Urban renewal in Hong Kong: transition from development corporation to renewal authority
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2. Government has undertaken its own urban renewal projects for many years. The Hong Kong Housing Society (HS) started its Urban Improvement Scheme in 1974. In 1988, the Land Development Corporation (LDC) was established to speed up the process of urban renewal. The Housing Authority (HA) has also played an important role in urban renewal, in particular by redevelopment of its own estates and a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Land Use Policy
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0264-8377
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-8377(01)00019-9