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iii | P a g e Though Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour is world-renowned, the harbor front districts are far from walkable. The WPI team surveyed 16 waterfront districts, four in-depth, assessing their walkability using a tool created by the research team and conducted preference surveys to understand the perceptions of Hong Kong pedestrians. Because pedestrians value the shortest, safest, least-crowded, and easiest to navigate routes, this study found that confusing routes, unsafe or indirect connections, and a lack of amenities detract from the walkability in Hong Kong. This report provides new data concerning the walkability in harbor front districts and a tool to measure it, along with recommendations for potential improvements. iv | P a g e Acknowledgements Our team would like to thank the many people that helped us over the course of this project. First, we would like to thank our sponsors Paul Zimmerman, Dr. Sujata Govada, Margaret Brooke, and Roger Nissim for their help and dedication throughout our project and for providing all of the resources and contacts that we required. We would like to thank the staff at Designing Hong Kong and The Harbour Business Forum for their support, insight, and assistance with the project. We would also like to thank Brenda Fung for her time and effort spent organizing meetings, finding extra office space and collecting information. In addition, the team would like to thank Eva Tam for her translation skills for our survey and Rita Fu, and Stone Zheng for volunteering their time to help administer the survey