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Article: City-branding without content: Hong Kong's aborted West Kowloon mega-project, 1998-2006
Title | City-branding without content: Hong Kong's aborted West Kowloon mega-project, 1998-2006 |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/third.htm |
Citation | International Development Planning Review, 2008, v. 30 n. 3, p. 215-226 How to Cite? |
Abstract | After much debate, in February 2006 the proposed West Kowloon cultural development project - a kind of cultural flagship initiative put forward by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to develop a landmark for the purposes of city-branding, place-promotion and promoting culture - was shelved, at least temporarily. Though a consultative committee was appointed by the government on 6 April to mark its re-launch, the twists and turns are surely lessons for future efforts at city-branding and place-marketing. The proposal was a typical package of urban entrepreneurialism, with an emphasis on chasing after mega-projects, iconic buildings and media visibility. But it avoided questions concerning the substance of the entire project, consensus from below and the vision of cultural development. Its failure shows that, without addressing these basic questions, city competition by means of developing global architecture, mega-projects and fabricated urban culture is inevitably futile. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172352 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.456 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lui, TL | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:21:56Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:21:56Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | International Development Planning Review, 2008, v. 30 n. 3, p. 215-226 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1474-6743 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172352 | - |
dc.description.abstract | After much debate, in February 2006 the proposed West Kowloon cultural development project - a kind of cultural flagship initiative put forward by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to develop a landmark for the purposes of city-branding, place-promotion and promoting culture - was shelved, at least temporarily. Though a consultative committee was appointed by the government on 6 April to mark its re-launch, the twists and turns are surely lessons for future efforts at city-branding and place-marketing. The proposal was a typical package of urban entrepreneurialism, with an emphasis on chasing after mega-projects, iconic buildings and media visibility. But it avoided questions concerning the substance of the entire project, consensus from below and the vision of cultural development. Its failure shows that, without addressing these basic questions, city competition by means of developing global architecture, mega-projects and fabricated urban culture is inevitably futile. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Liverpool University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/third.htm | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Development Planning Review | en_US |
dc.title | City-branding without content: Hong Kong's aborted West Kowloon mega-project, 1998-2006 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lui, TL: tloklui@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lui, TL=rp00868 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3828/idpr.30.3.2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-66349116160 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-66349116160&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 30 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 215 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 226 | en_US |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1478-3401 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000262451600002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lui, TL=35844286800 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1474-6743 | - |