Esther H.K. Yung

Hong Kong Polytechnic University — Hong Kong

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

23h-index1.9kcitations50works10.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Urban Green Space and Health(18), Urban Transport and Accessibility(15), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(8), Sustainable Building Design and Assessment(7), Housing Market and Economics(6)

Publications50 total

Can ChatGPT-5 assess human perceptions of dynamic urban streetscape transitions? Insights from Hong Kong
Building and Environment·2025
Older adults' capability to use community facilities and the associations with neighborhood satisfaction and well-being in high-density urban environments
Cities·2025· 13 citedOpen Access
Effect of Urban Street Morphology on Pedestrian Comfort during Recreational Walks in Hong Kong
Journal of Urban Planning and Development·2024· 4 cited
Urbanization and the urban critical zone
Earth Critical Zone·2024· 30 citedOpen Access
Spatial Heterogeneity Impacts of Urbanisation on Open Space Fragmentation in Hong Kong’s Built-Up Area
Land·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Spatial Vertical Equity in Public General Hospitals: Towards a Sustainable Healthcare System
Land·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
An integrated approach for examining urban fragmentation in metropolitan areas: Implications for sustainable urban planning
Journal of Cleaner Production·2023· 22 cited
Pursuing social cohesion in cultural tourism destinations: liminality as a mediator
Current Issues in Tourism·2023· 9 cited
Open space fragmentation in Hong Kong's built–up area: An integrated approach based on spatial horizontal and vertical equity lenses
Environmental Impact Assessment Review·2023· 22 citedOpen Access
The Spatial Effect of Accessibility to Public Service Facilities on Housing Prices: Highlighting the Housing Equity
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
Development of a significant index model for assessing heritage building maintenance management challenges
Engineering Construction & Architectural Management·2023· 10 cited
Pro profits or non-profits? A principal-agent model for analyzing public sector planning decisions and empirical results from planning applications in Hong Kong
Cities·2023· 4 cited
Capturing open space fragmentation in high–density cities: Towards sustainable open space planning
Applied Geography·2023· 29 cited
Elderly's intention and use behavior of urban parks: Planned behavior perspective
Habitat International·2023· 26 cited
Understanding the influencing factors of heritage building maintenance management: findings from developed and developing regions
Building Research & Information·2023· 18 cited
On the urban compactness to ecosystem services in a rapidly urbanising metropolitan area: Highlighting scale effects and spatial non–stationary
Environmental Impact Assessment Review·2022· 99 cited
Conceptualizing the identification of critical success factors for heritage building maintenance management (HBMM)
IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Detecting stressful older adults-environment interactions to improve neighbourhood mobility: A multimodal physiological sensing, machine learning, and risk hotspot analysis-based approach
Building and Environment·2022· 22 citedOpen Access
Embedding of spatial equity in a rapidly urbanising area: Walkability and air pollution exposure
Cities·2022· 36 cited
Older People’s Usage Pattern, Satisfaction with Community Facility and Well-Being in Urban Old Districts
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Edwin H.W. Chan(27), Peiheng Yu(11), Yiyun Chen(9), Siqiang Wang(8), Albert P.C. Chan(6), Alex Torku(6), C.K. Chau(5), Yi Sun(4), T.M. Leung(4), Qi Zhang(3), Shujin Zhang(3), Xintong Ma(3), JoonOh Seo(3), Man Sing Wong(3), Mayowa I. Adegoriola(3), Joseph H.K. Lai(3), Izzy Yi Jian(3), Wadu Mesthrige Jayantha(2), Craig Langston(2), Yifan Yu(2)