A new way of using MODIS data to study air pollution over Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai-Hon Lau ◽  
Chengcai Li ◽  
Jietai Mao ◽  
Jay-Chung Chen
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Modis Data ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Pearl River

scholarly journals Relationship between Air Pollution in Hong Kong and in the Pearl River Delta Region of South China in 2003 and 2004: An Analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. C. Lee ◽  
A. Savtchenko
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South China ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Pearl River Delta Region ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Pearl River

Abstract Air pollution in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region of south China, which is one of the four regions in China most heavily affected by haze, is found to correlate with that of Hong Kong, indicating the regional nature of the Hong Kong problem. Of the 10 territory-wide episode days occurring in Hong Kong in 2003 and 2004, 3 of them coincide with the most polluted days of the month in the PRD. On two other episode days, the most polluted days in the PRD occurred within 2 days of the Hong Kong episodes. The air pollution trends of the PRD cities and Hong Kong are found to resemble each other more under certain meteorological conditions than others, notably when a tropical storm is positioned at the Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon in the Philippines, and the entire PRD, including Hong Kong, is equally affected by it, resulting in photochemical events. During this time, Hong Kong is downwind of nearly all pollution sources in the region. At other positions of the storm, the eastern part of the PRD is often affected more significantly. In winter episodic conditions, which occur when weak anticyclones prevail over south China, local meteorological factors, namely, inversions and sea-breeze convergences, are believed to contribute to the temporal difference of the pollution peaks in Hong Kong and the rest of the PRD.

Diasporic Memories and Conceptual Geography in Post-colonial Hong Kong

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1566-1593 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGELINA Y. CHIN
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Pearl River Delta Region ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Pearl River

AbstractThis paper explores how the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been trying to incorporate post-1997 Hong Kong into the framework of a Greater China. The construction of two ‘narratives’ are examined: the grand narrative of Chinese history in secondary school textbooks in Hong Kong; and the development of a new regional framework of the Pearl River Delta. The first narrative, which focuses on the past, signals the PRC government's desire to inculcate through education a deeper sense of collective identity as patriotic citizens of China amongst residents of Hong Kong. The second narrative, which represents a futuristic imagining of a regional landscape, rewrites the trajectory of Hong Kong by merging the city with the Pearl River Delta region. However, these narrative strategies have triggered ambivalent responses from people in Hong Kong, especially the generations born after 1980. In their discursive battles against merging with the mainland, activists have sought to instil a collective memory that encourages a counter-imagination of a particular kind of Hong Kong that draws from the pre-1997 past. This conflict pits activists and their supporters against officials in the local government working to move Hong Kong towards integration with greater Guangdong and China at large. But the local resistance discourses are inadequate because they are constrained by their own parochial visions and colonial nostalgia.

scholarly journals Hong Kong's Transformation into a Service Hub

Asian Survey ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carola B. Ramón-Berjano ◽  
Simon Zhao Xiaobin ◽  
Chan Ying Ming
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Pearl River

Following the return of Hong Kong to Chinese jurisdiction in 1997, there has been concern about the potential marginalization of Hong Kong within China's development. We argue that far from being marginalized, Hong Kong together with the Pearl River Delta is becoming the most dynamic region within China.

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