Search Results - "Lai, Lawrence W. C."

Land Surveying and Squatting by Lai, Lawrence W. C., Chau, K. W.

“…Although its scale and social implications depend on the specific country or local situations, squatting is a global urban and rural phenomenon associated with…”
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Land Planning, Property Rights and Management of Built Heritage: Some Hong Kong Observations of Colonial Military Buildings by Lai, Lawrence W. C., Davies, Stephen N. G., Choy, Lennon H. T., Chau, K. W.

“…There has been much confusion in property rights inquiry into real (immovable) property (i.e., land) between open access and common property, and between…”
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Farms are not zoos: A post-colonial study on enclosure and conservation of military heritage buildings in Hong Kong by Lai, Lawrence WC, Ho, Daniel CW

“…This paper explains the importance of distinguishing de facto from de jure property rights, confused by some economists, in heritage conservation planning. A…”
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Surveying was a kind of writing on the land: The economics of land division as town planning by Lai, Lawrence WC, Davies, Stephen NG

“…This article is about the economic role of the primaeval layouts (plats) for a new development area as a conscious act of physical planning. It explains that…”
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From fish to land grabbing - a note on the transition of the concept of “common property” in property rights research under two traditions by Lai, Lawrence W C

“…This essay begins with a trialogue on the definitions of “common property” and introduces two “traditions” of interpreting property rights. The older, traced…”
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A Dialogue on Town Planning and Boundary Delineation by Lai, Lawrence W. C.

“…This is another dialogue on planning. Its novelty lies in its potency in discovering new cutting edges in planning theory and education by examining the roots…”
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Out of sight, out of mind: A comparative study of public bus terminals as civic spaces by Lai, Lawrence W.C., Baker, Mark, Lu, Wilson W.S., Chua, Mark H., Ho, Daniel C.W., Davies, Stephen N.G.

“…•First trans-national comparison of bus terminals development.•Bus terminal as sign structures.•Bus terminal redevelopment as a measure of commodification…”
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Is non-zoning of land impossible? Eight fundamental propositions of zoning by Lai, Lawrence W. C., Davies, Stephen N. G.

“…This essay explains that by virtue of having its boundary delineated, each parcel of land thus defined (or, more technically, zoned) acquires a unique boundary…”
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Sustainable development of heritage conservation and tourism: A Hong Kong case study on colonial heritage by Lai, Lawrence W.C.

“…This paper uses primary economic concepts to discuss, with reference to Hong Kong colonial heritage sites, the possible, but not deterministic, convivial, and…”
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“Forgetting by not doing”: An institutional memory inquiry of forward planning for land production by reclamation by Lai, Lawrence W.C., Chau, K.W, Lorne, Frank T

“…•First attempt to apply concept of corporate memory to study strategic planning.•Original empirical study on reclamation for a small open economy.•Original…”
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Urban renewal and redevelopment: Social justice and property rights with reference to Hong Kong's constitutional capitalism by Lai, Lawrence W.C., Chau, K.W., Cheung, Polycarp Alvin C.W.

“…Within a framework that connects the various disciplines and key concepts of “urban renewal,” this paper reviews the relevant research publications, as found…”
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The rise and fall of the sand monopoly in colonial Hong Kong by Lai, Lawrence W.C., Chau, K.W., Lorne, Frank T.

“…A state monopoly over a scarce natural resource under open access can theoretically reduce the costs of supply by constraining rent dissipation and…”
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A neo-institutional economic analysis of revising informal and formal proprietary boundaries by Lai, Lawrence W. C., Davies, Stephen N. G., Lorne, Frank T., Chau, K. W., Choy, Lennon H. T.

“…This paper follows up six propositions in recent works that considered lot boundaries as units of private planning in a state prepared/endorsed layout and…”
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"As planning is everything, it is good for something!" A Coasian economic taxonomy of modes of planning by Lai, Lawrence WC

“…Against two extreme forms of thinking, which have influenced planning theory, this article argues, in the context of a looming amount of literature generated…”
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An empirical Coasian study on the socio-economic profiles of two politically sensitive informal settlements: Kowloon Walled City and Rennie’s Mill by Lai, Lawrence W.C., Lau, Prudence L.K., Chua, Mark Hansley

“…•Original landlord-tenancy analogy applied to informal settlements.•Coasian interpretation of resource implications of different institutional designs support…”
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The informational dimension of real estate development: A case of a “positive non-interventionist” application of the Coase Theorem by Lai, Lawrence W.C., Chau, K.W., Lee, Chester K.K., Lorne, Frank T.

“…•Novel conceptualization of real estate development as a sign structure.•Real world application of the Fourth Coase Theorem to government information…”
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“Where to draw the line?” That is a land use planning question for the land surveyor and the town planner by Lai, Lawrence W.C.

“…•Define planning generically as drawing and redrawing of boundary lines.•Explain why property boundary delineation is land use planning.•Show critical…”
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Seen from above: The theoretical future of aerial photos in land use, environmental and planning study by Davies, Stephen N.G., Lai, Lawrence W.C., Chua, Mark Hansley

“…•First attempt to tell why aerial photos are less susceptible to criticisms than ground ones.•Explain differences between aerial and ground photos in relation…”
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The effects of ‘publicness’ and quality of publicly accessible open space upon user satisfaction by Ho, Daniel CW, Lai, Lawrence WC, Wang, Anqi

“…There is a worldwide trend for planning bodies to allow, require, or encourage developers to provide open spaces in their properties for public enjoyment to…”
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The Fourth Coase Theorem: State planning rules and spontaneity in action by Lai, Lawrence WC, Lorne, Frank T

“…This article elucidates a novel and powerful Fourth Coase Theorem using Coase's own reasoning and extending the First Coase Theorem. It holds that state rules,…”
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