Abstract
Since the concept was first introduced in the 1970s, transit-oriented-development (TOD) has greatly expanded in East Asian cities such as Hong Kong. Rail stations are built together with clusters of residential-commercial towers and government services to form a new style of living - a "rail village." This paper examines the composition, scale, spatial form, organization and operation of several typical rail villages in Hong Kong. The cases range across those planned from the mid-1990s to 2015. Based on the analysis of the rail village composition, the paper derives a development ratio to indicate the density, effectiveness and efficiency of a rail village catchment area. The ratio provides a useful and direct figure for the comparison of different stations, cities and development modes.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 95-109 |
| Journal | International Journal of High-Rise Buildings |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Research Keywords
- Transit-oriented development (TOD)
- Hong Kong, Rail village
- Catchment area
- Development ratio
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