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Prof. Edwin HW CHAN
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Published: 02 August 2021 in Sustainability
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The ageing population tends to be seen as a burden of cities’ future development. Thus, the public funds for older residents’ wellbeing are at risk of being cut back under the economic austerity due to the prevalent neoliberalism policy atmosphere. However, some cities set good examples to turn their older citizens into active contributors to sustainable urban development (SUD) by developing age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC). Taking Hong Kong as an example, this study aims to raise a strategy for policymakers, especially at the municipal level, to incorporate the concept of AFCC in SUD. Data were retrieved for our analysis from a published report of the Hong Kong Public Policy Research Fund project. A total of 15 AFCC and SUD policy factors were identified by using factor analysis. The correlations between these policy factors were evaluated and visualised in a synergetic effect network. According to the network, this study indicates that developing the silver hair market can be a suitable entry point to realise SUD by adopting an AFCC development. Isolation prevention, social sustainability and low-energy-consumption development are the supportive policy factors for the silver hair market. Specifically, respect, discrimination prevention, communication and information, age-friendly facilities, environmental safety and public transportation accessibility are five AFCC policy factors incorporated in the policy integration to enhance older residents’ wellbeing further. This study is an innovative attempt to develop a comprehensive model for the synergy between sustainable urban development and an age-friendly city and community using a correlation network. This study also provides a reference for other city governments to respond to population ageing positively.

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Jianbo Han; Edwin Chan; Queena Qian; Esther Yung. Achieving Sustainable Urban Development with an Ageing Population: An “Age-Friendly City and Community” Approach. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8614 .

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Jianbo Han, Edwin Chan, Queena Qian, Esther Yung. Achieving Sustainable Urban Development with an Ageing Population: An “Age-Friendly City and Community” Approach. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8614.

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Jianbo Han; Edwin Chan; Queena Qian; Esther Yung. 2021. "Achieving Sustainable Urban Development with an Ageing Population: An “Age-Friendly City and Community” Approach." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8614.

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Published: 31 March 2021 in Tourism Management Perspectives
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This paper contributes to the understanding of community resilience in tourism development in the destination community. Accordingly, we propose a ‘co-flourishing’ framework integrating community resilience and tourism development by mobilising six types of community capital – human, social, natural, physical, financial, and psychological – which strengthen community capacity during disturbances or crises. We argue that the existing understanding of the tourism system tends to be resource-driven and market-oriented. Such approaches neglect the needs of the destination community, which should have adequate resources for its goal of providing a good life for its members. We first review the six forms of community capital and their implications for community resilience, and argue that tourism development has a negative impact on various kinds of community capital – particularly in destination communities. Hence, we propose a co-flourishing framework which advocates a paradigm change in tourism development to cater to the capital needs of the community. The proposed framework highlights practical long-term policy suggestions for tourism development and planning. We identify further necessary research is needed to accumulate empirical evidence to better apply the co-flourishing framework in various development scenarios in both developing and developed economies.

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Abdul Wakil; Yi Sun; Edwin H.W. Chan. Co-flourishing: Intertwining community resilience and tourism development in destination communities. Tourism Management Perspectives 2021, 38, 100803 .

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Abdul Wakil, Yi Sun, Edwin H.W. Chan. Co-flourishing: Intertwining community resilience and tourism development in destination communities. Tourism Management Perspectives. 2021; 38 ():100803.

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Abdul Wakil; Yi Sun; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2021. "Co-flourishing: Intertwining community resilience and tourism development in destination communities." Tourism Management Perspectives 38, no. : 100803.

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Published: 02 January 2021 in disP - The Planning Review
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Transfer of development rights (TDRs) is an attractive method in theory, contributing to a city’s conservation effort while balancing the need for sustainable urban development. Operationally, the implementation of TDRs is complex and problematic due to conflicting interests of stakeholders under the influence of different institutional arrangements. This study aims to show from a theoretical perspective how TDR cases for built heritage conservation are evaluated to examine the impact of TDR institutional arrangements, and then propose strategies to improve the institutional system. Through a review of established theories, an evaluation framework with a set of criteria and associated sub-criteria related to the outcomes of institutional arrangements was established for detailed impact analysis, which has been supported with feedback from semi-structured interviews with experts and interested groups. The outcome includes conflicts associated with Ostrom’s (2005) evaluative criteria for economic efficiency problems, social inequity, inadaptability and non-resilience with existing planning systems, unclear accountability, and undesirable “conformance with general morality”. The results of this case study reveal the gaps between the theory and practice of TDR implementations, particularly the conflicts with government planning systems and threats to public interests. Based on the results of this study, strategies have been provided that improve institutional arrangement for TDRs and highlight the specific measures needed to minimise the bilateral challenge between private development interests and public conservation goals.

