Urban design and sustainability in Hong Kong part one: Fixing the fractured city
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Building journal Hong Kong China, Nov, 1999, pp. 78-85
Abstract
In a development sense, 'sustainability' is about maintaining and enhancing the quality of life while respecting the carrying capacity of the biosphere, the supporting eco-system and resource base. At a more detailed and specific level, spatial planning and urban design need to be set within the urban and city planning context of natural resource conservation and local environmental quality.
(1) Responsive design: the way in which design effects usability
(2) Revitalisation and regeneration of the city
(3) Adaptable and resilient forms of development
(4) Identity and variety
(5) Place making and legibility
(6) Protection of built heritage
(7) Built form: sustainability in a tall building environment
(8) Eco-friendly buildings
(9) Climatic responsiveness
(10) Green networks and interfaces
(11) Personalisation and longer life of buildings
(12) Movement patterns: people movers and pedestrian environments
(a) Efficient and cheap public transport
(13) Maximise development potential of transport nodes
(14) Quality open space
(15) Regain road space for pedestrian use
(16) Flexible application of open space standards
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Article
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1999
Language
en