled, for the concept to be fully implemented in Hong Kong. Sustainable development has been defined as: "development that meets the needs of today whilst not affecting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Implementing this concept requires that decision-makers from all stakeholder groups (government, business and the public) not only commit to sustainable development, but also incorporate it at every level of decision-making regardless of the political, economic, social, technological, cultural and legal frameworks within which their decisions are made. It also requires that, before doing so, they hear, respect and utilize the input from each other in these decisions. Sustainable development was placed squarely on the political agenda in Hong Kong through the Chief Executive's commitment to it in his Policy Address in 1999. This was followed by the adoption of it as an overriding objective in Hong Kong 2030: Planning Vision and Strategy (2001) and the establishment of the Sustainable Development Unit (2001) and the Council for Sustainable Development (2003). This is a book for all who are concerned about Hong Kong's environment and about its future development. The exceptional nature of Hong Kong means that this book also provides a valuable extreme case study for all who work in the sustainable development field.
