The city of Hong Kong faces limited areas for expansion, and the rail transportation system has grown to become the lifeblood of the city. In this paper, we look at the residential and commercial areas that have been built around prominent Hong Kong rail stations. Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) are the walkable areas around MTR stations. Their sustainability and ability to properly serve the needs of residents based on social, environmental and economic aspects has not been properly assessed. We have devised more comprehensive tools to assess TOD sustainability. From this we provide a series of recommendations for new developments, as well as recommendations for improving the sustainability of existing developments both within Hong Kong and abroad.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Du, Mengxi
• Bukowski, Brandon Christopher
• Ramirez, Kevin Mauricio
• Boatman, Dwight R.

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022713-065611

Stichwort

• Local transit

Advisor

• Nikitina, Svetlana
• Liang, Jianyu

Year

• 2013

Center

• Hong Kong, China Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Hong Kong Institute of Education

Date created

• 2013-02-27

Ort

• Hong Kong

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright