Professor YAU Yung
Professor of Urban Studies
Contact
Tel: (852) 2616 7945
Fax: (852) 2456 0737
Email: [email protected]
Office
LBY112/2, B.Y. Lam Building
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Prof. Yau is a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong. Before joining Lingnan University in August 2021, he had lectured and researched in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong for over ten years. His research interest includes anti-social behavior in housing, building illegality, housing economics, governance of multi-owned properties, inclusive cities and urban regeneration. Currently, he is the convenor of the Panel of Advisors on Building Management Disputes. Also, he serves as a member of the Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings) and SideBySide’s Jockey Club ‘Craft Your Life Together’ Co-living Community Project Building Committee.
- Anti-social Behavior in Housing
- Building Illegality
- Governance of Multi-owned Housing
- Inadequate Housing
- Inclusive Cities
- Social Housing
- Urban Renewal and Regeneration
BSc (HKU); PhD (HKU)
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Journal Articles
Mo., H., Liu, Y., & Yau, Y. (2024). Historicised exploration and middle-range theoretisation of the housing regime in urban China, International Journal of Housing Policy, forthcoming.
Hou, H., Ho, D.C.W., & Yau, Y. (2024). Smart tools to facilitate digitalisation of facilities management service delivery: Stakeholders’ perspectives, Facilities, 42(1/2), 27-50.
Yuan, D., Yau, Y., & Bao, H. (2024). Urban village redevelopment in China: Conflict formation and management from a neo-institutional economics perspective, Cities, 145, 104710.
Mo, H., Yau, Y., & Liu, Y. (2023). Beyond homeownership? Examining the mediating role of housing tenure on young people’s subjective well-being, Land, 12(3), 678.
Zhou, Z., & Yau, Y. (2023). Revisiting institutional credibility of informal rental housing in Shenzhen: For dwelling function or exclusion function? Journal of Urban Management, 12(2), 112-128.
Yuan, Y., Yau, Y., Hou, H., & Liu, S. (2021). Factors influencing the project duration of urban village redevelopment in contemporary China, Land, 10(7), 707.
Yau, Y., & Cheung, T.C. (2021). Revisiting the concept of the property state: Private landowners and suburban development in Hong Kong. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 80(2), 427-464.
La Grange, A., & Yau, Y. (2020). Neighbourhood attachment and satisfaction: A Hong Kong’s case study. Open House International, 46(1), 96-113.
Yuan, D., Yau, Y., Bao, H., & Lin, W. (2020). A framework for understanding institutional arrangements of urban village redevelopment projects in China. Land Use Policy, 99, 104998.
Yau, Y. (2020). Direct and impacts of housing tenure mix on antisocial behavior: A study of Hong Kong’s private housing communities. Social Sciences, 9(7), 124.
Yuan, D., Bao, H., Yau, Y., & Skitmore, M. (2020). Case-based analysis of the drivers and challenges for implementing government-led urban village redevelopment projects in China: Evidence from Zhejiang Province. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 146(3), 5020014.
Liu, Y., & Yau, Y. (2020). Urban entrepreneurialism vs market society: The geography of China’s neoliberal urbanism. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 44(2), 266-288.
Associate Editor
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Journal of Urban Planning & Development
Academic Year: 2023 - 2024
1st Term: | PMS3001 | Policy Processes & Analysis |
| SOC3337 | Smart Cities Seminar |
Co-supervisor: Mr. Lau Ho Wing, Kayson (PhD student)