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Jun Hou; Edwin H. W. Chan; Esther H. K. Yung. Evaluating the Impact of Informal Institutional Arrangements on the Transfer of Development Rights for Built Heritage Conservation in Dense Cities. disP - The Planning Review 2021, 57, 36 -52.

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Jun Hou, Edwin H. W. Chan, Esther H. K. Yung. Evaluating the Impact of Informal Institutional Arrangements on the Transfer of Development Rights for Built Heritage Conservation in Dense Cities. disP - The Planning Review. 2021; 57 (1):36-52.

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Jun Hou; Edwin H. W. Chan; Esther H. K. Yung. 2021. "Evaluating the Impact of Informal Institutional Arrangements on the Transfer of Development Rights for Built Heritage Conservation in Dense Cities." disP - The Planning Review 57, no. 1: 36-52.

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Published: 31 December 2020 in ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Along with the increase of big data and the advancement of technologies, comprehensive data-driven knowledge of urban systems is becoming more attainable, yet the connection between big-data research and its application e.g., in smart city development, is not clearly articulated. Focusing on Human Mobility, one of the most frequently investigated applications of big data analytics, a framework for linking international academic research and city-level management policy was established and applied to the case of Hong Kong. Literature regarding human mobility research using big data are reviewed. These studies contribute to (1) discovering the spatial-temporal phenomenon, (2) identifying the difference in human behaviour or spatial attributes, (3) explaining the dynamic of mobility, and (4) applying to city management. Then, the application of the research to smart city development are scrutinised based on email queries to various governmental departments in Hong Kong. The identified challenges include data isolation, data unavailability, gaming between costs and quality of data, limited knowledge derived from rich data, as well as estrangement between public and private sectors. With further improvement in the practical value of data analytics and the utilization of data sourced from multiple sectors, paths to achieve smarter cities from policymaking perspectives are highlighted.

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Anqi Wang; Anshu Zhang; Edwin H. W. Chan; Wenzhong Shi; Xiaolin Zhou; Zhewei Liu. A Review of Human Mobility Research Based on Big Data and Its Implication for Smart City Development. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2020, 10, 13 .

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Anqi Wang, Anshu Zhang, Edwin H. W. Chan, Wenzhong Shi, Xiaolin Zhou, Zhewei Liu. A Review of Human Mobility Research Based on Big Data and Its Implication for Smart City Development. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2020; 10 (1):13.

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Anqi Wang; Anshu Zhang; Edwin H. W. Chan; Wenzhong Shi; Xiaolin Zhou; Zhewei Liu. 2020. "A Review of Human Mobility Research Based on Big Data and Its Implication for Smart City Development." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 1: 13.

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Published: 28 December 2020 in Sustainability
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With the rapid advancement of urbanisation, the adaptive reuse of heritage plays a key role in achieving sustainable development, which is widely recognised by UNESCO and International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). In the process of urban renewal, unclear property rights have seriously hindered the relocation of old houses, compensation and the adaptive reuse of historical buildings, even causing a series of social contradictions, such as violence. Moreover, forced evictions and controversy in dealing with the rights of residents, particularly the so-called ‘nail households’ have attracted public attention. However, few studies have analysed the problems and countermeasures from the perspective of unclear property rights. This study focuses on analysing the unclear property rights of historical buildings to propose an Alternative Governance Model for Historical Building Conservation in China. Founded on the Coase Theorem of externalities and property rights to examine the existing complex property ownership and rights patterns of 63 historical buildings in the famous Pingjiang Historic Block in Suzhou, China, the model provides reasonable and feasible reconstruction schemes for each situation. The operation model can also provide a symbiosis of new and old building solutions for urban renewal in developing countries, which may encounter a similar challenge of urbanisation.

