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Author(s): J. Karakiewicz
Abstract:
Different transportation systems produce different types of cities and therefore
places and spaces within them.
The forms of modern cities are therefore subject
to modes of movement and transportation, namely, walking, mass transit, and
personal automobiles.
Walking cities are usually associated with European
towns, which gained their vitality from their compactness of the dense city
centres.
In these cities pedestrians come first.
Most of them have also high
quality and integrated public transport.
The compact nature of Hong Kong’s
urban form may be compared with the form of the European medieval city.
But
instead of being compacted by walls Hong Kong is compacted by its topography:
the sea and the unstable hills.
As a result, Hong Kong has become a great
example of a compact city, one of the very few in the world.
The Hong Kong
transport system works extremely well.
It is probably the only public transport
system in the world that makes a profit.
But is Hong Kong transport sustainable?
Keywords:
sustainability, high-density, layering, mix-use, accessibility.
1 Definitions of sustainable transport
In April 2001 the EU Ministry of Transport and Communication at their meeting
in Luxemburg adopted the following statement as European Union’s definition
on Sustainable transport:
“A sustainable transport is one that:
•Allows the basic access and development needs of individuals,
companies and societies to met safely and in a manner consistent with
human and ecosystem health, and promotes equity within and between
successive generations;
•Is affordable, operates fairly and efficiently, offers choice of transport
modes, and supports a competitive economy, as well as balanced
regional development;
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Pages: 11
Size: 358 kb
Paper DOI: 10.2495/SPD050952
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