Elvis Au

Professor Elvis Au, BBS, is currently an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design and Department of Geography of HKU teaching climate change and energy, sustainable waste management and environmental assessment/sustainability for undergraduate students and environmental planning and strategic and community planning workshop for master students. He is a Fellow of both the Hong Kong Institute of Planners and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), with over 37 years (including 32 years in the Government) of experiences in environmental protection, sustainability, climate and energy and smart city development. He is the former Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department of the HKSAR Government, the Former President of the International Association for Impact Assessment, and the Former Chairman of the Environmental Division of HKIE.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Au, Elvis W.K. and Lam, KC, “Strategic Environmental Assessment of Territorial Development Strategy in Hong Kong”, in Wood, Christopher and others (ed), Strategic Environmental Assessment in Land Use Planning, Earthscan, 2005.
• Au, Elvis W.K. and Hui, Simon, “Learning by doing: EIA Follow-up in Hong Kong”, in Morrison-Saunders, Augus and Arts, Jos (ed), Assessing Impact – Handbook of EIA and SEA Follow-up, Earthscan, 2004, Chapter 9.
• Au, Elvis W.K., “Environmental Planning and Impact Assessment of Major Development Projects in Hong Kong”, in W.S. Wong and Edwin Chan (ed), Building Hong Kong – Environmental Considerations, Hong Kong University Press, 2000, Chapter 11.
• Au, Elvis W.K., “Status and progress of environmental assessment in Hong Kong: facing the challenges in the 21st century”, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Volume 16, number 2, June 1998.

Teaching Fields

• Climate change, energy and urban planning
• Sustainable waste management
• Strategic environmental planning
• Environmental assessment and management

Services/ Posts

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography and Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong
• Adjunct Professor, Public Policy Division, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research interests

• Low carbon city planning
• Circular economy and waste management
• Strategic environmental assessment
• EIA and smart management
  
• 3D GIS applications and digital twins