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Nan Guo; Edwin Chan; Esther Yung. Alternative Governance Model for Historical Building Conservation in China: From Property Rights Perspective. Sustainability 2020, 13, 203 .

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Nan Guo, Edwin Chan, Esther Yung. Alternative Governance Model for Historical Building Conservation in China: From Property Rights Perspective. Sustainability. 2020; 13 (1):203.

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Nan Guo; Edwin Chan; Esther Yung. 2020. "Alternative Governance Model for Historical Building Conservation in China: From Property Rights Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 203.

Journal article
Published: 13 December 2020 in Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
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The appraisal of educational institution campuses' sustainability performance has been on the rise within the past decades. This appraisal is primarily due to the importance of establishing and executing planning policies targeted at designing smart, healthy, and sustainable campuses. In ensuring environmental sustainability for smart development in Nigeria tertiary institution campuses, allocating relative importance and weights to selected indicators was carried out via the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The relevant indicators peculiar to Nigeria's higher education institutions were identified based on social media user-generated content. The AHP involves a pairwise comparison survey with 18 certified town planning professionals from different parts of the country. The study prioritized transportation as the most important sustainability attribute for planning the smart campuses of tertiary-level education institutions in Nigeria elsewhere with similar environments. The study proposed the development of a spatial data infrastructure for achieving the Africa smart city agenda.

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Yusuf A. Adenle; Edwin H.W. Chan; Yi Sun; C.K. Chau. Assessing the relative importance of sustainability indicators for smart campuses: A case of higher education institutions in Nigeria. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 2020, 9, 100092 .

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Yusuf A. Adenle, Edwin H.W. Chan, Yi Sun, C.K. Chau. Assessing the relative importance of sustainability indicators for smart campuses: A case of higher education institutions in Nigeria. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 2020; 9 ():100092.

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Yusuf A. Adenle; Edwin H.W. Chan; Yi Sun; C.K. Chau. 2020. "Assessing the relative importance of sustainability indicators for smart campuses: A case of higher education institutions in Nigeria." Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 9, no. : 100092.

Journal article
Published: 08 September 2020 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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The peri-urban area has undergone tremendous changes in various aspects. Tourism-driven development in this area, echoing the longing of urban residents for recreational and leisure space, provides an alternative to conventional urbanization approaches. Particularly, in view of heightened conflicts and fierce competitions that often occur in the area, developing the knowledge of the co-visitation network, or how different attractions and villages interact with each other from the visitors’ perspective, is key to more informed planning strategies. With the rapid development of online social media platforms and mobile devices, researchers can collect massive real-time data on the basis of online user-generated content. While there are already many attempts on its application on tourism design, few studies to date have explored how peri-urban attractions and villages are organized in same trips. In this paper, we design a new methodology on the basis of social media analytics to construct and map a co-visitation network, and apply NetMiner-enabled social network analysis to explain its structure and nodal functions. The usefulness of this methodology is demonstrated through a detailed case study in Shenzhen, China. Research findings reveal types of existing co-visitation patterns, which help planners predict future trends, design new experiences and take specific measures in line with visitor demands.

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Yao Sun; Yiwen Shao; Edwin H.W. Chan. Co-visitation network in tourism-driven peri-urban area based on social media analytics: A case study in Shenzhen, China. Landscape and Urban Planning 2020, 204, 103934 .

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Yao Sun, Yiwen Shao, Edwin H.W. Chan. Co-visitation network in tourism-driven peri-urban area based on social media analytics: A case study in Shenzhen, China. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2020; 204 ():103934.

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Yao Sun; Yiwen Shao; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2020. "Co-visitation network in tourism-driven peri-urban area based on social media analytics: A case study in Shenzhen, China." Landscape and Urban Planning 204, no. : 103934.

