Neighborhood Variation of Sustainable Urban Morphological Characteristics

Poh-Chin Lai, Si Chen, Chien-Tat Low, Ester Cerin, Robert Stimson and Pui Yun Paulina Wong
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Poh-Chin Lai: Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Si Chen: Department of Environment, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Chien-Tat Low: Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Ester Cerin: Institute for Health and Ageing, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Robert Stimson: School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
Pui Yun Paulina Wong: Science Unit, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: Compact cities and their urban forms have implications on sustainable city development because of high density urban settlement, increased accessibility, and a balanced land use mix. This paper uses quantitative means of understanding urban morphological characteristics with reference to the differing qualities of the urban form (i.e., street patterns, building volumes, land uses and greenery). The results, based on 89 neighborhood communities of Hong Kong, show varying degrees of regional differences in the urban built form supported by numerical statistics and graphical illustrations. This paper offers empirical evidence on some morphological characteristics that can be estimated objectively using modern geospatial technologies and applied universally to inform urban planning. However, more studies linking these quantifiable measures of the physical form with sustainable urban living are needed to account for human comfort in the totality of environmental, social, and economic responsibilities.

Keywords: urban sustainability; morphology; road networks; green space; building volume; land use mix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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