Bo-sin TANG        （ 鄧寶善 ）
BSocSc (Hons.), MSc, MBA, PhD, MRTPI, MHKIP, RPP, MRICS

Associate Head & Associate Professor 

Tel.: (852) 2766 5816           Fax: (852) 2764 5131

E-mail address: bsbstang@polyu.edu.hk

Bo-sin Tang received his BSocSc (Hons) in Economics and Sociology and MSc in Urban Planning from the University of Hong Kong, MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also studied real estate courses at the Haas Business School in the University of California at Berkeley. On the professional front, he is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, the Hong Kong Institute of Planners and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and a registered professional planner (Hong Kong).

Teaching

Main areas

Real Estate Development
Urban Planning & Development
Research Methods

Research and Scholarly Activities

Research
Interests

Land use planning
Institutions and institutional changes

Current
Research
Projects

Land use planning, urban space and spatial decision

Institutions and institutional analysis

Governance and urban development in the Pearl River Delta

Rail-based development

Course Administration

Programme Leader – MSc (International Real Estate)

Consultancy and Professional Service

Consultancy

MTR Corporation Ltd. / Asian Development Bank

Application of PPP in Urban Rail-based Transportation Project, 2007

Guangzhou Development District, Guangzhou, China
Strategic Urban Management Study, 2005

Hong Kong Institute of Planners, Hong Kong
Market Research Study for Professional Planning Services in Mainland China, 2004

MTR Corporation Ltd. Hong Kong
Study of Integrated Rail-Property Development Model in Hong Kong, 2004

Hong Kong Housing Authority, Hong Kong
Study on Competition in Ready-mixed Concrete Supply in Hong Kong, 1999

Hong Kong Consumer Council, Hong Kong
Study on Competition in the Hong Kong Housing Market, 1995

Professional
Service

Hong Kong Institute of Planners
Chief Editor (2007-09), Member of: Editorial Committee (2002-07), Membership Committee (2002-08)

Planners Registration Board
Vice Chairman (2005, 2009), Member (2003-09)

Town Planning Appeal Board
Member (2006-10)

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Assessor, Assessment of Professional Competence

Appeal Board (Estate Agents Ordinance)
Member (2007-10)

Planning Department, Hong Kong SAR Government
Expert Panel Member, Frontier Closed Area Study (2008-09)

Urban Renewal Authority
Member, Kowloon City District Advisory Committee (2008-10)

Selected Publication List

Research
Monograph

Study of integrated rail-property development model in Hong Kong. (2004) Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. (with Y. H. Chiang, A.N. Baldwin and C. W. Yeung) [Download report]

Market research study for professional planning services in mainland China - final report. (2004) Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. (with C.C. Feng and others) [Download report]

Book
Chapters

論香港國際大都會 - 邁向「全球城市」的規劃與發展. (2009) in 中國城市發展報告 2008, 北京：中國城市出版社，頁342-351.

Property developers and speculative development in China. (2005) in C. DING and Y. SONG (Eds.) Emerging land and housing markets in China, Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, pp. 199-232. (with S.C. Liu)

Facilitation and constraint: institutions of urban planning in Hong Kong. (2004) in W. SEABROOKE, P. KENT and H. HOW (Eds.) International real estate: an institutional approach, London: Blackwell, pp. 130-154. (with S. Sharma and C.W. Yeung)

Journal
Papers

(I) Land use planning and urban policy:

A longitudinal study of open space zoning and development in Hong Kong. Landscape and Urban Planning (2008). Vol. 87, No.4, pp. 258-268. (with S.W. Wong)

Social impact assessment and public participation in China: a case study of land requisition in Guangzhou. Environmental Impact Assessment Review (2008). Vol.28, No.1, pp.57-72. (with S.W. Wong and M. C. H. Lau)

Green belt in a compact city: a zone for conservation or transition? Landscape and Urban Planning (2007). Vol. 79, No. 3-4, pp.358-373. (with S.W. Wong and A. K. W. Lee)

Strategic urban management in China: a case study of Guangzhou Development District. Habitat International (2006). Vol.30, No. 3, pp.645-667. (with S.W. Wong and B. van Horen)

Green belt, countryside conservation and local politics: a Hong Kong case study. Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies (2005). Vol.17, No. 3, pp.230-247. (with S.W. Wong and A. K. W. Lee)

Challenges to the sustainability of development zones: a case study of Guangzhou Development District, China. Cities (2005). Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 303-316. (with S.W. Wong)

Integration of land use and railway development: the case of MTR in Hong Kong. Planning and Development (2005). Vol. 20, No. 1, pp.14-24. (with Y.H. Chiang, A.N. Baldwin and C.W. Yeung)

Optimal site area for high-density housing development. Habitat International (2002). Vol. 26, No.4, pp. 539-552. (with W. Suen)

Certainty and discretion in planning control: a case study of office development in Hong Kong. Urban Studies (2000). Vol. 37, No. 13, pp.2465-2483. (with H. T. Choy and J. K. F. Wat)

Development control, planning incentive and urban redevelopment: evaluation of a two-tier plot ratio system in Hong Kong. Land Use Policy (1999). Vol. 16, No.1, pp.33-43. (with R.M.H. Tang)

Planning enforcement in Hong Kong: Implementing new planning law before the change of sovereignty. Town Planning Review (1998). Vol. 69, No.2, pp.153-169. (with H.F. Leung)

(II) Institutions and institutional analysis:

Property agents, housing markets and housing services in transitional urban China. Housing Studies (2006). Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 799-823. (with S.W. Wong and S.C. Liu)

Housing intermediary services in China: the rise and fall of 'fang wu yin hang'. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment (2006).Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 337-354. (with A. Haila and S.W. Wong)

Alternative theories of appraisal bias. Journal of Real Estate Literature (2006). Vol.14, No. 3, pp. 321-344. (with C. Y. Yiu, Y.H. Chiang and H.T. Choy)

Trust, partnering and power in urban construction: theory and applications in Hong Kong. Journal of Construction Procurement (2005). Vol. 11, No.2, pp. 94-111. (with Y.H. Chiang)

Submarines don't leak, why do buildings? Building quality, technological impediment and organization of building industry in Hong Kong. Habitat International (2003). Vol. 27, No.1, pp. 1-17. (with Y. H. Chiang)

Market structure of construction industry in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics (2001). Vol. 19, No. 5, pp.675-687. (with Y.H. Chiang and W. Y. Leung)

Globalization and construction industry development: implications of recent developments in the construction sector in Asia. Construction Management and Economics (1998). Vol.16, No.6, pp.729-737. (with J. Raftery, B. Pasadilla, C.M. Hui and Y.H. Chiang)