1. Theme City

2. 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

3. Overall 1. Increasing in total area 1068 km 2 in 1989 1100 km 2 in 2003 2. Changing coastline Straightened Victoria HarbourShing Mun River

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

5. 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

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

7. 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

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

9. 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)

10. How can we turn Hong Kong into sustainable city