The Making of Hong Kong:
3D pedestrian network as the critical walking infrastructure
The three-dimensional pedestrian network, enabling multi-level city living in a vertical metropolis, is a fundamental consideration in urban planning and design practices for high-density cities.
The Making of Hong Kong:
3D pedestrian network as the critical walking infrastructure
The three-dimensional pedestrian network, enabling multi-level city living in a vertical metropolis, is a fundamental consideration in urban planning and design practices for high-density cities.
A research team within HKUrbanLabs, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
Housing,
social and health effects
We are particularly interested in urban redevelopment in high-density cities and use the changes in housing and neighbourhoods as complex interventions to investigate the longitudinal effects on the mental health and wellbeing of the residents.
Research objectives
Research objectives
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Understand the urban renewal process
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Discover experiments to infer longitudinal effects on health and social outcomes
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Healthy urban rehabilitation through social innovation
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Use substantive knowledge to strengthen the natural experiment research design
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Investigating the double ageing issue in high density cities
Ongoing Research
Supported by HKUrbanlabs (2021.07-2024.07)
Lirrey Lin, Dr Dr Guibo Sun, Prof. Chris Webster
Supported by the 44th round of the URC Postdoc Fellow/RAP Scheme (2020.12-2023.12)
Dr Guibo Sun, Dr Eun Yeong Choe, Prof. Juan Du
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Recent Research
When later life faces urban redevelopment
Funded by the 44th round of the URC Postdoc Fellow/RAP Scheme (2020.12-2023.12)
Dr. Eun Yeong Choe, Dr. Guibo Sun, Prof. Chis Webster
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Funded by GRF, "Public transport use and health impacts on the elderly: a natural experiment in the high density built environment of Hong Kong" (2018.08-2022.06)
Dr Guibo Sun
Funded by NSFC, "Elderly friendly environment making during rapid urbanisation: the impact of the built environment on the health of relocated farmers in China" (2019.01-2021.12)
Dr Ying Chang, Dr Guibo Sun
Funded by NSFC, "Natural experimental study of impacts of urban rail transit on sustainable travel in a medium-sized Chinese city" (2016.01-2020.04)
Dr Guibo Sun, Prof. Chris Webster