Dr. LEE Wai Ying, Joanna Professional consultant BSSc (CUHK)
MPhil (CUHK)
MSc (Urb Plan) (HKU)
MRTPI (UK), MHKIP, RPP (HK)
PhD (CUHK)
(852) 3943-6530 joannaleewy@cuhk.edu.hk





RESEARCH PROJECTS Consultancy Projects
“A Feasibility Study on Revitalizing The Epiphany of Our Lord Chapel as a Human Enrichment Base through Utilization of the Natural and Cultural Resources in Sham Chung”, Principal Investigator, sponsored by The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong Diocesan Working Committee for “Following Thy Way” (funded by the Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme, Environmental Protection Department), 2021-2023.
?“A Multi-dimensional “”Point-line-plane”” Approach for Industrial Heritage Conservation in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Ma On Shan (MOS) Iron Mine”, Co-investigator, sponsored by Built Heritage Conservation Fund, CUHK Project Code 137872486, 2018-2020.
“Quotation for the Provision of a Study on Programme on Source Separation of Domestic Waste”, Co-Investigator, funded by Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR Government, 2017-2021 (CUHK Project Code SS16661)
“A Study on the Modification of Recycling and Refuse Collection Facilities in Public Places”, Co-Investigator, funded by Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR Government, 2016-2019 (CUHK Project Code 7051056)
“Expertise Services for Study on Technical Issues Related to Potential Reclamation Site at Ma Liu Shui”, Principal Investigator (together with LEUNG Yee, NG Yan Yung Edward, CHANG Ping Hung Wallace, YIU Chung Yim Edward), funded by Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR, 2015-2017.
“Community Assessment on the Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to Caverns: Caverns and Sewage Treatment Works- Investigation, Design and Construction”, Principal Investigator, funded by Drainage Services Department, HKSAR, 2015-2018.
“Rezoning a “Green Belt” site adjacent to Dynasty Heights for housing development: Submission of Representation to the TPB”, Principal Investigator, funded by Sino Estates Management Ltd as agent, for and on behalf of all owners of Dynasty Heights, 2014-2015
“Development of Ma On Shan: the past and present” (鞍山岁月 –小城今昔), Principal Investigator, funded by Ma On Shan Promotion of Livelihood and Recreation Association, supported by Sha Tin District Council, 2012-2014
“A Study on Land Development in Sha Tin”, Principal Investigator, funded by Sha Tin District Council, 2012-2013
“Study on the Improvement of Bus Routes in Sha Tin”, Principal Investigator, funded by Sha Tin District Council, 2011
“Study on the Need of Constructing a Vehicular Bridge adjacent to the Existing Kwong Fuk Bridge in Tai Po”, Principal Investigator, funded by Tai Po District Council, 2010-2011.
“Planning and Development Study on Ma On Shan Whitehead – Geological Education Centre, Cycling City and Ancillary Facilities”, Principal Investigator, funded by Shatin District Council, 2010-2011.
“District Aspiration Study (DAS) for Sham Shui Po District”, Principal Investigator, funded by Urban Renewal Authority, 2009-2010
“On-street Survey on the Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town”, Principal Investigator, funded by Highways Department, HKSAR Government, 2009.
“Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge – Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities Investigation (public engagement and social impact assessment)”, Principal Investigator, funded by Highways Department, 2008-2009.
“Strategic Development and Planning in Macau: A Comprehensive Study on Population Trend, Quality of Life and Urban Planning”, Co-Investigator, funded by Macau SAR Government CEEDS, 2006-2007.
Research Projects
CUHK Research Committee Funding (Direct Grants), “Re-contextualizing tourism in Macao: A spatial phenomenon”, Principal Investigator, CUHK Project Code 4052070, 05/14-09/15.
General Research Fund 2012/13, Unsettling High-density Development in Hong Kong: Production of Space, Spatial (In)justice and Everyday life (GRF 250012, 2012/13), Co-investigator, 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31.

Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR), Trends and Implications of Poverty and Social Disadvantages in Hong Kong: A Multi-disciplinary and Longitudinal Study (SS11947), Co-investigator, 2012-04-01 to 2017-03-31.

Social Science Faculty Direct Grant, “Redevelopment of ‘Government, Institution or Community’ (GIC) Land in Hong Kong: Case Studies of Wan Chai and Causeway Bay”, Principal Investigator, CUHK Project Code 2021062, 01/11-06/12.

Social Science Faculty Direct Grant, “Redevelopment of Industrial Land in Hong Kong: An Inter-district Analysis” , Principal Investigator, CUHK Project Code 2020897, 01/07-12/07.

Central Policy Unit Research, “The Pattern of Urban Life in Hong Kong: A District Level Community Study of Sham Shui Po”, Co-investigator, 04/10-06/11.

RGC competitive Earmarked Research Grant Award 2006-2007, “Rationality and Power: towards a phronetic understanding of the practice of reclamation in Hong Kong”, Co-investigator (with NG Mee Kam, TANG Wing Shing), Project No: HKU7462/06J, 2006 – 2008.

RGC Public Policy Research, “Siting Locally Unwanted Land Uses: In Your Backyard or in Mine?”,?Co-investigator (with LAM Kin Che, FUNG Tung),?Project No: CUHK 4008-PPR20051, 2006 – 2008.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Carina Y.H. Lam, Joanna W.Y. Lee and Tat Choi Chan (2021) Town Planning and Community Development: Healthy and Happy Housing. In B. Y. F. Fong and M. C. S. Wong (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Public Health and the Community. Chapter 17. Singapore: Routledge. (in press).
Maurice Kwan-Chung Yip, Joanna Wai-Ying Lee and Wing-Shing Tang (2020) From God’s home to people’s house: Property struggles of church redevelopment, Geoforum, 110, pp. 14-24.
Wing Shing Tang, Joanna W.Y. Lee, Tsz Wa Hui and Maurice K.C. Yip (2019) The “Urban density” question in Hong Kong: From absolute space to social processes, City Culture and Society, 17, pp. 46-53.
Huiwei Chen, Mee Kam Ng, Murat Es, Joanna Lee, Winnie W. S. Mak, Yuying Tong, Wu Ka Ming and Huiquan Zhou (2018): Socio-spatial polarization and the (re-)distribution of deprived groups in world cities: A case study of Hong Kong, Urban Geography, DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2017.1421392
S. L. Ng, Y. Zhang, K. H. Ng, H. Wong and Joanna W Y Lee (2017) Living environment and quality of life in Hong Kong, Asian Geographer, DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1406863.
Lee, WY Joanna and Tang, W. S., (2017) ”The hegemony of the real estate industry: Redevelopment of ‘Government/Institution or Community’ (G/IC) land in Hong Kong”, Urban Studies, Vol. 54 (15), pp. 3403–3422.
李慧莹、邓永成 (2014) 〈城市空间与广东文化〉.《香港嘅广东文化》. 商务印书馆（香港）有限公司出版. 页161-177.
李慧莹、邹桂昌、杨祥利 (2013) 《鞍山岁月 –小城今昔》. 第1版, 222 页. 香港：马鞍山民康促进会.
Tang, W. S., Lee, WY Joanna and Ng, M. K. (2012)” Public Engagement as a Tool of Hegemony: The Case of Designing the New Central Harbourfront in Hong Kong”, Critical Sociology, 38 (1), pp. 89-106.
Chiou, Chang-Tay, Lee, WY Joanna and Fung Tung (2011) “Negotiated Compensation for NIMBY Facilities: Siting of Incinerators in Taiwan”, Asian Geographer, 28(2), pp. 105-121.
李慧莹 (2011) <市区重建，为谁而建?>. 《八度空间 — 社会科学的视角》. 香港中文大学社会科学院出版. 页68-71.
