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 a member of the Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings), the Building Committee of the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, the Working Group on Social Housing Operation and Services of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service and the Working Group on Private Premises and Urban Revitalisation of Sham Shui Po District Council.

• Anti-social Behavior in Housing
• Building Illegality
• Governance of Multi-owned Housing
• Inclusive Cities
• Urban Renewal and Regeneration

BSc (HKU); PhD (HKU)

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Journal Articles 

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.

 

Working Papers

Yau, Y., Hou, H., & Yip, K.C. (In submission). Agency and transaction-cost perspectives on eco-certification of existing buildings: A study of Hong Kong.

Zhou, Z., & Yau, Y. (In submission). The small property rights housing institution in mainland China: The perspective of substitutability of institutional functions.

Yau, Y. (In submission). Opening up of gated communities: A reality of a mirage?

Yau, Y., & Liu, Y. (In submission). Homeowner participation, social loafing and sense of community: A Macau study.

 

Editorial Board Member

Journal of African Real Estate Research
Journal of Construction Research
Journal of Urban Planning & Development
Surveying & Built Environment
Theoretical & Empirical Researches in Urban Management
Urban & Regional Planning
Urbani izziv

 

Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer 

Cities
Habitat International
Housing Studies
Journal of Housing & the Built Environment
Journal of Urban Planning & Development
Land
Land Use Policy
Sustainability
Urban Studies 

Academic Year:  2023 - 2024

1st Term:	PMS3001	Policy Processes & Analysis
	SOC3337	Smart Cities Seminar

Co-supervisor: : Mr. Lau Ho Wing, Kayson (PhD student)