Journal article
Published: 22 August 2020 in Sustainability
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Institutions of higher education across the globe have commenced the appraisal of their sustainability performance via the utilization of various existing campus sustainability assessment tools. A comprehensive review of these existing tools reveals insufficient utilization of weighting methods and theoretical approaches that allow for the monitoring, review, and enhancement of the appraisal process and tools. Social media and spatial-based indicators usage are also deficient in the existing tools. This paper addresses these research gaps and develops a Modifiable Campus-wide Appraisal Model (MOCAM) for a comprehensive spatial-based information and assessment framework for policymakers, local authorities, and campus planners in countries with unknown campus sustainability status. In this model, the specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) approach was utilized to identify environmental-dimension indicators with campus-wide and spatial-based attributes. The Twitter social media platform, Elastic stack, and Python Library were used for the extraction and analysis of local stakeholders’ user-generated content for the identification of localized indicators. The analytic hierarchy process was used for the determination and analysis of the attribute level of importance and weights. The model also broadens the application of symbolic interactionism by translating it from the predominant field of social science to sustainable campus appraisal.

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Yusuf A. Adenle; Edwin H. W. Chan; Yi Sun; C.K. Chau. Modifiable Campus-Wide Appraisal Model (MOCAM) for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6821 .

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Yusuf A. Adenle, Edwin H. W. Chan, Yi Sun, C.K. Chau. Modifiable Campus-Wide Appraisal Model (MOCAM) for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):6821.

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Yusuf A. Adenle; Edwin H. W. Chan; Yi Sun; C.K. Chau. 2020. "Modifiable Campus-Wide Appraisal Model (MOCAM) for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 6821.

Journal article
Published: 20 August 2020 in Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
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Despite the plethora of comprehensive review of campus sustainability assessment tools, reporting, and indicators in the extant literature, studies are absent specifically on campus-wide and spatial-based indicators in existing tools. Although, several academic campuses across the globe are located on a vast area of land with multiple activities and operations associated with serious ecological consequences. This paper explores the environmental-dimension indicators with spatial and campus-wide attributes in 13 existing campus sustainability appraisal tools via coverage evaluation and the SMART approach. The findings reveal a severe absence of comprehensive coverage of spatial-based indicators and the lack of the integration of a GIS and or related spatial software in their appraisal process. The article demonstrates how integrating GIS and or other related spatial techniques and software into environmental dimension indicators with campus-wide and spatial attributes could be carried out to remedy the challenges of absence, inadequate of or restrained access to basic information for campus sustainability appraisal project in developing world.

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Yusuf A. Adenle; Edwin H.W. Chan; Yi Sun; C.K. Chau. Exploring the coverage of environmental-dimension indicators in existing campus sustainability appraisal tools. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 2020, 8, 100057 .

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Yusuf A. Adenle, Edwin H.W. Chan, Yi Sun, C.K. Chau. Exploring the coverage of environmental-dimension indicators in existing campus sustainability appraisal tools. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 2020; 8 ():100057.

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Yusuf A. Adenle; Edwin H.W. Chan; Yi Sun; C.K. Chau. 2020. "Exploring the coverage of environmental-dimension indicators in existing campus sustainability appraisal tools." Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 8, no. : 100057.

Journal article
Published: 06 August 2020 in Land Use Policy
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Hitherto research by planning researchers on the economics of land use planning have sought to interpret and re-interpret the role of such planning as a non-market measure to: (a) remedy market failure; (b) delineate and re-delineate property rights to land; and (c) determine the economic impact (effectiveness) of (a) and (b) on, say, efficiency (welfare), property values, and development. This paper develops the thesis from a neo-institutional economic perspective that the land use planning process is not just an indicative exercise of plan preparation, promulgation, and interpretation, but also a real production and consumption process. The former for laying out or platting a greenfield site is explained by elaborating on the analogy of cutting a diamond, while the latter is explained in terms of the physical features of public goods other than being informational. It then proceeds to how a formal de jure layout imposed by the state as a kind of corrective for an antecedent bottom-up (and in this sense “spontaneous”) de facto pre-existing layout constrains subsequent development of a place. Three Taiwanese examples are used to show how pre-existing ‘cuts’, to places that varied in terms of population and modernity, may constrain and survive subsequent cuts that seek to modernize and reform the former. Reasons based on transaction costs are offered for the key observations.

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Lawrence W.C. Lai; Stephen N.G. Davies; Edwin H.W. Chan; Mark Hansley Chua; C.L. Lin. The production and consumption of land use planning: A neo-institutional economic perspective & three Taiwan case studies of planning layering. Land Use Policy 2020, 99, 104910 .

