Sustainable Land Supply 可持續土地供應策略

Sustainable land supply 

可持續土地供應策略

Illustration: Craig Stephens, South China Morning Post, 10 August 2017

In a South China Morning Post column, Paul Zimmerman calls on the task force that will look into the city’s land supply sources to carefully weigh the public costs for each. By this yardstick, the least damaging options should be chosen.

Hyper-density combined with large areas of natural wilderness is Hong Kong’s competitive advantage over other cities like New York, London, Beijing and Shanghai. If we fail to recognise this, we risk squandering both.

Recycling of brownfields and the upcycling of land set aside for village-type developments can provide the land needed.

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最近，司馬文先生於南華早報的專欄呼籲研究香港未來土地供應來源的專責小組，在選擇土地來源時需仔細權衡各種公共成本。在這衝量標準下，我們應該選擇最不具破壞性的土地供應來源。

相比起其他國際大城市如紐約、倫敦、北京和上海，高密度的市區發展與大自然環境並存是香港其中一個特色。如果我們不認清自己城市的獨特面貌，我們很快因城市過度擴張而失去大片自然環境。

長遠而言，收回的棕地與預留供鄉村式發展解的土地可作為香港土地供應來源。

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