A third runway expansion is being considered at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). While some public consultation has taken place, no studies have focused on Tung Chung, the community closest to HKIA. The goal of this study was to explore whether socioeconomic factors of Tung Chung residents affected their perceptions of impacts associated with HKIA and its proposed expansion. We administered a survey to 200 residents of Tung Chung to measure their perceptions of health, environmental, and social impacts from the airport and their opinions about the possible expansion and its effects. Many survey respondents support the third runway despite expectations of negative impacts on air and noise pollution and their personal health.

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Creator

• Corpuz, Loribel Shawn
• Paredes, Maria Isabel
• Hines, Joshua Craig
• Hogan, Gallagher J

Subject

• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030912-205534

Keyword

• Transportation
• Sustainability
• Sustainable development--Social aspects

Advisor

• Vaz, Rick
• Demetry, Chrysanthe

Year

• 2012

Center

• Hong Kong, China Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Hong Kong Institute of Education

Date created

• 2012-03-09

Location

• Hong Kong

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-03