From government to governance? Politics of planning in the first decade of the Hong Kong special administrative region

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-185

  Ng, Mee Kam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Civil society; Governance; Lived experiences; Non democratic setting; Reclamation; Role of planners

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LAND RECLAMATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; STAKEHOLDER; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; HONG KONG ISLAND; VICTORIA HARBOUR;

EID: 47149088057     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649350802041480     Document Type: Article

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