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Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n We seek for evaluations, empirical studies and proposals of institutional innovations in the 20th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup> centuries.\u00a0 Topics may include, but not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We seek for evaluations, empirical studies and proposals of institutional innovations in the 20th\u00a0and 21st\u00a0centuries.\u00a0 Topics may include, but not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n -Urban transformation<\/p>\n -Cities and Health<\/p>\n -Common, club-like goods and community-based governance<\/p>\n -Property rights under changing environmental conditions<\/p>\n -Planning and managing green and sustainable spaces<\/p>\n -Land and property market under stress \/ financial crises<\/p>\n -Enforcement of law in the planning and urban markets<\/p>\n -Changing housing needs and affordable housing<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Co-Guest-Editors<\/strong> Prof. Chau, K.W.<\/strong> Dr. Choy, Lennon HT,<\/strong> Prof. Webster, Chris J.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Call for Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n Call for papers for this special issue is now open.\u00a0 Please send your manuscript to lennonchoy@hku.hk<\/a> not later than Dec 31, 2016.\u00a0 Contributors are strongly encouraged to present their work at the PLPR2017<\/a> Hong Kong meeting.\u00a0 Special sessions will be arranged to discuss the comments received from the reviewers (double-blind).\u00a0 Please submit your abstracts<\/a> if you want to leverage on the high quality discussions in the PLPR meeting for your studies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About the Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n Habitat International is an Elsevier journal.\u00a0 It is dedicated to the study of the planning, design and production of urban.\u00a0 Prof. Eddie Hui of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is the Editor of the journal.\u00a0 Habitat International attains an impact factor of 2.029 and a 5-year impact factor of 2.191.\u00a0 Detailed information about the journal can be found at http:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/habitat-international<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading
\n(In alphabetical order)<\/p>\n
\nHead and Chair Professor
\nDepartment of Real Estate and Construction, and
\nRonald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research
\nThe University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n
\nAssociate Head and Associate Professor
\nDepartment of Real Estate and Construction, and
\nRonald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research
\nThe University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n
\nDean of Architecture and Chair Professor
\nHKUrbanLab, and Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research
\nThe University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n