Have Housing Prices Gone With the Smelly Wind? Big Data Analysis on Landfill in Hong Kong
@article{Li2018HaveHP, title={Have Housing Prices Gone With the Smelly Wind? Big Data Analysis on Landfill in Hong Kong}, author={Rita Yi Man Li and Herru Ching Yu Li}, journal={SRPN: Other Built Environment (Topic)}, year={2018} }
Unlike many other places around the globe, Hong Kong is a small city with a high population density. Some housing units are built near the sources of an externality, such as a landfill site. As the blocks of buildings are particularly tall, many are walled buildings that block the bad odor from the landfill. Thus, the wind blowing from a landfill site may not affect the entire building estate. Some buildings are more heavily affected than others, partly because walled buildings built near…
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