Hong Kong Greenfield Sites MEDC Case Study

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Hong Kong Greenfield Sites MEDC Case Study

• Made by Tom, Sarah and Sabine

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Pressure on Greenfield Sites

• A Greenfield site is a site which has not
  been built upon or used for development before
  and is used for agriculture or just left to
  nature.

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Introduction

• Chep Lak Kok Airport was opened for commercial
  operations in 1998. It is located on the north
  shore of Lantau Island. It is a greenfield site
  as it is on the outskirts of the City and had not
  previously been used for development. The
  original island was flattened and enlarged to
  make room for it.

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Development

• Kai Tak International Airport was previous
  airport in Hong Kong before Chep Lak Kok
  International Airport was opened in July 1998.
• Kai Tak was the 4th busiest airport in the world
  and had only a singular runway, meaning plans
  were landing every two minutes on it.
• This created problems and was a safety issue.
• Kai Tak Airport was located on the Kowloon side
  harbour front and was built before Hong Kong was
  a major city with high rise buildings. This meant
  planes landing very close to thousands of people,
  a huge safety risk and created a lot of noise
  pollution for people nearby.
• The aims of Chep Lap Kok International Airport
  are
• To make use of Hong Kongs potential as the
  gateway to Asia to do this it was built to have
  a greater capacity for cargo and passengers (36
  million people per year on average)
• An increase in air traffic, now more than 600
  planes are landing and taking off per day at Chep
  Lap Kok International Airport.
• To provide a better environment for those who
  lived in Kai Tak International Airports flight
  path.
• To avoid congestion to provide efficient and
  quick check in services.
• In total, the building of Chep Lap Kok
  International Airport cost the HK government
  HK160 million.

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Push and Pull Factors

• Push Factors
• Safety issues
• Noise and air pollution
• Not enough space
• Outdated
• Infrastructure not built to cope with so many
  people
• Pull Factors
• More space
• Less noise and air pollution to urban areas
• Opportunity to build new, well planned for the
  future infrastructure
• Safer

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