Hong Kong and Other World Cities

2012 ◽  
pp. 5-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Chau ◽  
Jean Woo ◽  
M. K. Gusmano ◽  
V. G. Rodwin
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Author(s):  
Vida Malienė ◽  
Luke Wignall ◽  
Naglis Malys

The regeneration of brownfields has recently gained prominence due to greenfield land restrictions as well as their potential to promote the urban renaissance. On the examples of Kings Waterfront in Liverpool and Rheinauhafen in Cologne the paper aims to evaluate how brownfield regeneration practice compares, given that local, national and European bodies have invested significant amounts of time and expenditure to the revitalisation of sites. The literature review provides a background to the issues which need to be overcome for developments such as Liverpool's Kings Waterfront and Cologne's Rheinauhafen to become a success. In order to determine the state of current brownfield practice in Liverpool and Cologne, we explore the public opinion and information from specialists in the field. The study shows that, if exploited correctly, brownfield sites can provide a catalyst for economic growth in the inner city areas where they once have been deprived. Finally, studied cities were found to contain many examples of best practice with regards to brownfield sites situated on rivers. These successful schemes could be used to reignite the regeneration of other world cities. Santrauka Pastaruoju metu naudotų teritorijų atgaivinimas įgavo svarbą dėl nenaudotų teritorijų žemės apribojimų ir siekiant paskatinti miestų atgimimą. Remiantis Kings Waterfront Liverpulyje ir Rheinauhafen Kelne pavyzdžiais, straipsnyje siekiama palyginti naudotų teritorijų atgaivinimo praktikas, įvertinant tai, kad vietinės, nacionalinės ir Europos Sąjungos atsakingos organizacijos investavo daug laiko ir pinigų į šių vietų atgaivinimą. Literatūros apžvalga suteikia informacijos apie problemas, kurias reikia išspręsti, kad vystymas Liverpulio Kings Waterfront ir Kelno Rheinauhafen būtų sėkmingas. Siekiant nustatyti šiuo metu susiklosčiusią situaciją Liverpulyje ir Kelne, ištirta visuomenės nuomonė ir informacija, gauta iš šios srities specialistų. Tyrimas rodo, kad jeigu teritorija naudota efektyviai, jos atgaivinimas gali paskatinti ekonominį augimą vidinio miesto rajonuose, ypač tuose, kurie anksčiau buvo nuskurdę. Straipsnyje pateikta pavyzdžių, kaip galima išvystyti naudotas teritorijas prie upių. Šių sėkmingų projektų pavyzdžiai gali būti taikomi kitų pasaulio miestų atgaivinimui skatinti. Резюме В последнее время регенерация ранее использовавшихся территорий приобретает особое значение в связи с введением ограничений на неиспользовавшиеся ранее земельные территории и с целью способствовать возрождению городов. На примере Kings Waterfront в Ливерпуле и Rheinauhafen в Кельне в статье сравнивается практика регенерации ранее использовавшихся территорий с учетом больших средств, инвестированных на эти цели местныминациональными организациями и ответственными организациями Европейского Союза. Обзор литературы поданному вопросу позволил собрать информацию о проблемах, решение которых позволит надеяться на то, чтодальнейшее развитие Kings Waterfront в Ливерпуле и Rheinauhafen в Кельне будет успешным. С целью выявитьситуацию, сложившуюся в настоящее время в Ливерпуле и Кельне, специалисты изучили общественное мнение иинформацию, полученную из этих областей. Исследование показало, что эффективное использование выделенных средств может способствовать экономическому развитию районов города, особенно обнищавших. В качествепримера успешного развития ранее использовавшихся территорий в статье представлены территории, находящиеся вблизи рек. Примеры этих удачных проектов могут способствовать возрождению других городов мира.


