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Case
2 - Tseung Kwan O New Town Feasibility Study of Opportunities
for Further Development 1989
Key Environmental
Outcomes or Influences
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Land
use plans that accommodate 400,000 people and meet the
environmental planning standards and guidelines. |
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Only
clean fuel allowed to protect air quality. |
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Industrial
areas are sited away from the major residential area.
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Proper
design of urban form to avoid local air quality problems.
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| 5. |
Proper
urban form design to avoid adverse traffic and railway
noise impact. |
[Image of Breezway allowed in the Tseung Kwan O New Town Planning to improve air quality]
Breezway allowed in the Tseung Kwan O New Town Planning
to improve air quality |
Type
of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Environmental
assessment of development plans.
Nature
and Scope of the Proposal
A feasibility
study of Tseung Kwan O New Town to accommodate a total population
of 400,000 in conjunction with a 70 ha Industrial Estate.
Basis
of SEA Requirement
The Government
directive in 1988 requiring plans to be subject to environmental
assessment.
Relationship
with Decision Making
The findings
of the SEA form the basis of formulating the new town development.
Alternatives
or Options Assessed
Alternative
options were compared.
Methods
and Techniques
Environmental
appraisal criteria incorporated in land use options generation.
Aerial emission, landfill gas, water quality and noise modellings
were carried out.
Latest
Status
The new
town is being implemented in stages according to the study
findings.
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