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Lawrence W.C. Lai, Stephen N.G. Davies, Edwin H.W. Chan, Mark Hansley Chua, C.L. Lin. The production and consumption of land use planning: A neo-institutional economic perspective & three Taiwan case studies of planning layering. Land Use Policy. 2020; 99 ():104910.

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Lawrence W.C. Lai; Stephen N.G. Davies; Edwin H.W. Chan; Mark Hansley Chua; C.L. Lin. 2020. "The production and consumption of land use planning: A neo-institutional economic perspective & three Taiwan case studies of planning layering." Land Use Policy 99, no. : 104910.

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Published: 16 July 2020 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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The environment can be an attitudinal and emotional context for older people to develop place attachment, consisting of place identity and place dependence. Articulating place attachment is essential to enhancing the lived experience of older people and strengthening their capacity to be autonomous and independent. This study extends place attachment research to a densely populated urban area in Asia through a case study of older people’s perceptions on environmental factors and place attachment. Face-to-face questionnaire surveys involving 273 community dwellers aged 65 years or above were administered to understand how different environmental dimensions relate to each other and place attachment, as well as the mechanisms underlying the associations between environmental perceptions and place attachment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to understand the meanings of place attachment and its implications for daily life. The research found that “buildings and surroundings,” “community facilities and amenities,” and “social attributes of a place” predicted place attachment. Residential satisfaction partially mediated the path from environmental perceptions to place attachment. Given that urban renewal and population aging are important considerations for future urbanization, these findings are relevant to guidelines on designing community landscapes and facilities, contributing to aging in place policies worldwide.

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Yi Sun; Yang Fang; Esther H.K. Yung; Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao; Edwin H.W. Chan. Investigating the links between environment and older people’s place attachment in densely populated urban areas. Landscape and Urban Planning 2020, 203, 103897 .

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Yi Sun, Yang Fang, Esther H.K. Yung, Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao, Edwin H.W. Chan. Investigating the links between environment and older people’s place attachment in densely populated urban areas. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2020; 203 ():103897.

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Yi Sun; Yang Fang; Esther H.K. Yung; Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2020. "Investigating the links between environment and older people’s place attachment in densely populated urban areas." Landscape and Urban Planning 203, no. : 103897.

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Published: 07 June 2020 in Energy Research & Social Science
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The effectiveness of smart home energy technology in saving residential energy has been widely accepted. China has a huge market for the development of smart home energy technology; however, the household penetration rate in China is still at a low level, and one likely reason derives from the gap between the functions and user’s experience or expectations. The aim of this paper is to bridge the gap by developing entropy weighting based evaluation system for the performance of smart home energy technology. To achieve this objective, the processes include discovering key performance indicators of smart home energy technology by literature review; conducting a questionnaire survey in Guangdong province of China considering the macro-environment of policy and industry; investigating the underlying performance factors by factor analysis; and calculating the indicator weighting by entropy method. Additionally, the potential applications of the evaluation system in industry and its associated limitations are also discussed.

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Weiyu Ji; Edwin H.W. Chan. Between users, functions, and evaluations: Exploring the social acceptance of smart energy homes in China. Energy Research & Social Science 2020, 69, 101637 .

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Weiyu Ji, Edwin H.W. Chan. Between users, functions, and evaluations: Exploring the social acceptance of smart energy homes in China. Energy Research & Social Science. 2020; 69 ():101637.

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Weiyu Ji; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2020. "Between users, functions, and evaluations: Exploring the social acceptance of smart energy homes in China." Energy Research & Social Science 69, no. : 101637.

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Published: 01 February 2020 in Habitat International
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Among different types of land use, public open space (POS) is noted as one of the most important assets for a city and local community, which benefits people in terms of their social, physical, and psychological well-being. However, the existing literature has revealed the uneven distribution of POS across different social contexts, which has failed to serve potential users equitably. While there is a significant need for research on the integration of the physical environment and the right to POS, previous studies have failed to show how to best merge these two components to promote equitable use of POS. Focusing on spatial justice as the theoretical basis for planning and assessment of POS, this paper aims to propose a framework for the evaluation of spatial justice performance in POS. We review key theories of spatial justice, and critically evaluate the insights they share when applied to urban POS planning. We examine the issues related to spatial justice of POS from three aspects namely: physical justice; urbanization of social justice; and right to the city, in order to identify the key variables of POS spatial justice. These examinations are supported by the analysed results of opinions from experts collected through both interviews and questionnaires. A conceptual framework for POS spatial justice evaluation is thus developed, which includes five constructs: Access and Management, Sociability and Diversity, Demand and Provision, Social Stratum and Information, and Social Inclusion. The relational interactions among these constructs provide an in-depth understanding and guidance for future work on POS planning, which contribute to bridging the knowledge gap on the subject.

