Wetland are valuable habitat in Hong Kong. These area have been threatened by
rapid urban development in Hong Kong for the past 50 years. Since they handover of
Hong Kong from the British ruling back to China, the frontier land have been left
untouched for many years. And this land is precious and shall be treated with care in
order to preserve the ecological valuable area for our future generation to enjoy.
The design thesis would response to issues concerning with drainage channel
design in the rural Man Kam To district and current ecological stream park/wetland
compensation mitigation in Hong Kong. A study area in Shenzhen River, near Man
Kam To Border Control Point is selected as demonstration site for drainage edge
treatment together with storm-water treatment to restore the natural edge of the area.
In addition, an algae bioreactor treatment design will be incorporated as a vision to
use new technology to provide renewable energy and clean air for a self sustainable
design. It aims to establish an innovative landscape solution the current over
engineered river channel treatment and to balance between developing the
economic growth from the Shenzhen Area while preserving ecological valuable area
as a greenbelt in Hong Kong for future sustainable development use. / published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/174377 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Chir, Cheuk-yin., 車卓妍. |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Source Sets | Hong Kong University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | PG_Thesis |
| Source | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47316950 |
| Rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works., Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License |
| Relation | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) |
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