1. Rural Land uses

2. Transects of land uses from point B to A (left hand side)

3. Transects of land uses from point B to A (right hand side)

4. Transects of land uses from point C to D (left hand side)

5. Transects of land uses from point C to D (right hand side)

6. Q1. The percentages of different land uses along the route AB AB Commercial25.45% Industrial22.5% Abandoned22.45% Residential19.2% Construction site10.4%

7. Q1. The percentages of different land uses along the route CD Land useCD Agricultural37.5% Abandoned36.25% Residential12% Commercial11% Industrial6%

8. CD

9. Q2. Contrast the percentages of different land uses along the route AB and CD AB  More commercial, industrial & residential  Less agricultural, abandoned land CD  More abandoned land (near Kong Tai Road)  More agricultural (near foot path)  Less commercial, industrial & residential

10. Q3. Explanation of Q2  ACCESSIBILITY AB (Kam Sheung Road ~~~ secondary road)  High accessibility (more branches, more bus stops)  Road is wider ~ favour the lorries  more industrial  upper middle class ~ more car ownerships  more high class residential  (counter-urbanization)

11. Q3. Explanation of Q2  CD (Kong Tai Road)  Low accessibility (road is narrow)  … more abandoned land as relatively high accessibility  … near foot path  more agricultural (green house)

12. Q4/5. Problems that the farmers may face & the solutions ProblemsSolutions 1.Urban Encroachment Evidence : industrial & residential 2.Anticipation of urban encroachment Evidence : Abandoned Land (less production & invest) Open Storage (eg.Car park) Illegal short-term list

13. 3.Polluted water source  polluted irrigation water Evidence : Construction site (eg.WestRail) Supervision from the department 4.Shortage of labour & Aged population Small scale of mechanization (Eg. Sprinklers) 5.Competition (imported from China which is low land value& wages) Market gardening Quality control (fresh!!!) High value product (western specie)

14. 6.Monsoon Drought +flooding (winter) (summer)  Flood control  Green house 7.Lack of government support (e.g.sewage charge Imbalance policy)

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