香港慢行系统和行人环境规划

香港在地少、人多、车多的情况下,锐意改善城中的行人环境和实行城市绿化,对市区内较旧地区则采用地区改善计划的方式,不需大规模重建或新发展,亦能改善旧区环境,避免通常大规模重建对小区所造成的滋扰.地区改善计划以"容旧纳新"代替了"破旧立新"的概念.地区改善项目能以较低成本提早落实,亦具可持续性及能保留地区特色.亦简略介绍了...

The Slow-Traffic System and Pedestrian Environment Planning in Hong Kong

Despite the severe constraints of the lack of land resources vis-à-vis the immense population and vast number of vehicles,Hong Kong has strived to improve the city’s pedestrian environment and to implement greening initiatives.As for the relatively older inner city areas,it uses an "area improvement scheme" approach which does not require large scale redevelopment or new development to implement environmental improvements.The "area improvement scheme" has applied a concept of "sustaining the old while introducing the new" instead of the past "purging the old to make way for the new" approach.In this way,it requires a lower cost and can get some improvement projects implemented early,whilst complying with the principles of sustainable development and retaining the local characteristics.This paper briefly introduces the principles of pedestrian environment planning,the development of elevated pedestrian walkway systems and underground developments,and it also describes generally the salient points about "greening master plans".Using the Tsim Sha Tsui case as example,it explains the process of the making of an "area improvement scheme",and how various proposals are integrated for improving the general environment of older urban districts and revitalizing them."Area improvement scheme" includes "pedestrian priority areas",streetscape enhancement,greening,traffic control measures and some rezoning of land-uses.The Tsim Sha Tsui area improvement scheme has undergone extensive public engagement,enabling the public to participate directly in the planning process as well as to contribute personally towards the improvement of their concerned district.