High-density, high-rise residential developments and their impact on environmental sustainability : the case of Hong Kong

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-hang Mak
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
High Density ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Residential Developments

Neighbourhood in a High Rise, High Density City: Some Observations on Contemporary Hong Kong

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Forrest ◽  
Adrienne La Grange ◽  
Yip Ngai-Ming
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
High Density ◽  
New Town ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The People ◽  
Physical Form ◽  
The Analects ◽  
Neighbourhood Perceptions

Most of the contemporary literature on the neighbourhood comes from US or European sources where there are sharp contrasts with East Asian cities in terms of the physical form, residential densities and in relation to ideas of community and kinship. This paper reports on a study carried out in Hong Kong which was designed to explore the extent to which western preoccupations with neighbourhood resonate in a high rise, high density Chinese city. As a precursor to a larger scale study interviews were carried out with fifteen individuals in three contrasting locations: a New Town estate, an older, inner city area and a middle class housing estate. The interviews explored inter alia neighbourhood perceptions, ideas of community, sense of belonging and sense of place among contemporary Hong Kong residents. When Yuan Ssu became Confucius' steward he was given nine hundred measures of grain, which he declined. The Master said, ‘Can you not find a use for it in helping the people in your neighbourhood?’ (The Analects, Book VI).

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