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In the arena of planning in Hong Kong, the doctrine of community planning is still an abstract idea and has not been formally adopted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Be that as it may, the word "community planning" or "community participation" was always mentioned in strategic dimensions of planning in Hong Kong in recent years. On the other hand, the discussion among community planning around the global asked for a higher and higher participation level in community planning process, shifting from participation to empowerment. Thus, this dissertation attempts to fill this research gap, analyzing the degree of empowerment under the planning frameworks and institutions in Hong Kong and how effective is community planning to empower citizens in Hong Kong. The community engagement elements within the planning related institutional frameworks in Hong Kong were reviewed and analyzed, in order to figure out the extent of empowerment of the community engagement elements in these frame works. On the other hand, a local planning concern group, which adopts community planning based approach, was used as a contextual study of analyzing the effectiveness of community planning based practices to empower citizens in Hong Kong. It was found that the extent of empowerment of the community engagement elements in planning frameworks of Hong Kong is limited, and community planning based practices is effective in empowering citizens. Thus, if planning in Hong Kong is to empower, but not disempower citizens, community planning approaches should be adopted. A series of empowering community planning process was recommended in this final part of this study. ; published_or_final_version ; Urban Planning and Design ; Master ; Master of Science in Urban Planning

published_or_final_version ; Politics and Public Administration ; Master ; Master of Public Administration

The building rehabilitation issue for the common areas of the multi-storey buildings had aroused public concern in the recent years in Hong Kong. While there were previous researches for examining the approaches for owners to carry out building rehabilitation works for the common areas, the underlying reasons for owner-occupants to engage in carry out rehabilitation works for the common areas was relatively unexplored. This paper started with the investigation of the level of understanding for the concept of common areas in multi-storey buildings by the owner-occupants, followed by examining whether the expected increase in property value was the main concern for owner-occupants to carry out building rehabilitation works by through the methodology of questionnaire survey and in-depth interview. The findings from the respondents revealed that the expected increase in property value was NOT the main concern for owner-occupants to carry out building rehabilitation works for the common areas while among various reasons, the statutory order from the government was actually the main driving force for owners to engage in building rehabilitation works for their buildings. This paper was expected to serve as a catalyst for further studies for the building rehabilitation issue of multi-storey buildings in Hong Kong in the future. ; published_or_final_version ; Housing Management ; Master ; Master of Housing Management

Ben shu dui cheng zhen hua bei jing xia nong min gong jiu ye wen ti zhong jiu ye liu dong, jiu ye neng li yu jiu ye zhi liang de you guan gai nian jin xing le jiao wei shen ru de jie du, cong ji ben gai nian, zhi biao ti xi, fang fa mo xing deng ru shou gou jian le nong min gong jiu ye neng li he jiu ye zhi liang de li lun fen xi kuang jia. Ben shu zhu yao kai zhan san bu fen de yan jiu: cong zhu yao liu dong fang shi (nong min jiu di zhuan yi, jin cheng jiu ye, fan xiang hui liu) kai zhan dui nong min gong jiu ye liu dong de yan jiu; cong wei guan ceng mian (nong min gong ge ti jiao du) kai zhan dui nong min gong jiu ye neng li de yan jiu