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Izzy Yi Jian; Jiemei Luo; Edwin H.W. Chan. Spatial justice in public open space planning: Accessibility and inclusivity. Habitat International 2020, 97, 102122 .

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Izzy Yi Jian, Jiemei Luo, Edwin H.W. Chan. Spatial justice in public open space planning: Accessibility and inclusivity. Habitat International. 2020; 97 ():102122.

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Izzy Yi Jian; Jiemei Luo; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2020. "Spatial justice in public open space planning: Accessibility and inclusivity." Habitat International 97, no. : 102122.

Journal article
Published: 23 December 2019 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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Public participation in land-use planning has long been considered beneficial to the urban environment by involving different stakeholders in decision-making. Through participation, the question of how to improve the provision of public Green Space in urban development has been discussed in many research studies, especially in cities undergoing densification; yet the Arnstein gaps between the desired and actual levels of citizen participation, as well as the insufficient green space provision, are problems still apparent, and thus worth deeper investigation. Focusing on power-geometry in participatory planning, this study aims to provide a better understanding of the impact of citizen participation on green-space planning from an agent-based perspective. It introduces a methodology of Pre- and Post-Participation Evaluation through dissecting the participation process, evaluating the outcome and its effects, and illustrating the power-geometry behind the decision-making. A participatory planning case of a new development in Hong Kong is then analysed using the proposed methodology. The results suggest that the Arnstein gap can seldom be filled in cases where there are divergent interests and differentiated power, whereas the prioritization of environmental goals is the key to success in greener planning. The study not only contributes a methodology to connect the participatory process to planning outcomes, but it also demonstrates the useful role played by directional power-geometry. This enhances an understanding of the pathways to improve the effectiveness of participatory planning through collaboration and consensus building.

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Anqi Wang; Edwin H.W. Chan. The impact of power-geometry in participatory planning on urban greening. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2019, 48, 126571 .

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Anqi Wang, Edwin H.W. Chan. The impact of power-geometry in participatory planning on urban greening. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2019; 48 ():126571.

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Anqi Wang; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2019. "The impact of power-geometry in participatory planning on urban greening." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 48, no. : 126571.

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Published: 12 November 2019 in Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
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Context-specific research are necessary to promote public transit by optimizing the built environment in the process of urban renewal. Using data of residential travel survey in Shenzhen, China in 2014, this paper investigated how built environment affected transit travel in urban villages where low-income group resided, and they are all tenants. Structural equations modelling was employed to express the effects of socio-economic, public transit service related and built environment variables on travel mode choice, travel time and distance, with control for residential self-selection. It is found that after considering the self-selection effect, the influence of density and transit availability on travel distance, travel time and transit mode choice in urban villages are still significant. For urban villages, transit availability matters greatest for transit promotion, but the negative effect of density on transit mode choice and none effect of mixed land use are unusual as previous findings. This is partly because of relatively low income, low car ownership, and less elastic travel demand of tenants living in urban villages. Our findings provide some insights into transit-oriented urban renewal that when transforming urban villages, emphasis should be put on enhancement of transit availability, and the mixed land use could be put in the last consideration when there is limited time and funds.

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Le Yu; Binglei Xie; Edwin H.W. Chan. Exploring impacts of the built environment on transit travel: Distance, time and mode choice, for urban villages in Shenzhen, China. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 2019, 132, 57 -71.

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Le Yu, Binglei Xie, Edwin H.W. Chan. Exploring impacts of the built environment on transit travel: Distance, time and mode choice, for urban villages in Shenzhen, China. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 2019; 132 ():57-71.

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Le Yu; Binglei Xie; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2019. "Exploring impacts of the built environment on transit travel: Distance, time and mode choice, for urban villages in Shenzhen, China." Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 132, no. : 57-71.

