The relationship of population distribution and transport development in Hong Kong

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The relationship of population distribution and
transport development in Hong Kong
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Population pattern of Hong Kong
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Total population in each region
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Population density of Hong Kong
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Population density of Kowloon
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Population density of New Territories
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Conclusion

• From 1991 to 2001
• As the new town planning, more people have move
  to the New Territories.
• E.g. the population of New Territories had
  increased while the population of Kowloon and
  Hong Kong had decreased.
• Yuen Long, Sai Kung have the greater population
  growth when compare with those in Kowloon.

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Hong Kong Major Transport Route
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Transport Routes

• Hong Kong transport network is divided into two
  types
• Road Network
• Rail Network

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Roads Figures

• Hong Kong's roads have one of the highest vehicle
  densities in the world.
• 1,938 kilometres of roads - 433 kilometres on
  Hong Kong Island, 448 kilometres in Kowloon and
  1,057 kilometres in the New Territories.
• The high vehicle density, combined with the
  difficult terrain and the dense building
  development, imposes a constant challenge to the
  road builders to cope with the ever increasing
  transport demands.
• There are 11 major road tunnels, 1,088 flyovers
  and bridges, 620 footbridges and 372 subways to
  keep people and goods on the move.

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Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor

• Project Objective
• Alleviate the nearly saturated existing boundary
  crossings at Lok Ma Chau, Sha Tau Kok and Man Kam
  To, but will also satisfy the future demand.
• Enhance trade between Hong Kong and Southern
  China, facilitate further economic development
  particularly in areas of finance, logistics and
  tourism, and strengthen the position of Hong Kong
  as the hub of the Pearl River Delta area.  
• Description
• Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor is a
  5.0-kilometre long dual 3-lane carriageway of
  which the Hong Kong section is 3.2-kilometre.
  Spanning across Deep Bay, the Hong Kong section
  links up the northern end of Deep Bay Link at
  Ngau Hom Shek with the Mainland section of the
  Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor

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Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor
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Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge

• Project Descripton
• The project includes The entire Hong Kong -
  Zhuhai - Macao Bridge (HZMB) comprises the
  Zhujiang Section from the landing point at
  Zhuhai/Macao to the boundary of the Hong Kong
  Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and the
  Hong Kong Section (HKS) from the boundary of
  HKSAR to the landing point at Lantau west. The
  North Lantau Highway Connection (NLHC) connects
  the landing point to the existing North Lantau
  Highway at the Airport Island. This link will
  also be further extended and linked up with the
  North Lantau Highway at Tai Ho as traffic builds
  up in the longer term.
• Project Programme
• According to the current programme, consultants
  would be appointed to undertake an Investigation
  assignment for the NLHC and HKS. Construction
  works are expected to commence as quickly as
  possible. The tentative completion date is 2007
  to 2010, but this is subject to confirmation
  pending findings of relevant technical studies.

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Preliminary Design of HZMB
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Railways in Hong Kong

• Railways are environmentally friendly and
  efficient mass carriers.Hong Kong's railways now
  account for more 30 of daily domestic passenger
  travel, over 80 of cross - boundary passenger
  trips and a limited amount of freight movement
  between HK and the mainland
• The new transport strategy has reaffirmed the
  need to rely on railways as the backbone of Hong
  Kong's transport system

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The relationship between the population
distribution and the transport development
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The relationship between the population
distribution and the transport development

• positive relationship
• the higher the population density, the higher the
  level of transport development, vice versa
• when transport routes extend to the undeveloped
  region, people will be attracted to move there
• increasing population in certain areas gives
  potentials for the transport to extend

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• the towns are developed along the main transport
  routes such as MTR, KCR, etc
• OR the transport routes are extended along the
  new towns
• the population distribution and the transport
  development are inter-related

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e.g. Sha Tin, Mong Kok, Yuen Long, etc
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Case Study (I)

• Tung Chung New Town

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Tung Chung New Town

• Originally, Tung Chung was a rural and
  undeveloped region which had about 1000 people of
  population only. Fishing activites were found.
• In the past, there is only simple transport means
  such as ferry to link up Tung Chung with the
  heart of the city.
• Today, Tung Chung has been the 9th new town in
  Hong Kong. The population of Tung Chung increased
  to about 70000.

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The first phase of Public housing blocks in the
Tung Chung New Town.
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The reasons explaining the rapid growth of
population

• Hong Kong New Airport Core Programme in 1997
• Development of New international Airport in Chap
  Lap KoK

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The 10 core projects of Hong Kong New Airport
Core Programme
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• Tung Chung new town was designed as a support
  community for the new airport, providing
  residential accommodation and community and
  commercial facilities at a site on Lantau
  adjacent to the airport.

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Connected transport network

• MTR Tung Chung Line
• Lantau Fixed Crossing (Tsing Ma Bridge, Kap Shui
  Mun Bridge, Ma Wan Viaduct )
• North Lantau Expressway
• Route 3
• Buses routes including external services from
  North Lantau to urban areas, and internal shuttle
  services.

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Conclusion

• With the urban planning and the more advanced
  transport system, people are attracted and
  willing to move to the Tung Chung New Town from
  the urban areas. It is because the accessibility
  is highly increased and it is very convenient for
  the people to go to their working place in other
  parts of Hong Kong.

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Case study (II)

• Yuen Long

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Yuen Long

• Although Yuen Long is far away from the CBD about
  20 km, its accessibility is very high due to the
  improvement of transport network, and it
  increases population distribution in Yuen Long.
• Population increases from 150,000 to 540,000 in
  the decade.

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Transport routes

• Route 2 (Lok Ma Chau Ngau Tau Kok)
• 54.5 km long
• Route 3 (Yuen Long Sai Ying Pun)
• 27.7 km long
• LTR
• 31.75km, connect with West Rail
• West Rail (Tuen Mum West Kowloon)
• 30.5km, from Tuen Mum to West Rail, stations in
  Yuen Long , Tsuen Wan, Mei Foo, and so on

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Comparisons
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Reasons for increasing population

• Cheap and extensive flat land in Yuen Long
  provides abandoned residential land
• Reducing pollution problem
• Good transport network reduce the friction of
  distance
• For many people, Tin Shui Wai is rather remote
  from most urban centres in Hong Kong

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• Yuen Long is the largest settlement, while Tin
  Shui Wai is the second largest compared with
  other smaller settlement in the regions
• It is well-linked with other transport network
• With the opening of the West Rail and Light Rail,
  the Light Rail network would be extended to link
  up with the newly developed area in Tin Shui Wai
  as well as West Rail.

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Conclusion
 

• With the high accessibility in Yuen Long, people
  are willing to live there as it is convenient.
  And the living environment is better than the
  city centre since there are a lot of pollutions
  in the CBD.
• Therefore, with the push factors in the new town,
  the population will increase rapidly.

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Case study (III)

• Kowloon City

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Kowloon City

• Kowloon City is located near to the CBD, but the
  population distribution is decreasing from
  403,000 to 369,000 in the decade.

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Kowloon City

• Reasons
• removing of the airport
• not willing to live as the accessibility
  decreased
• Conculsion
• The population decreases rapidly since 1997

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• THE END

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• Group members
• 7A Cheung Hiu Fung
• 7A Wong Ho Chuen
• 7A Lee Ka Yee
• 7A Lee Hau Ying