TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesFigure 5.: Pat Heung, Ordering grids.7. CONCLUSIONThe design meets all current regulations and achieves the same density andeconomic profile as the more typical HK approaches. (see fig. ). It illustratesthat while there is much room for improvement in housing and relateddevelopment policies, a major factor in improving the urban quality of Hong Konglies in improvements in the process and the product of DESIGN. Hong Kongoperates a highly successful rail transport system whose operating model is basedon a close interaction between rail ridership and property development.This relationship which is a longstanding one throughout history is the basis for anoperation which in contrast to almost all other railway systems in financially selfsufficient.However, the potential benefits of this relationship reach well beyond445