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Title Building Hong Kong : environmental considerations / edited by Wong Wah Sang and Edwin Hon-wan Chan
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Living With The Environment In An Urban Context / Wong Wah Sang 1 -- Part A Broad Issues On The Environment 15 -- Chapter 1 Sustainability And Urban Design / Peter Cookson Smith 17 -- Chapter 2 Town Planning And The Environment: Role And Tools Of Private Consulting Planners / Bo-sin Tang, Andrew Siu-lo Lam 43 -- Chapter 3 What Kind Of Harbour City Do We Want? / Ted Pryor, Peter Cookson Smith 61 -- Part B Environmental Design Strategies 81 -- Chapter 4 Building Into The Environment / Architectural Services Department 83 -- Chapter 5 Use Of Technology To Assist Environmental Design: A Case Study Of Verbena Heights In Hong Kong / Kam-sing Wong 111 -- Chapter 6 A Public Housing Experience / Ada Yin-suen Fung 123 -- Chapter 7 Passive Environmental Strategies For Architectural Design / Bernard Vincent Lim, Man-kit Leung 135 -- Part C Environmental Factors 149 -- Chapter 8 Design For Building Environmental Performance / Daniel Wai-tin Chan, John Burnett, Phillip Jones 151 -- Chapter 9 Noise And Design Of Buildings In Hong Kong / Stephen Siu-yu Lau, Dariusz Sadowski 183 -- Chapter 10 An Investigation On Overall Thermal Transfer Value / Wong Wah Sang 215 -- Part D Environmental Legislation 253 -- Chapter 11 Environmental Planning And Impact Assessment Of Major Development Projects In Hong Kong / Elvis Wai-kwong Au 257 -- Chapter 12 Impact Of Major Environmental Legislation On Property Development In Hong Kong / Edwin Hon-wan Chan 273 -- Chapter 13 Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance -- An Introduction / Chi-sun Poon, Xiang-dong Li 297 -- Chapter 14 Building Control To Enhance The Environment / Wong Wah Sang 311
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- China -- Hong Kong
City planning -- Environmental aspects -- China -- Hong Kong
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- China -- Hong Kong
Environmental policy -- China -- Hong Kong
ARCHITECTURE -- Sustainability & Green Design.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Architecture -- Environmental aspects
City planning -- Environmental aspects
Environmental policy
Urban ecology (Sociology)
China -- Hong Kong
Form Electronic book
Author Huang, Huasheng, 1955-
Chan, Edwin Hon Wan
LC no. 2001515024
ISBN 9789882200494
9882200494