The premise of this thesis is the relationship between community participation and
public satisfaction in urban renewal projects. Public satisfaction is different from
those evaluation indicators used in most previous studies. Public satisfaction level
evaluates performance of renewal projects based on public’s perspectives instead of a
set of standards. Performances of renewal projects in satisfying the public personally,
in environmental and social aspects were appraised. Both quantity and quality of
community participation of the renewal projects and other factors believed to have
effects on people’s perception were studied.
Quantity of community participation was measured as community participation level
based on the variety of community participation activities organized in the renewal
projects, while quality of community participation was assessed by the satisfaction
level on community participation perceived by the public using questionnaire survey.
Also, public satisfaction levels of renewal projects in different aspects were collected
by questionnaire survey. The relationship between community participation and
public satisfaction was examined by linear regression analysis. Data was collected
from 181 respondents responding to 5 sample projects regarding their satisfaction
level towards the renewal projects in different aspects.
Quality of community participation and public satisfaction level of urban renewal
projects are positively related in different aspects while negative effect of quantity of
community participation on the public satisfaction level was found. It is anticipated
that if the public are satisfied with the community participation activities organized in
a renewal project, they will also be satisfied with the project itself. However, results
unexpectedly showed that public satisfaction level would increase as less community
participation activities were organized in the renewal projects.
This thesis gives insights into the optimum practice of community involvement in
renewal projects and that of urban renewal to satisfy the public’s needs. The results
are suggestive to the ideas that private developments can better formulate the needs of
the public and the public concern more about the quality of community participation
than the variety or number of it. / published_or_final_version / Real Estate and Construction / Master / Master of Philosophy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/174368 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Tam, E-man., 譚依文. |
| Contributors | Ho, DCW, Lai, LWC |
| 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/B47308643 |
| 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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