Space and scale: A study of development intensity and housing price in Hong Kong

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 172-182

  Tang, Bo sin ^a   Yiu, Chung Yim ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Density; Housing policy; Land use; Residential satisfaction; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECONOMICS; HOUSES; PUBLIC POLICY;

HEDONIC PRICING MODELS; HOUSING POLICY; INTENSIVE USE OF LANDS; MULTI-STOREY HOUSINGS; PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; URBANIZATION;

LAND USE;

DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77953133610     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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