Self-Organization and Mobility Deprivation of Poor Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore

Joseph Cho Yam Lau is an independent researcher investigating poverty and urban transport planning in Hong Kong. He obtained his M.Phil. degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1997 under the supervision of Professor H. Dimitriou. He completed his doctoral degree at the University of Hong Kong in 2007 supervised by Professor Peter Hills. He has published numerous journal papers mainly in Cities and Habitat International, as well as a book published by Springer in 2020.

• Introduction.- Influence of Government Policies and Individual Decisions on the Commuting of Poor Workers in Hong Kong.- Impacts of Government Policies and Individual Decisions on the Commuting of Poor Workers in Singapore.- Neighbourhood Effects Influence the Commuting of the Poor in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods of Hong Kong and Singapore.- Impacts of the Suburbanization Policy on the Spatial Mismatch Commuting of Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore.- Comparing Policies between Hong Kong and Singapore with a Focus on the Commuting of the Poor.