Author(s):  
K.M. Ilyassova ◽  
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S.A. Bagdatova ◽  

The article is aimed at defining the findings and concepts of the researchers of the Eastern global cities and highlighting the features of "East Asian" global cities. For the most of the twentieth century, this area was one of the least urbanized areas in the world, but now cities are growing rapidly and becoming important centers in the regional and global urban hierarchy. The researchers of the Eastern countries identified 16 major megacities claiming the title of world cities, namely Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Seoul, Busan, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Istanbul. Tokyo on this list, followed by Hong Kong, is included in the "Global City", while Seoul and Taipei are included in the ranking of world cities as national models of "recently industrialized countries". These and other issues related to the global cities of the East are based on research and analysis by foreign and Russian authors.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renuka Singh

Abstract India’s urban population is expected to grow from 410 million in 2014 to 814 million by 2050, as per the TERI document. If urban growth continues to grow at this rate, to accommodate new urban population, large amount of urban land will be required. With the fact that, the land is an important and limited resource, the need to find the way to use it efficiently and smartly is essential. For that, first step is to understand the existing urban morphology and its impact on land utilization in the current scenario. This will help to understand how efficiently is the urban land utilized in Indian cities, if we compare the study with other world cities. The main concern of the research is – 1. How efficiently is the urban land utilized in India’s cities? 2. What is the role of Development Control Regulations (DCRs) in the efficiency of land utilization? 3. How utilization of urban land can be improved with respect to DCRs? For the study, urban land is classified in three parts public realm, building footprints and private open space. To understand the existing urban land, quantitative and qualitative study of it has been taken out for the thirteen squares in Ahmedabad city. From the study it has been found that the majority of land area in our cities falls under the category of private open space, which is primarily divided in small pieces. A further study of private open spaces reveals the existing condition of it utilized or under-utilized. The study questions, why do we need private open spaces in such large amount around the buildings? To understand the argument, a similar study has been under taken to understand how urban land is used in other world cities. Following this, the study takes a new turn to find why we need private open space around the buildings in Indian cities? Is it out of people’s choice or they are forced to do so? Does, the development control regulations play an important role in making large amount of private open space? The research elaborates all the arguments with the existing scenario of Indian city (Ahmedabad as a case) and suggests how we can improve the land utilization through some changes in development control regulations.


GeoTextos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lívia Maschio Fioravanti

Analisamos de que modo os projetos de requalificação urbana na região de La Plaine Saint-Denis, no subúrbio norte da metrópole Paris, articulam-se às atuais estratégias políticas e econômicas globais de intervenção no espaço urbano e podem contribuir para intensificar a segregação socioespacial na escala do lugar. Essas estratégias contam com projetos com lógicas bem semelhantes em outras cidades mundiais e se legitimam por meio de discursos como os da mixité sociale, os quais, por sua vez, procuram ocultar os processos de gentrification que desencadeiam. A partir de levantamento bibliográfico, da realização de trabalhos de campo e da observação em reuniões de associações de moradores ou eventos organizados pelo poder público, procuramos elucidar as especificidades da elaboração e da execução dos projetos de requalificação urbana em La Plaine Saint-Denis, demonstrando que os grandes projetos de intervenção no espaço estão longe de amenizar as desigualdades socioespaciais. Abstract URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS IN LA PLAINE SAINT-DENIS, PARIS:GENTRIFICATION, BEYOND THE RHETORIC OF MIXITÉ SOCIALE We examine the ways through which the urban renewal projects in the region of La Plaine Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of the metropolitan region of Paris, relate to the current global political and economic strategies of intervention in urban space and can enhance socio-spatial segregation in a place-based approach. The strategies base projects with very similar logics in other world cities and legitimize themselves through rhetoric as mixité sociale, which, in turn, try to hide the consequent processes of gentrification. Based on academic studies, fieldworks and observation of neighbourhood associations meetings and other events organized by government, we clarify the specific aspects of the development and implementation of urban renewal projects in La Plaine Saint-Denis, demonstrating that major intervention projects in space are far from mitigating socio-spatial inequalities.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denisa Latić ◽  
Hans-Georg Wolf

Abstract Hong Kong culture blends paradoxes: In it, life and death, the real and the other world coexist in the traditions of its inhabitants, which eventually surface in the variety of English spoken in this Special Administrative Region of China. Our corpus-linguistic analysis, on the basis of ICE-HK and the GloWbE (Davies 2013) corpus,1 demonstrates the centrality of the family concept and its ramifications as well as its relation to the concept of money in Hong Kong English. The conceptualization children are an investment does not only show the conceptual network family and money belong to, but also lucidly shows the dynamics within the parent-child relationship, which is governed by filial piety and elderly care when the investment bears fruit. Collocations such as ‘hungry ghost,’ ‘hell money,’ and ‘worship ancestors’ are combinations of common core English terms that underwent semantic extension under the influence of the local Hong Kong cultural context. Our data shows how tightly language and culture are linked and that culture and cultural changes are the main factors to influence language and its development.


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