Transboundary platform : the border zone activation

Abstract

Through the multi-layered social study on the term “border”, the special relationship between Hong Kong and Shenzhen extract the complex of politics and emotion with the cross-border co-operation. In the past 100 years, the counter relationship between Hong Kong and Shenzhen kept changing with the metamorphoses of political nature borderline. From the completely closed condition to the optional acceptation and further trans-boundary co-operation, the landscape of border zone was critically influenced by the gravitation. For the special geological location, the border zone urbanization in Shenzhen was practically controlled by trans-border economics. But Hong Kong kept its “closed area ordinance” in the border zone until 2016. With the warmer communication of the two cities, the trend for the border zone landscape could be derived to a relatively steady conclusion according to the study of socio-economic on border zone typologies and development. The development of Lok Ma Chau is set as the assumed opportunity for the thesis. According to the requirement of the future development of the border zone for the two cities, a proposal on sustainability of city is framed by the trans-boundary planning project. A resource and environment activating plan which is specialized for the border zone would be the crucial region for the co-operation and developing balance of future would be designed by the project.