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  • Bridges, tunnels, and ferries: connectivity, transport, and the future of Hong Kong's outlying islands

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    Leung, Abraham
    Tanko, Michael
    Burke, Matthew
    Shui, CS
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Burke, Matthew I.
    Leung, Abraham C.
    Year published
    2017
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    Hong Kong has numerous outlying islands that are relatively underdeveloped due to isolation from the urban core and are dependent on ferries. Concurrently, the Hong Kong Government has expressed a desire for outlying islands to be places for urban expansion and has proposed building more bridges, tunnels, and reclaimed land. Development of these fixed links may transform the outlying island communities’ current ways of life. Ferry operators struggle to maintain efficient operation, fleet investments, improved services, and attract passengers while competing with fixed link transport modes. Urban ferry transport has been ...
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    Hong Kong has numerous outlying islands that are relatively underdeveloped due to isolation from the urban core and are dependent on ferries. Concurrently, the Hong Kong Government has expressed a desire for outlying islands to be places for urban expansion and has proposed building more bridges, tunnels, and reclaimed land. Development of these fixed links may transform the outlying island communities’ current ways of life. Ferry operators struggle to maintain efficient operation, fleet investments, improved services, and attract passengers while competing with fixed link transport modes. Urban ferry transport has been resurgent in parts of Europe, North America, and Australia, but not Hong Kong. This paper identifies a new typology of island communities according to connectivity based on available transport links. Using census and ferry statistics, the socioeconomic development of island communities is analysed. The transport problems faced by outlying islands are further conceptualised, and possible scenarios for socially sustainable island futures are proposed.
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    Journal Title
    Island Studies Journal
    Volume
    12
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.24
    Copyright Statement
    © 2017 Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Urban Analysis and Development
    Transport Planning
    Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
    Applied Economics
    Human Geography
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/372023
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