Spatial practice, conceived space and lived space: Hong Kong's 'Piers saga' through the Lefebvrian lens

Planning Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-431

  Ng, Mee Kam ^a   Tang, Wing Shing ^b   Lee, Joanna ^c   Leung, Darwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colonial spatial planning practice; Harbour reclamation; Hong Kong; Lefebvre; Urban planning and civil society

Indexed keywords

HARBOR; PIER; PUBLIC SPACE; RECLAIMED LAND; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY; HONG KONG; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

CITY PLANNING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HONG KONG; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77956828054     PISSN: 02665433     EISSN: 14664518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2010.505060     Document Type: Article

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