Urban agglomeration economies and their relationships to built environment and socio-demographic characteristics in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 102417
Author(s):  
Zidong Yu ◽  
Xintao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Urban Agglomeration

scholarly journals The Janus-faced genius of cities

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110077
Author(s):  
Christof Parnreiter
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Uneven Development

Departing from Storper’s (2013) notion of a ‘genius of cities’ but extending the concept from agglomeration economies to inter-city networks and the built environment as foundations of cities’ genius, I argue that cities’ genius is Janus-faced. My contention is that cities’ specific environments not only breed all the ‘good’ innovations that drive innovation and growth but they also generate the ‘bad’ ones, which allow for the development of the means of exploitation. Cities are, as a result of their very properties, key places for the organisation of uneven development.

Correlates of life satisfaction among Southeast Asian foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong: An exploratory study

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dick Man Leung ◽  
Etonia Ying Tung Tang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Special Group ◽  
Foreign Domestic Workers

Live-in foreign domestic workers (FDWs) are a special group in Hong Kong, where they account for approximately 4 percent of Hong Kong’s population. FDWs’ level of life satisfaction (LS) and its correlates have been under-researched thus far. This study examined data from 130 participants and sought to determine the effect of perceived social support, self-esteem and demographic characteristics on LS. The results showed that being married was negatively associated with LS while self-esteem was not a significant factor. The findings suggest the importance of providing support to FDWs to enhance their LS.

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