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Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing

Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing Geopolitics and Informality, 1963-1985 - Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

In Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing: Geopolitics and Informality, 1963-1985, Alan Smart and Fung Chi Keung Charles trace two decades of development of squatting in Hong Kong. The authors reconstruct the government policy on squatting through both ethnographic and archival research. The book sheds new light on the consequences of various attempts to control encroachment on scarce urban space. It argues that intersecting policy agendas resulted in decisions that were often not desired, but which emerged as practical solutions from prior failures. The authors address the challenges of explaining confidential policy decisions and offer new approaches applicable in other contexts.

Book information

ISBN: 9789888805648
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 363.5850951250904
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 340
Weight: 506g
Height: 152mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 21mm