Urban renewal and redevelopment: Social justice and property rights with reference to Hong Kong's constitutional capitalism

Cities

Volumn 74, Issue , 2018, Pages 240-248

  Lai, Lawrence W C ^a   Chau, K W ^a   Cheung, Polycarp Alvin C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Positive externalities; Property rights; Social justice; Subsidiarity; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 85039903785     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.12.010     Document Type: Article

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