Theme
Urban planning and land development legislative frameworks in the developed economies evolved constantly during the 20th century, changing roughly every decade in the UK for example. In fast urbanizing Asia, governments are rapidly putting into place their own institutions to support the conversion of agricultural land and adaptation of redundant urban land into high density habitats. China’s experience in particular provides a fascinating laboratory for the comparison of old and new ideas. In this special issue, we wish to bring together contributions that reflect on the efficacy, efficiency and equity of a wide variety of urban planning and land management instruments. It will explore what could work, what might have worked, what did not work, what can be improved and what might be a dead end. It is high time for scholars from countries with a century or more of experience in legislating for urban growth to share experiences with the newly urbanising countries.
We seek for evaluations, empirical studies and proposals of institutional innovations in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics may include, but not limited to, the following:
We seek for evaluations, empirical studies and proposals of institutional innovations in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics may include, but not limited to, the following:
-Urban transformation
-Cities and Health
-Common, club-like goods and community-based governance
-Property rights under changing environmental conditions
-Planning and managing green and sustainable spaces
-Land and property market under stress / financial crises
-Enforcement of law in the planning and urban markets
-Changing housing needs and affordable housing
Co-Guest-Editors
(In alphabetical order)
Prof. Chau, K.W.
Head and Chair Professor
Department of Real Estate and Construction, and
Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Choy, Lennon HT,
Associate Head and Associate Professor
Department of Real Estate and Construction, and
Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research
The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Webster, Chris J.
Dean of Architecture and Chair Professor
HKUrbanLab, and Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research
The University of Hong Kong
Call for Papers
Call for papers for this special issue is now open. Please send your manuscript to lennonchoy@hku.hk not later than Dec 31, 2016. Contributors are strongly encouraged to present their work at the PLPR2017 Hong Kong meeting. Special sessions will be arranged to discuss the comments received from the reviewers (double-blind). Please submit your abstracts if you want to leverage on the high quality discussions in the PLPR meeting for your studies.
About the Journal
Habitat International is an Elsevier journal. It is dedicated to the study of the planning, design and production of urban. Prof. Eddie Hui of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is the Editor of the journal. Habitat International attains an impact factor of 2.029 and a 5-year impact factor of 2.191. Detailed information about the journal can be found at http://www.journals.elsevier.com/habitat-international
