City Speak X: A Green City, A Cool City Moderator: Ian Brownlee Hong Kong is surrounded by so much water and has so many green mountains, so does it really need more urban open space? How do we respond to the threats of global warming and air pollution? What is the meaning of “the urban heat island effect”? What is an “air ventilation assessment”? What value doesthe community place on open space? Is the demand for recreation and sport changing? Do we need a landscape vision and master plan? Is “green infrastructure” becoming more important than roads and railway lines in securing a sustainable built environment in Hong Kong? Join experts, academics, planners, government officials and landscape architects in a discussion about how to stay cool in our city. Designing Hong Kong is a not-for-profit organisation focused on sustainable urban planning. See: www.designinghongkong.com

1. Planning Depts. Hung Hom Study Public Open Space No Consideration of ‘No Development’ Option. Area of development sites 3.7 ha Hung Hom Open Space Deficit 15.5 ha. Why not create Hung Hom Waterfront Park? Public Open Space

2. Hung Hom Alternative : Public Open Space, Sports and Community Uses

3. Former North Point Estate Site Proposed development has minimal open space at Ground Level Alternative Proposal Space for recreation and greening : meets deficit in open space provision

7. From CUHK Study for Planning Dept