Wealth-based micro-segregation in Hong Kong: social distance within spatial proximity

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_1438F16129E2
Type
Partie de livre
Sous-type
Chapitre: chapitre ou section
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Wealth-based micro-segregation in Hong Kong: social distance within spatial proximity
Titre du livre
Vertical Cities
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Ho Hang Kei (co-premier), Yip Maurice (co-dernier)
Editeur
Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN
9781800886391
9781800886384
9781800886391
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
25/10/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Pages
299-312
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Building on the growing body of literature that highlights the significance of vertical urbanism and segregation in East Asian cities, this exploratory chapter focuses on Hong Kong and examines how housing inequality contributes to micro-segregation in two ways. First, it discusses housing inequality on the multigenerational level and illustrates that Hong Kong as a vertical city displays significant social disparity within close spatial proximity. Second, through introducing a wealth-based typology of five forms of micro-segregation, it examines how wealth, or the lack thereof, contributes to housing inequality among residential blocks that accommodate different subgroups of the population.
Mots-clé
Hong Kong, Vertical urbanism, Micro-scale segregation, Wealth classes, Housing market
Création de la notice
28/12/2022 16:07
Dernière modification de la notice
29/12/2022 7:54
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