Ethnicity, cultural disparity and residential mobility: Empirical analysis of Hong Kong

Habitat International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Hui, Eddie Chi Man ^b   Li, Si Ming ^a   Wong, Francis Kwan Wah ^b   Yi, Zheng ^a   Yu, Ka Hung ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Ethnicity; Hong Kong; Residential mobility; Spatial assimilation theory

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MULTICULTURALISM; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80053456674     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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