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Biography
Yi Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Building and Real Estate at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also a member of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA) and management committee member of the Institute of Active Ageing (IAA). As an urban planner by training, Yi’s areas of research include age-friendly cities/communities in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also interested in China’s urban and regional development from the political economic and state theoretical perspective, with a primary focus on the Greater Bay Area. He has led several research projects on these topics, with the support from Research Grants Council, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of the Hong Kong SAR Government and other agencies. Internationally, he serves the technical working group for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in the areas of disasters and statistics.
Teaching
Planning and Development
Research Methods
Land and Real Estate Development
Sustainable and Healthy Cities
Research interests
Urban and Regional Planning
Governance and the State Theories
Age-friendly Built Environment
Land Development
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
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Chapter 10: Glocalization, the city and variegated age-friendly urbanism: case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan
Sun, Y., Chao, T. Y. S. & Ling, J., May 2022, Handbook of Culture and Glocalization. Edward Elgar, p. 156-170Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Chapter in an edited book (as author) › Academic research › peer-review
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Effects of open space accessibility and quality on older adults' visit: Planning towards equal right to the city
Wang, S., Yung, E. H. K. & Sun, Y., Jun 2022, In: Cities. 125, 103611.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
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Formation of City Regions from Bottom-up Initiatives: Investigating Coalitional Developmentalism in the Pearl River Delta
Zhang, X., Shen, J., Sun, Y., Zhou, C. & Yang, Y., Oct 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
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From Sociospatial Experiences to Well-Being: Implications for Aging in Place
Sun, Y., Ng, M. K., Chau, A. K. C. & Chen, S., Oct 2022, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
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Mobile Application Use and Loneliness among Older Adults in the Digital Age: Insights from a Survey in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yang, C., Lai, D. W. L., Sun, Y., Ma, C. Y. & Chau, A. K. C., 1 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 13, 7656.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Place as a linkage between social responsibility and variegated urbanism: Evidence from two teaching ‘experiments’
Yi Sun (Invited speaker)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Place- And Age- Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction for Hong Kong
Yi Sun (Invited speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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“Aging in Place” and “Place in Aging”: From Socio-spatial Experience to Multifaceted Well-being
30/03/22
1 Media contribution
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