Author(s)

Binqing Zhai^1*, Albert P. C. Chan²

¹Department of Architecture, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.
²Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

With the aim of promoting sustainable conservation and development of historic buildings in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government introduced the Revitalizing Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme in 2007 to conserve and revitalize government-owned historic buildings. Since the announcement of the Revitalization Scheme, many people have criticized that the revitalization projects ended up not for the benefit of the local communities. Based on a completed revitalization project (the former North Kowloon Magistracy building) and situated within the literature of revitalization practices, community involvement, community evaluation, and impact assessment, this paper explored how community involvement with the revitalization project might influence the community’s evaluation of the project’s outcomes. The research found that community connections or involvement with the revitalization project significantly affected the community’s evaluation of the project’s various impacts.

Community Involvement, Community Evaluation, Impact Assessment, Revitalization Project, Hong Kong

Zhai, B. and Chan, A. (2018) Community Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Revitalization Project: A Case Study in Hong Kong. Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, 6, 23-40. doi: 10.4236/jbcpr.2018.62002.