Spatial liminality as moral hazard and boat squatter toleration in post-World War Two Hong Kong

Habitat International

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-129

  Airriess, Christopher A ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Hong Kong; Moral hazard; Spatial liminality; Squatters

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HOUSING; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MORALITY; NEOLIBERALISM; POST-WAR; SOCIAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL POLICY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84902344036     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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