Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Journal of Planning Literature
Author: Housing in Hong Kong
Author: Yue-man YeungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Homeownership in Hong Kong
Author: Chung-kin TsangPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000395383
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This book studies the cultural framework of the connections between homeownership and social stability in Hong Kong. In the post-war period, homeownership became the most preferable housing choice in developed societies, such as Australia, Britain, Japan, Spain, and the United States. In the financialization era, its proliferation aggregated enormous wealth and debt in the housing and mortgage markets, affecting social stability by creating inequality and housing unaffordability. Hong Kong is the most extreme example of this among developed societies – in recent years, the city has made international headlines both for its housing problem and its social instability. By studying the history of homeownership in Hong Kong over a period of four decades, Chung-kin Tsang proposes that homeownership is inseparable from the social imagination of the future, conceptualizing this framework as "hope mechanism". This perspective helps trace the connections between ‘House Buying’ as a hope mechanism – one which is central to subject formation, life goals, and temporal mapping for socially shared life planning – and social stability. Given its unique approach, specifically its use of "hope" as an analytical category, this book will prove to be a useful resource for scholars in economic culture and financialization, and Asian Studies, especially those working on the cultural, sociopolitical, and economic history of Hong Kong.
Greening Affordable Housing
Author: Abdullateef OlanrewajuPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351595415
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Books on green building theories, principles and strategies applicable to life cycles of all kinds of buildings and building types are already widely available. However, those specifically on greening affordable housing that guide various housing stakeholders at different life cycles are still very limited. This book intends to fill this gap. Integrating green building enables stakeholders to address the environmental component that has not traditionally been seen as an integral part of affordable housing development. The book presents theories and principles with practical methods, strategies and processes not only to make affordable housing green but also to support economic stability and social equity.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
Analyzing Land Readjustment
Author: Yu-hung HongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In this book, the authors argue for instigated property exchange--a concept applied in a land-assembly method commonly known in the literature as land readjustment.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
Professional Housing Management Practices in Hong Kong
Author: Rebecca Lai-Har ChiuPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622098039
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Professional housing management is of growing importance in Hong Kong and the "Hong Kong management model" is adopted in many neighbouring high-density cities. However, there has been by far no literature on the subject of housing management practices in Hong Kong. This book is therefore crucial in understanding how housing management makes significant contributions to the safety, viability, liveability and vibrancy of our high-density and high-rise environment. Since the late 1980s, housing education in this city has developed by leaps and bounds. A recent study found that over 3,000 junior practitioners would be seeking professional training or further study for career advancement. This book is an indispensable aid to self-study or taught courses.
Yearbook of International Organizations
Author: Publisher: International Publications Service
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1648
Book Description
Financing Transit-Oriented Development with Land Values
Author: Hiroaki SuzukiPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464801509
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This book provides cities with strategies and methodologies for applying land value capture financing schemes for capital-intensive transit and transit-related investments, based on the successful experiences of Mass Transit Railway Corporation in Hong Kong SAR, China, and Japanese railway companies in Tokyo metropolitan areas.