Property Management: Volume 24 Issue 3

Paradoxes of sustainable development: Property and participation

Susan Batty

The purpose of this paper is to explore two of the paradoxes arising from different views about resource limits and sustainable development.

The framework underpinning conflicting keys in sustainability: harmony‐in‐transit

Anita M.M. Liu

This paper proposes a conceptual framework underpinning the conflicting key elements in analyzing sustainable development (SD) of real estate property and the environment.

Institutional considerations for sustainable development policy implementation: A US case study

Samuel R. Staley

To examine political and economic institutional constraints that can facilitate or impede the implementation of sustainable development policies in urban areas.

A “Hong Kong” model of sustainable development

Lawrence Wai Chung Lai, Kwong Wing Chau, Daniel Chi Wing Ho, Frank T. Lorne

The purpose of this paper is to discuss a Coasian interpretation of a model of sustainable development for Hong Kong that incorporates three segments, namely economy, society, and…

The leasehold system as a land management measure to attain sustainable development planning by contract: A Hong Kong case study

Eric C.K. Ho

The purpose of paper is to investigate the institutional features of the leasehold system of Hong Kong, which is predicated on the freedom of contract as an institutional…

Governance in a co‐ownership environment: The management of multiple‐ownership property in Hong Kong

E.M. Hastings, S.K. Wong, Megan Walters

To examine how the allocation of property rights in multiple‐ownership buildings in Hong Kong creates an environment in which the optimization of asset value may be difficult to…

Effects of building management regimes of private apartment buildings in Hong Kong

Daniel Chi‐wing Ho, Yung Yau, Siu‐kei Wong, Alex King‐chung Cheung, Kwong‐wing Chau, Hing‐fung Leung

There has been a growing public concern over the importance of building management in apartment buildings. However, people's views toward the effects of building management on…

HKSAR's nature conservation policy – a new formulation for an old problem?

T. Winstanley

The purpose of this paper is to examine Hong Kong's newly published nature conservation policy (NCP) which introduces two additional mechanisms to address sites deemed by…

Energy issues in Chongqing

Baizhan Li, Meng Liu, Keith McKinnell

The purpose of this paper is to trace the heavy reliance of coal as an energy source in the city of Chongqing and the serious impact this has had on the air quality together with…

Impact of urbanization on building energy consumption and the role of BEE design codes in China: A position statement

Baizhan Li, Meng Liu, K.G. McKinnell

The purpose of this paper is to trace the connection between China's growth and urbanization processes and the amount of building space that is being constructed.

Institutions, culture, and sustainable development

Daniel C.W. Ho, Lawrence W.C. Lai