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CONTEXT:
HK has a limited supply of land for development and a high population density. Provision of new
built up done through –
Reclamation
Brownfield revitalisation
Urban renewal
Brownfield revitalization
NEW TOWNS:
Built along transit nodes – allowed dispersion of population density from the centre without
polluting, Improving living quality
However, land scarcity, development restrictions, social opposition - no new town project proposed
since 1990s
04
HK 2030, Planning,vision and strategy – 2007 – ndas were all situated as an extention of NT
Principles
01 land-use structure and function – reduction in residential land—use, increased open space
With NDA being situated as an extension of NT’s, Ndas’s provided the missing diversity, vibrancy and
open space to the NT – improving regional attractiveness and vitality in the urban fringes
NEW TOWNS :
Tseung Kwan O, Tin Shui Wai and Tung Chung – 1980’s and 1990’s
Fanling North
CASE STUDY
FURTHER Q:
MAPPING POTENTIALS:
FUNCTIONS/ZONING/ POPULATION