https://www.scmp.com/rss/317197/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com To understand how the Urban Renewal Authority is different from its predecessor, the Land Development Corporation - and perhaps has strayed from its original mission to better the standard of living for local residents - look no further than the authority's Hanoi Road project, completed in 2007. The project, developed jointly with New World Development, is the 11th tallest building in Hong Kong with a gross floor area of 102,625 square metres. It contains 345 residential flats, about 270 more... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1761805/ura-genuine-force-urban-renewal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1761805/ura-genuine-force-urban-renewal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:23:35 +0000 In dense cities, it is vital to have public spaces for recreational and communal use. No linear relationship exists between people and parks or trees. Each city is unique in its density and culture, the habitual lives of its residents, its economic status and even its political stability. Cities invest heavily in beautification or "greenification". Georges-Eugène Haussmann's iconic 19th-century redevelopment of Paris, with its tree-lined Grands Boulevards, vast plazas and parks, was part of a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1662933/just-building-more-flats-wont-make-hong-kong-any-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1662933/just-building-more-flats-wont-make-hong-kong-any-more?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:43:49 +0000