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Lawrence W.C. Lai
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 131
Citations - 2378
Lawrence W.C. Lai is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coase theorem & Property rights. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 120 publications receiving 2167 citations.
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Property rights, planning and markets: managing spontaneous cities
Chris Webster,Lawrence W.C. Lai +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, five kinds of urban order are examined, arising as co-operating individuals seek to reduce the costs of transacting with each other, including organisational order, institutional order (rules and sanctions), proprietary order (fragmentation of property rights), spatial order and public domain order.
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The leasehold system as a means of planning by contract: the case of Hong Kong
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Sick building syndrome and perceived indoor environmental quality: A survey of apartment buildings in Hong Kong
Siu Kei Wong,Lawrence W.C. Lai,Daniel Chi Wing Ho,Kwong Wing Chau,Cindy L. K. Lam,Chris H.F. Ng +5 more
TL;DR: It was shown that residents with SBS symptoms were less satisfied with their IEQ than those without, and despite a positive evaluation of specific IEQ criteria with respect to the building residents lived in, the overall IEQ evaluation of their building could still be negative.
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Neo-Institutional Economics and Planning Theory:
TL;DR: In an institutional sense, planning theory is basically one dealing with the goals and form of and the procedure and justification for the regulation of the land market as mentioned in this paper, which is the most persuasive ideological foundation for such regulation.