This paper proposes that the world's textile and clothing industries have become increasing vertically disintegrated with a few flexible production regions (the "cream" portion) engaging in creative, innovative, dynamic and high value-added activities, and an expanding number and spatial extent...

This paper reviews and analyzes changing telecommunications policies in China since the inception of the so-called "Open Policy". It is argued that these changes should be understood as the results of a delicate balance between (1) government considerations (including the state's desire to...

This work estimates the distribution of a time-varying toll over a 24-hour period that minimizes the combined queue length of the three tunnels that traverse Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, taking into account institutional constraints. Our results reveal that switching from a flat toll to a...

An airport is a key infrastructure project in many cities. However, its structural effects on the distribution of employment and the commuting patterns are rarely examined at the city level. This paper aims to examine the impact of the relocation of the Hong Kong International Airport on the...

The paper attempts to develop a better understanding of the evolution and future prospects of a container port by drawing on the changing international, national and local factors since the 1990s. Hong Kong, the world's busiest container port, is chosen as a case study. Against the background of...

This paper adopts the conceptual model of Sell et al. [J. Architect. Planning Res. 5(2) (1998) 145] in examining the potential impacts of Route 3 on the local community of Yuen Long new town. A questionnaire survey was conducted between 2 and 24 June 1998. 2220 Yuen Long residents were selected...

<title>Abstract</title> This paper proposes a nine‐component analytical framework for developing, comparing, and evaluating road safety strategies. The nine components are: (1) vision; (2) objectives; (3) targets; (4) action plan; (5) evaluation and monitoring; (6) research and development; (7) quantitative...