2017 Enhancing Land Supply Strategy Module 1: Land Demand and Usage in Hong Kong Civil Engineering and Development Department Supporting Learning Material:
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2017
Enhancing Land Supply Strategy
Module 1:Land Demand and Usage
in Hong Kong
Civil Engineering and Development Department
Supporting Learning Material:
Content
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1. Land Demand in Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future
2. Land Utilization in Hong Kong
3. Role of Reclamation
Why do we need more land?
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Improving Quality of Life人口增長 經濟發展
Economic DevelopmentPopulation Growth
1950s / 1960s19th Century
1947
New Town Development Programme
Early Development of Hong Kong
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New Town Development (in 1970s)
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Sha TinTsuen WanTuen Mun
Tai Po
Fanling / Sheung Shui
Yuen LongTin Shui Wai
Tung Chung
Tseung Kwan O
Legend:
Early 1970s
Late 1970s
1980s to 1990s
Urban areas
Sha TinTuen Mun
Tai Po
Tung Chung
TseungKwan O
TsuenWan
Proposals :• Reduce population
density• Enhance urban
landscape and living environment
• Increase capacity of mass transit transport
Metroplan (in 1990s)
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Kowloon
Hong Kong Island
“Urban areas”
Further Development Plans and Studies
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and more….Enhancing Land Supply Study
Tung Chung New Town Extension Study
Concept Plan for Lantau
Airport Core Programme
Hong Kong 2030 Study
North East New Territories New Development Area Plan
Reclamation to Supply Land
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About 7000ha
Reclaimed land
Reclamation to Support Social Development
775 km2
~70%
~7%
~9%
~8%
~6%
Land Usage in Hong Kong (as of 2015)
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Other Built-up Area
Agricultural Use
Woodland /Shrubland/Grassland / Wetland / Barren Land/Water Bodies
68km2
77km2
100km2
90km2
Residential
Supporting Land Use & Infrastructure
Total Land Area : 1110 km2
Developed Land Area : 268 km2 (24% of Total Land Area)
Developed Area
11Social facilities Commercial uses
Housing Infrastructure
24% of Total Land Area (approx. 268 km2)
64% of Total Land Area (approx. 700 km2)
Protected Area
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Sites of Special Scientific Interests(Lung Kwu Tan Valley)
Wetland
Shing Mun Country Park
Yan Chau Tong Marine Park
Ranking City Persons/ sq km1 Dhaka, Bangladesh 44,1002 Mumbai, India 26,0003 Hong Kong, China 25,600
16 Singapore 11,100
23 Seoul, South Korea 9,100
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Hong Kong – A Densely Populated City
Source: (http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf) April 2016 edition
Population densities of all major cities in Europe, the United States, Japan and the Mainland are less than 10,000 persons/ sq km
Population densities of major cities with a population of over 5 million
How can we increase land supply?
Hong Kong’s Challenge : Shortage of Land
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Improving Quality of Life人口增長 經濟發展
Economic DevelopmentPopulation Growth
End
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