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Article: Optimal site area for high-density housing development

TitleOptimal site area for high-density housing development
Authors
Suen, WTang, BS
KeywordsHong Kong
Housing
Land development
Land policy
Town planning
Issue Date2002
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint
Citation
Habitat International, 2002, v. 26 n. 4, p. 539-552 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0197-3975(02)00018-8
AbstractThis study provides an empirical assessment of the optimal site area for master-planned high-density housing development in Hong Kong. Conventional hedonic pricing methods are not used because they cannot separate the amenity value of large sites from the price effects caused by market power. We obtain our estimate from a unique data set containing the choice of applicants for public housing units in 128 housing estates in Hong Kong between 1990 and 1998. An inverted U-shaped relationship between site area and popularity of the estate is revealed. We conclude that the land areas of most public housing estates in Hong Kong are sub-optimal. Our estimated optimal site area serves as a quantitative benchmark for the government in its future disposal of public as well as private housing land. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/48714
ISSN
0197-3975
2021 Impact Factor: 5.205
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.542
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000179316100007
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dc.description.abstractThis study provides an empirical assessment of the optimal site area for master-planned high-density housing development in Hong Kong. Conventional hedonic pricing methods are not used because they cannot separate the amenity value of large sites from the price effects caused by market power. We obtain our estimate from a unique data set containing the choice of applicants for public housing units in 128 housing estates in Hong Kong between 1990 and 1998. An inverted U-shaped relationship between site area and popularity of the estate is revealed. We conclude that the land areas of most public housing estates in Hong Kong are sub-optimal. Our estimated optimal site area serves as a quantitative benchmark for the government in its future disposal of public as well as private housing land. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
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dc.subjectTown planningen_HK
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