Urbanie & Urbanus

Issue 2022 Dec

Resilient cities

https://www.doi.org/10.55412/07.10

Issue 7, P.172 - P.188

Dementia-Friendly Public Housing in Hong Kong – A Case Study of Jat Min Chuen

Yik Fung (Ricky) Tsang and  Sylvia Man Ha Chan

Adjunct Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 and  Jeroen van Ameijde

Assistant Professor and Director of the MSc in Urban Design programme at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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