Lam, K.C., Lee, WY Joanna, Fung, T. and Woo, L.Y. (2011) Challenges of Managing NIMBYism in Hong Kong. In Fung, T. etal (eds.) Facility Siting in the Asia-Pacific: Perspectives on Knowledge Production and Application. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, pp. 169-182.
Yeung, Y.M., Lee, Joanna and Kee, Gordon (2010) “Macao in a Globalizing World: The Challenges Ahead”, Asian Geographer, 27 (1-2), pp.75-92.
Ng, M.K., Tang, W.S., Lee, Joanna and Leung, D. (2010) “Spatial practice, conceived space and lived space: Hong Kong’s ‘piers saga’ through the Lefebvrian lens”, Planning Perspectives, 25 (4), pp.411-31.
Lee, W.Y. Joanna and Tang, W.S. (2009) “Town Planning in Hong Kong: Public Interest versus Private Interest”. In Wong, K.K. (ed.) Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta: A Geographical Survey. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Educational Publishing Company, pp.318-342.
Ng, M.K. and Lee, Joanna (2009) “Il primo decennio: la pianificazione della regione a statuto speciale di Hong Kong come citta mondiale dell’Asia?”, CITTA DEL MONDO, Numero 1, pp.164-183.
Yeung, Y. M.; Lee, Joanna and Kee, Gordon (2009) “China’s Special Economic Zones at 30”, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50 (2), pp. 222-40.
Hu, Wuxian and Lee, Joanna (2008) “Hunan” in Yeung, Y. M. and Shen, Jianfa (eds) The Pan-Pearl River Delta: An Emerging Regional Economy in Globalizing China. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, pp. 411-34.
Yeung, Y. M.; Lee, Joanna and Kee, Gordon (2008) “Hong Kong and Macao under Chinese Sovereignty”, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 49 (3), pp. 304-325
Lee, Joanna and Ng, M. K. (2007) “Planning for the World City” in Yeung, Y. M. (ed.) The First Decade: Hong Kong SAR in Introspective and Retrospective Perspectives. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.
李慧莹 (2006) <清拆还是保留>. 《无解良品 — 社会科学的可能》. 香港中文大学社会科学学院出版. 页68-75.
杜立基、李慧莹 (2006) <”以人为本”的社区规划: 多赢方案缔造可持续发展的湾仔>, 理想空间, 第18辑, 同济大学出版社, 页26-29.
邓永成、陈剑青、李慧莹 (2006) <为澳门市区重建未雨绸缪　向香港取长补短> ,《澳门现代化进程与城市规划》，澳门: 澳门大学澳门研究中心, 澳门研究系列丛书之九, 页187-204.
To, L.K.; Lee, W. Y. and Luk, V. (2006) “A People-Oriented Approach: Planning a Sustainable Community in Wan Chai”, Planning and Development, Vol. 21, Issue 1, pp. 48-51. (In Chinese)



Teaching Fields

Urban planning
Urban and regional development
Sustainable tourism
Cultural and heritage tourism

Research interests

Urban planning
Urban development and theories


Services/ Posts

Member, Planners Registration Board
Honorary Secretary, Hong Kong Geographical Association
EXCO member, Geography and Resource Management Alumni Association
Editorial Committee Member, Journal of Hong Kong Institute of Planners “Planning and Development”
Deputy Director, Centre for Environmental Policy and Resource Management, CUHK
Chairperson, Admissions and School Partnership Committee, GRM, CUHK
Chairperson, Alumni and External Affairs Committee, GRM, CUHK
Member, Green Committee, GRM, CUHK
Member, Supporting Staff Committee, GRM, CUHK
Local Field Camp Coordinator, GRM, CUHK
Mentorship Programme Coordinator, GRM, CUHK
Chung Chi College Coordinator, GRM, CUHK