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Published: 01 November 2019 in Energies
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Smart home energy technology has been verified to be successful for energy reduction in the residential sector. However, the current penetration rate of smart home energy technology is at a low level. Considering the factors of economy, policy, and demographics, Guangdong Province in China is a suitable region as an exemplary case to promote smart home energy technology through the urban residents. Therefore, using Guangdong as the targeting area, this research examined the factors influencing residents’ intention to adopt smart home energy technology. A theoretical model based on the theory of planned behavior and Norm Activation Model theory was developed, with special consideration of the complex technical features. A questionnaire survey was performed in Guangdong Province and the data was analyzed by PLS-SEM. The analysis results indicated that residents’ attitude towards technical performance, social norm, perceived behavioral control, and personal norm all have positive influence on the adoption intention, of which, attitude towards technical performance had the strongest effect. On the other hand, the attitude towards economic performance was found not to lead adoption intention. To explain this consequence, the discussion based on behavioral economics was proposed.

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Weiyu Ji; Edwin H. W. Chan. Critical Factors Influencing the Adoption of Smart Home Energy Technology in China: A Guangdong Province Case Study. Energies 2019, 12, 4180 .

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Weiyu Ji, Edwin H. W. Chan. Critical Factors Influencing the Adoption of Smart Home Energy Technology in China: A Guangdong Province Case Study. Energies. 2019; 12 (21):4180.

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Weiyu Ji; Edwin H. W. Chan. 2019. "Critical Factors Influencing the Adoption of Smart Home Energy Technology in China: A Guangdong Province Case Study." Energies 12, no. 21: 4180.

Journal article
Published: 05 August 2019 in Facilities
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Purpose Design teams have difficulties in assessing building carbon emissions at an early stage, as most building energy simulation tools require a detailed input of building design for estimation. The purpose of this paper is to develop a user-friendly regression model to estimate carbon emissions of the preliminary design of office buildings in the subtropics by way of example. Five sets of building design parameters, including building configuration, building envelope, design space conditions, building system configuration and occupant behaviour, are considered in this study. Design/methodology/approach Both EnergyPlus and Monte Carlo simulation were used to predict carbon emissions for different combinations of the design parameters. A total of 100,000 simulations were conducted to ensure a full range of simulation results. Based on the simulation results, a regression model was developed to estimate carbon emissions of office buildings based on preliminary design information. Findings The results show that occupant density, annual mean occupancy rate, equipment load, lighting load and chiller coefficient of performance are the top five influential parameters affecting building carbon emissions under the subtropics. Besides, the design parameters of ten office buildings were input into this user-friendly regression model for validation. The results show that the ranking of its simulated carbon emissions for these ten buildings is consistent with the original carbon emissions ranking. Practical implications With the use of this developed regression model, design teams can not only have a simple and quick estimation of carbon emissions based on the building design information at the conceptual stage but also explore design options by understanding the level of reduction in carbon emissions if a certain building design parameter is changed. The study also provides recommendations on building design to reduce carbon emissions of office buildings. Originality/value Limited research has been conducted to date to investigate how the change of building design affects carbon emissions in the subtropics where four distinct seasons lead to significant variations of outdoor temperature and relative humidity. Previous research also did not emphasise on the impact of high-rise office building designs (e.g. small building footprint, high window-to-wall ratio) on carbon emissions. This paper adds value by identifying the influential parameters affecting carbon emissions for a high-rise office building design and allows a handy estimate of building carbon emissions under the subtropical conditions. The same approach may be used for other meteorological conditions.

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Pan Lee; Edwin Hon Wan Chan; Queena K. Qian; Patrick T.I. Lam. Development of a user-friendly regression model to evaluate carbon emissions of office buildings design in the subtropics. Facilities 2019, 37, 860 -878.

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Pan Lee, Edwin Hon Wan Chan, Queena K. Qian, Patrick T.I. Lam. Development of a user-friendly regression model to evaluate carbon emissions of office buildings design in the subtropics. Facilities. 2019; 37 (11/12):860-878.

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Pan Lee; Edwin Hon Wan Chan; Queena K. Qian; Patrick T.I. Lam. 2019. "Development of a user-friendly regression model to evaluate carbon emissions of office buildings design in the subtropics." Facilities 37, no. 11/12: 860-878.

