Building Colonial Hong Kong - Speculative Development and Segregation in the City

In this engaging and extensively illustrated book, Cecilia L. Chu retells the 'Hong Kong story' by tracing the
emergence of its 'speculative landscape' from the late nineteenth to the early decades of the twentieth century.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgements.
1. Framing Colonial Urban Development.
2. A Dual City in the Making: Accumulation and Segregation in Nineteenth-Century Victoria.
3. Combatting Nuisance: Urban Improvement and the Colonial Conundrum.
4. Remapping Forms and Norms: From ‘Insanitary Properties’ to Modern Housing.
5. Constructing Enclaves: A New Era of Suburban Development.
6. The Housing Crisis and the Making of the Modern City.
Afterword: ‘Old Hong Kong’ and the Present City.
Abbreviations and Notes on Romanization.
Bibliography.
Index.

About the author

Trained as an urban historian with a background in design and conservation, Cecilia L. Chu is an Associate Professor in the Division of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong

Summary

In this engaging and extensively illustrated book, Cecilia L. Chu retells the ‘Hong Kong story’ by tracing theemergence of its ‘speculative landscape’ from the late nineteenth to the early decades of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Cecilia L. Chu, Cecilia L. (University of Hong Kong) Chu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032262925
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3226292-5
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Planning, History and Environment Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Landscape architecture and design