The Rural Communities of Hong Kong
Author | : James Hayes |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Hong Kong |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Hayes |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Hong Kong |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James L. Watson |
Publisher | : Chinese University of Hong Kong Press |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This book is a collection of revised articles based on the authors'fieldwork on two villages in Yuen Long, a rural district of Hong Kong. It presents the authors'observations and their interpretation of life in a southern Chinese village under the process of urbanization.
Author | : Ho-fung Hung |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jessica M. Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789811658259 |
This book highlights the challenges and opportunities of (re)constructing a sustainable rural community on the outskirts of the urban community. Based on knowledge and experience accumulated through implementing a rural revitalisation project in Hong Kong since 2013, the book provides an in-depth analysis of a case study along with related concepts from the literature. In particular, the concept of rural resilience is broken down and used to examine how communities at the urban-rural interface can leverage their position and connections to (re)create vibrant sustainable communities. The revitalisation project was showcased in the databases of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Equator Initiative and the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) as well as achieving Special Recognition for Sustainable Development in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2020. This book teases out the key issues in the process of revitalising a rural community in the peri-urban context and examines the complexities embedded in each issue and how they can be addressed in the quest for rural sustainability.
Author | : Joshua Bolchover |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2013-10-24 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 3038210609 |
While most attention is given to the booming mega-cities in China and the associated problems of over-population, the rural areas in China are being largely ignored. Yet, a sustainable development of the rural areas is precisely that, which will be decisive for China’s future. Through its rapid development into an industrial country, China now needs to tackle far-reaching problems such as increasing population, growing income gap between the poor and the rich, rural exodus, decreased agricultural production, and environmental pollution. Rural Urban Framework is a work group at the University of Hong Kong that not only researches the far-reaching changes of the last thirty years in China’s rural areas, but has also realized concrete projects aimed at improving supply and infrastructure on site. In this publication, the authors present for the first time the results of their research as well as their built projects in the Chinese backlands, and question whether China’s only future model lies in cities.
Author | : Isabella Ng |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2020-12-18 |
Genre | : Hong Kong (China) |
ISBN | : 9780367728656 |
This book explores gender dynamics in the indigenous villages (also known as walled villages) in post-handover Hong Kong. It looks at how Hong Kong's reunification with China has impacted the walled villagers, in particular the women, and how the walled villages' current gender dynamics in return reflects the changes that have happened in Hong Kong after the reunification with China. It traces the historical development of the walled villages, outlines the nature of walled-village society, and explores the changes currently at work including the erosion of the rural/urban divide, the increasing participation of indigenous women in Hong Kong society more widely and the breakdown of traditional social norms, especially patriarchy.
Author | : Hugh D.R. Baker |
Publisher | : City University of HK Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2021-02-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9629375532 |
“For myself, however, it is the human element, the recollected words, the remembered faces, which give life to the printed record.” James Hayes’s many writings have made a major contribution to knowledge about life in rural Hong Kong. This book presents sixteen of his illuminating and original articles, each of which is rooted in his experiences as a district officer, administering and visiting villages under his care. His interest in the life and lives of the people went far beyond the formal demands of his official work, and Dr Hayes grew to admire and respect the villagers. As a result, his writings are suffused with his affection and esteem. Intended for scholars in the field of New Territories history as well as general readers interested in rural life in the region, A Pattern of Life provides a fascinating, academically important, yet highly readable picture of traditional life in rural South China and reinforces Dr Hayes’s reputation as one of the most important writers on the New Territories. “[James was] the archetypical example of those remarkable Colonial Service officers who became fascinated by, and deeply engaged with, the territories and people which it was their task to administer.” – Lord Wilson of Tillyorn Governor of Hong Kong (1987–1992)
Author | : T. Saich |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2012-10-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1137035153 |
The story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation, this book shows how outcomes are shaped by a number of factors such as path dependence, social structures, economic resources and local entrepreneurship.
Author | : Stephen Wing-kai Chiu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Martin K. Whyte |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2010-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674036307 |
"A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents; aspects of inequality apart from income; and, experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants." -- BOOK PUBLISHER WEBSITE.