Urban Design Guidelines For Hong Kong

Introduction
The Planning Department commissioned the “Urban Design Guidelines for Hong
Kong”(the Study) in early 1998 with a view to preparing a set of guidelines to
promote public awareness on design considerations, and to provide a broad
framework for urban design assessment.
The overall objective of the Study is to promote Hong Kong’s image as a worldclass
city and to enhance the quality of our built environment in functional and
aesthetic terms at both macro and micro scales.
The Study covers major topics relating to urban design with special emphasis on
the following which are relevant to the day-to-day work of town planners and related
professionals in Hong Kong:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Urban design concepts and principles
Guidelines on design issues commonly encountered in development
proposals
Design guidelines for layout planning
Implementation
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