China’s fast-growing economy has driven the Nation to undergo rapid urbanisation. Over the next 25 years, it is estimated that around 300 million rural dwellers in China will move into cities. Such large-scale urbanisation process is unprecedented in history. It is imperative to achieve urban development in a sustainable manner, thus enabling the conservation of natural ecosystems and building an energy- and resource-efficient living environment.
The tide of urbanisation in China has brought new opportunities to Hong Kong. As many Mainland cities adopted Hong Kong’s high-density urban development model and constructed a great number of high-rise buildings, these places are faced with many unique challenges in both construction and management.
Against this background, the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) was established by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) to develop innovative solutions for sustainable high-density cities by leveraging PolyU’s interdisciplinary research strength and Hong Kong as a “living laboratory” for experimenting sustainability solutions.
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