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Conference Paper: The high permeability of pragmatic gated communities in high density Hong Kong: the planning influence and social implications
| Title | The high permeability of pragmatic gated communities in high density Hong Kong: the planning influence and social implications |
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| Issue Date | 2013 |
| Citation | The 43rd Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, San Francisco, CA., 3-6 April 2013. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Hong Kong is renowned for its high density but orderly built environment. The housing form of Hong Kong is dominated by high rises organized into well‐defined housing estates. It is argued that this type of residential organization is one form of gated communities (GCs), and unlike GCs in the Western cities, they proliferate because of pragmaticism. It is also argued that spatial segregation is a lesser problem because most of the GCs in Hong Kong are accessible by the public without gating or fencing around their boundaries, that there is public transport weaving throu... |
| Description | Conference Theme: Building the 21st Century City: Inclusion, Innovation, and Globalization Session - Neighborhood as Environment: Walkability, Open Space and Connection The Book of Abstracts' web site is located at http://www.urbanaffairsassociation.org/pdfs/2013_abstracts.pdf |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/191064 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Chiu, R | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-17T16:14:38Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-17T16:14:38Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 43rd Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, San Francisco, CA., 3-6 April 2013. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/191064 | - |
| dc.description | Conference Theme: Building the 21st Century City: Inclusion, Innovation, and Globalization | - |
| dc.description | Session - Neighborhood as Environment: Walkability, Open Space and Connection | - |
| dc.description | The Book of Abstracts' web site is located at http://www.urbanaffairsassociation.org/pdfs/2013_abstracts.pdf | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Hong Kong is renowned for its high density but orderly built environment. The housing form of Hong Kong is dominated by high rises organized into well‐defined housing estates. It is argued that this type of residential organization is one form of gated communities (GCs), and unlike GCs in the Western cities, they proliferate because of pragmaticism. It is also argued that spatial segregation is a lesser problem because most of the GCs in Hong Kong are accessible by the public without gating or fencing around their boundaries, that there is public transport weaving throu... | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 43rd Urban Affairs Association Conference 2013 Abstracts Book | en_US |
| dc.title | The high permeability of pragmatic gated communities in high density Hong Kong: the planning influence and social implications | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Chiu, R: rlhchiu@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Chiu, R=rp00997 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 224394 | en_US |