Theme City. Changing Urban Morphology in the past few decades Urban morphology: shape, function, growth and development of an area Rapid changes : After.

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Theme City

Changing Urban Morphology in the past few decades Urban morphology: shape, function, growth and development of an area Rapid changes : After the Second World War

Overall 1. Increasing in total area 1068 km 2 in km 2 in Changing coastline Straightened Victoria HarbourShing Mun River

Land use pattern 1.  built up area Residential Commercial Transportation Recreational

Land use pattern 2. Changes in rural land use  agricultural (farmland and fish pond)  Urban encroachment 3. Changes in urban areas  commercial  recreational / open space  industrial  Urban renewal

Reasons 1.  population 2.  economic development e.g. tourism cross-boundary business logistics centre 3. Government planning sustainable city * sustainable city

Basic Principles: 1. Achieving sustainable development 2. Providing a good quality living environment 3. Ensuring long-term economic growth 4. Strengthening links with the Mainland China 5. Minimizing land use conflicts

Three important components of sustainability The balance between three components. Social Sustainability Economic Sustainability Environmental Sustainability

Using renewable energy is a way to achieve sustainable development. Developing renewable energy Less pollution Better environment (environmental sustainability) Better health and living standard (social sustainablity) More investor to come and better labour force (economic sustainability)

How can we turn Hong Kong into sustainable city