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Published: 16 May 2019 in Cities
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A growing body of research using the direct demand model has explored the impact of the built environment on transit ridership. However, empirical studies identified various significant factors in different cities with different datasets. This study adopts points-of-interest (POIs) data to identify the physical environmental factors affecting metro ridership in Shanghai. Independent variables in terms of the rail transit system, external connectivity, intermodal connection, and land use factors within 286 metro stations' catchment areas were selected. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to group POIs into 6 components for dimensionality reduction. The results from ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis emphasize the dominating role of commercial land use and rail transit system factors, together with bus stops, tourist spots and healthcare factors, positively impact both weekday and weekend metro ridership; however, the effect of job-related land use is significant only on weekdays. Distinctively, the variable of intersection density is not positively associated with ridership as expected, revealing that street network measurements may not explain walking to rail transit in the citywide Shanghai context, so we suggest a new requirement: a multilevel-based walkability index in dense cities. The latter finding also implied that residences in central locations are less reliable than those in suburban locations. Finally, we conclude with strategies to encourage balanced trip demands other than simply increasing ridership, which has potential implications on urban planning and transit-oriented development (TOD) in China.

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Dadi An; Xin Tong; Kun Liu; Edwin Hon Wan Chan. Understanding the impact of built environment on metro ridership using open source in Shanghai. Cities 2019, 93, 177 -187.

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Dadi An, Xin Tong, Kun Liu, Edwin Hon Wan Chan. Understanding the impact of built environment on metro ridership using open source in Shanghai. Cities. 2019; 93 ():177-187.

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Dadi An; Xin Tong; Kun Liu; Edwin Hon Wan Chan. 2019. "Understanding the impact of built environment on metro ridership using open source in Shanghai." Cities 93, no. : 177-187.

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Published: 01 February 2019 in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
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Anqi Wang; Edwin Hon Wan Chan. Institutional factors affecting urban green space provision – from a local government revenue perspective. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2019, 62, 2313 -2329.

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Anqi Wang, Edwin Hon Wan Chan. Institutional factors affecting urban green space provision – from a local government revenue perspective. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2019; 62 (13):2313-2329.

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Anqi Wang; Edwin Hon Wan Chan. 2019. "Institutional factors affecting urban green space provision – from a local government revenue perspective." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62, no. 13: 2313-2329.

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Published: 29 January 2019 in Sustainable Development
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The aging population is one of the demographic changes in the 21st century. World Health Organization defines an age‐friendly city as a place that has an “inclusive and accessible urban environment that promotes active aging.” It receives considerable attention in the field of gerontology and contains important aspects of sustainable urban development. Unfortunately, there have not much research that addresses the relationship between aging‐friendly and sustainability. There is a need to modify the market mechanism to achieve environmental objectives while striking a balance between social and economic considerations. This paper aims to empirically examine the integrated relationships between the dense urban environment and the social and emotional needs of the elderly in the Hong Kong context. The on‐street survey was conducted in eight districts in Hong Kong to collect the opinions about aging‐friendly criteria and sustainability indicators. It utilizes principal component analysis and multiple regression technique to unveil the mask of their intrinsic relationship. The empirical results suggest how the aging‐friendly factors have impacted the economic, environmental, and social sustainability to a certain extent. Notably, two key findings were revealed from the empirical results. (a) “Outdoor Spaces” is consistently found not to be a planning factor that can enhance three types of sustainability, irrespective of the age groups in Hong Kong; (b) “Community Support and Health Services” is regarded as a significant factor, with the exception of economic sustainability (age group ≤60).

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Queena K. Qian; Winky K.O. Ho; J. Jorge Ochoa; Edwin H.W. Chan. Does aging-friendly enhance sustainability? Evidence from Hong Kong. Sustainable Development 2019, 27, 657 -668.

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Queena K. Qian, Winky K.O. Ho, J. Jorge Ochoa, Edwin H.W. Chan. Does aging-friendly enhance sustainability? Evidence from Hong Kong. Sustainable Development. 2019; 27 (4):657-668.

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Queena K. Qian; Winky K.O. Ho; J. Jorge Ochoa; Edwin H.W. Chan. 2019. "Does aging-friendly enhance sustainability? Evidence from Hong Kong." Sustainable Development 27, no. 4: 657-668.