Biography


Prof. Yung Yau

School of Graduate Studies & Department of Sociology and Social Policy

Lingnan University

Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2006 PhD, Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong, China

2002 BSc (Surveying), Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong, China

Research Interests

Building Control, Governance of Multi-owned Housing, Inclusive Cities, Sustainability in the Built Environment, Urban Renewal and Planning


Publications (Selected


  1. HOU, H.C., YAU, Y., LAW, K.K., LIN, M. (2026). Incentive-responsive energy use in low-income housing: Evidence from Hong Kong public rental estates. Energy and Buildings, 351, 116728.
  2. YAU, Y. (2025). Enjoying Your Neighbourhood During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Hong Kong Study on Housing-Related Anti-Social Behaviour. Buildings, 15(3), 342.
  3. LO, D., HUANG, Y., MCCORD, M., YAU, Y., AZIZ, T., HARAN, M., AL-HADDAD, L. (2025). Property price and anti-social behaviour: An empirical study of Northern Ireland. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 29(6), 469–485.
  4. CHUA, M.H., YAU, Y., JIAN, W. (2025). Unravelling Ostrom’s Design Principles Underpinning Sustainable Heritage Projects. Buildings, 15(7), 1152.
  5. HUANG, Y., LIANG, C., YAU, Y., ZHANG, Y. (2025). Urban Resilience During COVID-19: Examining Public Housing with Older Adult Street Blocks Through Panarchy Theory in Hong Kong. Building and Environment, 279, 113095.
  6. MO, H., LIU, Y., YAU, Y. (2024). Historicised exploration and middle-range theorisation of the housing regime in urban China. International Journal of Housing Policy, 22 p.
  7. HUNG, H., YAU, Y. (2024). On the assessment of social value of heritage places in Hong Kong. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 17(3), 469–483.
  8. HUANG, Y., LIANG, C., WANG, Z., YAU, Y. (2024). Pandemic under roofs: The untold story of resilience in Hong Kong's sub-divided units. Applied Geography, 168, 103319.
  9. HUANG, Y., LIANG, C., YAU, Y. (2024). Resilience resistance of super-aged communities: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic experience. Cities, 152, 105228.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. YUAN, D., BAO, H., YAU, Y., LIN, Y., DEZ, C. (2024). Why Do Heterogeneous Outcomes Emerge in Urban Village Redevelopment? A Comparative Study of Four Cases in China. Land, 13, 22036.
  13. 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.
  14. ZHOU, Z., YAU, Y., JUN, J. (2023). Revisiting institutional credibility of informal rental housing in Shenzhen: For dwelling function or exclusion function? Journal of Urban Management, 12(2), 112–128.



Profile Details

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https://scholars.ln.edu.hk/en/persons/yung-yau/


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