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

TitleSpatial practice, conceived space and lived space: Hong Kong's 'Piers saga' through the Lefebvrian lens
Authors
KeywordsColonial spatial planning practice
Harbour reclamation
Hong Kong
Lefebvre
Urban planning and civil society
Issue Date2010
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02665433.asp
Citation
Planning Perspectives, 2010, v. 25 n. 4, p. 411-431 How to Cite?
AbstractBy applying the Lefebvrian lens, this paper tries to understand why unlike previous similar cases, the latest removal of the Star Ferry and Queen's Pier was so controversial. To Lefebvre, embedded in 'spatial practices' that 'secrete' a place are two contradicting spaces: 'conceived spaces' produced by planners to create exchange values and 'lived spaces' appropriated by citizens for use values. Applying Lefebvre's framework to examine the 'Piers saga', it is found that the pre-Second World War (WWII) piers were 'conceived' by spatial practices of a colonial and racially segregated trading enclave. The public space in the commercial heart that housed the previous generations of piers was not accessible to the Chinese community, thus denying them opportunities to appropriate them and turn them into 'lived' spaces. It was only after WWII when the Government carried out further reclamation to meet the needs of an industrializing economy that inclusive public spaces were conceived in the commercial heart, enabling the general public to 'appropriate' them as 'lived' space. When the Government planned to remove this very first 'lived' space in the political and economic heart of the city to conceive further reclamation for the restructuring economy, the more enlightened citizens were determined to defend it. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130089
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2023 Impact Factor: 0.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.377
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dc.contributor.authorTang, WSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, Jen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, Den_HK
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dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPlanning Perspectives, 2010, v. 25 n. 4, p. 411-431en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0266-5433en_HK
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dc.description.abstractBy applying the Lefebvrian lens, this paper tries to understand why unlike previous similar cases, the latest removal of the Star Ferry and Queen's Pier was so controversial. To Lefebvre, embedded in 'spatial practices' that 'secrete' a place are two contradicting spaces: 'conceived spaces' produced by planners to create exchange values and 'lived spaces' appropriated by citizens for use values. Applying Lefebvre's framework to examine the 'Piers saga', it is found that the pre-Second World War (WWII) piers were 'conceived' by spatial practices of a colonial and racially segregated trading enclave. The public space in the commercial heart that housed the previous generations of piers was not accessible to the Chinese community, thus denying them opportunities to appropriate them and turn them into 'lived' spaces. It was only after WWII when the Government carried out further reclamation to meet the needs of an industrializing economy that inclusive public spaces were conceived in the commercial heart, enabling the general public to 'appropriate' them as 'lived' space. When the Government planned to remove this very first 'lived' space in the political and economic heart of the city to conceive further reclamation for the restructuring economy, the more enlightened citizens were determined to defend it. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.en_HK
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dc.subjectColonial spatial planning practiceen_HK
dc.subjectHarbour reclamationen_HK
dc.subjectHong Kongen_HK
dc.subjectLefebvreen_HK
dc.subjectUrban planning and civil societyen_HK
dc.titleSpatial practice, conceived space and lived space: Hong Kong's 'Piers saga' through the Lefebvrian lensen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailNg, MK: meekng@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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