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Kowloon Walled City: A Case of Land Administration of a Disputed Territory

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Informed by hitherto unreported archival materials and the relevant literature, this short paper employs a case study of the post-war Hong Kong Government’s administration of the so-called Kowloon Walled City to elucidate two fundamental principles of land administration in the use of land: (a) certitude of land boundaries and (b) public health and safety. Land administration of this densely populated and growing habitat, being a territory under disputed colonial jurisdiction, was characterised by the meticulous enforcement of an officially adopted boundary and the implementation of a site and service approach for a high-rise settlement by the Colonial Hong Kong Government.

Source: Land

DOI: 10.3390/land13122112

Author: Lawrence W. C. Lai

Institution: University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: Land Rights and Reforms

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,955