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• GLOSSARY OF HONG KONG [PLANNING TERMS Progress i n plannin g o r an y fiel d o f stud y depend s o n ceaseles s critica l appraisal an d reappraisa l o f meaning s attache d t o it s vocabulary . A s th e world i s constantl y changing , i t woul d b e a n intellectua l horro r tha t th e vocabulary i s fixed b y authority o f one kind o r another. Th e glossary provide d below represents th e author' s interpretatio n o f key terms tha t ar e ofte n foun d in the literature an d document s o f town planning. Apart fro m a few exception s such a s 'plo t ratio' , mos t o f thes e term s def y a fixe d meaning . Often , th e reader ma y fin d i t frustrating whe n a term i s described b y the authorit y a s ' a matter o f fac t an d law' , becaus e thi s mean s tha t on e ma y nee d t o pa y hig h litigation cost s t o clarif y it s meanin g fo r plannin g practice . Thi s stat e o f affairs reflect s tha t 'planning ' is a dynamic an d ideology-lade n endeavour . BALANCED DEVELOPMEN T It i s a ne w tow n plannin g concep t whic h refer s t o (a ) th e balanc e betwee n population an d communit y facilities/ope n spac e accordin g t o th e plannin g standards; an d (b ) the balance betwee n th e numbe r o f resident workforc e an d the numbe r o f loca l job opportunitie s withi n a ne w town . Whil e th e forme r has bee n successfull y attaine d fo r ne w towns , th e latte r ha s faile d t o d o so . The extende d concep t o f 'regiona l balance ' [o f workforce an d jobs ] ha s bee n suggested a s a replacement, whic h i s just on e ste p to the realit y o f 'territoria l balance'. BUFFER ZON E It i s a zon e tha t i s compatibl e wit h th e tw o incompatibl e zone s i t separates . 196฀Tow n฀Plannin g฀Practice:฀Context,฀Procedures฀and฀Statistic s฀ In th e contex t o f Hong Kong , man y actua l buffe r zone s her e ar e buil t i n th e form o f highways. (See Figures 3.1 b an d c , p. 39.) CHANNELIZATION See Environmental Impac t Assessment, Nulla h an d Rive r Training . GOVERNMENT (PREVIOUSL Y CROWN ) LEAS E It i s a contrac t wit h forwar d plannin g an d developmen t contro l function s fo r a specifi c piec e of land. DEVELOPMENT CONTRO L It i s th e proces s throug h whic h th e idea s o f forwar d plannin g ar e enforced . See Forward Planning . DEVELOPMENT PERMISSIO N ARE A It i s a n are a designate d b y th e Tow n Plannin g Boar d unde r s . 3(l)(b ) o f th e Town Planning Ordinance. DEVELOPMENT STATEMEN T It i s a se t o f administrative plannin g polic y statement s prepare d withi n th e context o f a subregiona l developmen t strateg y whic h help s forwar d plannin g and developmen t contro l o n a distric t level . Th e usefulnes s o f developmen t statements unde r Metropla n i s teste d i n th e Lai Sun Development Case. (Planning Appeal Cas e No. 12/94 ) DOWN-ZONING It i s a chang e t o a zon e in th e tow n pla n whic h ha s th e effec t o f lowering th e value o f site(s) in that zone . Typical examples ar e the tightenin g or impositio n of development restriction s (suc h a s plo t rati o an d buildin g heights ) an d th e rezoning o f sites...

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