This socio-economic growth, together with the rapid expansion of Hong Kong's port and airport facilities and increase in cross boundary traffic, have placed tremendous demands on transport

Lecture 4 Sustainable Development The concept of Resource Hunker(1964) pointed out that a resource can no longer be conceived as a tangible object; but a functional relationship that exists between man's wants

NETWORK ECONOMIES Business network bamboo\network smuggling human trafficking chamber of commerce, untary- loca rotary, country club, etc Compulsory-belong to an organization. to survive or operate successfully e.g. accountant, bankers. Concept of networks ocially b inding ties hetween actors Global tribes- combination of ethnic

人类生存繁衍的历史可以说是人类社 会同大自然相互作用、共同发展和不断进 化的历史。 人类进入文明社会不断演替至今,大 体经历了采猎文明、农业文明、工业文明 和后工业文明这几个阶段

The term landscape commonly refers to the appearance of land, including its shape, texture, and colors It also reflects the way in which these various components combine to create specific patterns and pictures that are distinctive to particular localities These inscape is not a purely visual

Country parks: origin and function Country park planning and management Ecotourism: origin and definitions Ecotourism potentials in HK Constraints and limitations Introduction Ecotourism is an off-shoot of tourism Tourism is the temporary movement away from immediate home/communities and daily work environments for

The State of the HK Economy The Hong Kong economy staged a sharp rebound over the course of 1999, recovering robustly from the severe setback brought about by the earlier Asian financial turmoil. The recovery was strongly export-led. In consequence, there was a marked increase in the combined visible invisible trade surplus over the year

Introduction(Growth versus Development) .Sustainable Development(SD) -an ambiguous term, composing of words that are contradictory to each other Sustainable\ -call for ecological and social transformation, a world of healthy environments and social justice .\Development\

LECTURE18 Human Disruption and Ecological Restoration Human impacts The ways of human disruption of ecosystems: ecosysten -Over-hunting, overharvesting, overgrazing etc. -Deforestation, Pollution, Cultural reasons

Lecture 8 Sustainable Development& Ecologica Footprint What is \Ecological Footprint\? Ecological Footprint serves as an analytical tool of sustainability or ecological carrying capacity of an area Act as a global indicator for calculation of our pressure on the environment, which enables comparison of consumption pattern/ behavior between countries Definition