Terminating Architecture: Mega-Development in Hong Kong

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 277-289
Author(s):  
Li Shiqiao
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Scale Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mass Transit ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Financial Viability ◽  
Property Market ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Railway Systems ◽  
Physical Features

This paper examines large development projects as a function of finance in the context of Hong Kong, taking Kowloon Station as an exceptionally revealing case. Hong Kong's property market is one of the most established in Asia, and it points to the ways in which large-scale development schemes proliferate along efficient and affordable mass transit railway systems with great speed and success. At Kowloon Station, finance redefines architecture; instead of focusing on aesthetics and community, it is now promoting standardization, market visibility and semantic control. The financial viability of these developments depends entirely on these new goals; mega-developments such as Kowloon Station – and those in other parts of Asia – are successful in inventing major mass transit railway stations as terminals, in capturing commuters within spatial enclosures surrounded by barrier-like physical features, and in terminating architecture as it has long been established as a discipline. Mega-development is increasingly reinventing the contemporary Asian city.

East African rails could shape regional links

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scale Development ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
East African ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Ties ◽  
Economic Linkages

Significance The announcement comes as neighbouring Ethiopia moves toward completing a rail link with Djibouti to increase access to the Red Sea port. Ethiopia's rail expansion is part of a rail building spree across East Africa -- a region attempting to improve economic linkages. Impacts Rwanda's renewed relationship with Tanzania will strengthen as economic linkages grow. The trucking industry may attempt to disrupt economic activity if the new railways erode their business. Ethiopia's economic ties with Djibouti will grow as the Red Sea port becomes more accessible. Kenya may need to rethink other large-scale development projects following Ugandan and Rwandan preferences for Tanzanian options.

scholarly journals Counter-reporting sustainability from the bottom up: the case of the construction company WeBuild and dam-related conflicts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Bontempi ◽  
Daniela Del Bene ◽  
Louisa Jane Di Felice
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Scale Development ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Normal Science ◽  
Construction Company ◽  
Corporate Social

AbstractControversies around large-scale development projects offer many cases and insights which may be analyzed through the lenses of corporate social (ir)responsibility (CSIR) and business ethics studies. In this paper, we confront the CSR narratives and strategies of WeBuild (formerly known as Salini Impregilo), an Italian transnational construction company. Starting from the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (EJAtlas), we collect evidence from NGOs, environmental justice organizations, journalists, scholars, and community leaders on socio-environmental injustices and controversies surrounding 38 large hydropower schemes built by the corporation throughout the last century. As a counter-reporting exercise, we code (un)sustainability discourses from a plurality of sources, looking at their discrepancy under the critical lenses of post-normal science and political ecology, with environmental justice as a normative framework. Our results show how the mismatch of narratives can be interpreted by considering the voluntary, self-reporting, non-binding nature of CSR accounting performed by a corporation wishing to grow in a global competitive market. Contributing to critical perspectives on political CS(I)R, we question the reliability of current CSR mechanisms and instruments, calling for the inclusion of complexity dimensions in and a re-politicization of CS(I)R accounting and ethics. We argue that the fields of post-normal science and political ecology can contribute to these goals.

scholarly journals HISTÓRIA E MEMÓRIA DE UM MUNICÍPIO DA AMAZÔNIA a chegada do “progresso” em Moju/ PA (Década de 1980)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Fabiano De Oliveira Bringel ◽  
Elias Diniz Sacramento
Keyword(s):  
Scale Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
The State ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Japanese Immigration ◽  
The City

Este artigo tem por finalidade mostrar algumas transformações ocorridas em Moju, um município da Amazônia no inicio da década de 1980, quando a região foi ‘tomada’ pela chegada de diversos projetos agroindustriais pautados nos ideais desenvolvimentistas dos militares. Tais mudanças foram de grandes impactos para os moradores do município, onde ainda hoje tem em suas memórias esse difícil período da história. As diversas conectividades que o município começa a ter com expansão capitalista são destacadas como: a imigração japonesa, a opção rodoviarista, a instalação dos grandes projetos e a presença seletiva do Estado. Isso tudo discutido a partir da fala de lideranças camponesas na região. Palavras chaves: Moju, Amazônia, Projetos agroindustriais, desenvolvimento, conflitos. Abstract:This article aims to show some of the changes that occurred in Moju, a municipality in the Brazilian Amazon, during the early 1980s, when the region was 'taken over' by the arrival of several agroindustrial projects guided by the ideals of the developmentalist military. Such changes were of great impact for the residents of the city, who still remember this difficult period of history.  Among the most prominent changes the municipality began to experience with the capitalist expansion were Japanese immigration, the option of overland travel, the initiation of large-scale development projects, and the selective presence of the state.  This article discusses these changes from the perspective of the region’s rural peasant leadership. Keywords: Moju, Amazon, agroindustrial projects, development, conflict  ResumenEste artículo tiene como objetivo mostrar algunos cambios que ocurrieron en Moju, un pueblo de la Amazonía en la década de 1980, cuando la región fue 'tomada' por la llegada de varios proyectos agroindustriales guiadas por los ideales de los militares desarrollista. Estos cambios fueron de gran impacto para los residentes de la ciudad, que todavía tiene en sus memorias este difícil período de la historia . Las diversas conectividades que la ciudad comienza a tener con la expansión capitalista se destacan como la inmigración japonesa, la opción rodoviarista, la instalación de grandes proyectos y la presencia selectiva del estado. Todo esto se discute desde el discurso de los líderes campesinos de la región. Palabras clave: Moju, Amazon, proyectos agroindustriales, desarrollo, conflictos.

Food and beverage advertising in Hong Kong mass transit railway stations

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (14) ◽  
pp. 2563-2570
Author(s):  
Steven Ka Ho Lo ◽  
Billy Yin Sing O ◽  
Jimmy Chun Yu Louie
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mass Transit ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Food Advertising ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Junk Food ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
School Zones

AbstractObjectives:To examine the extent and characteristics of food and beverage (F&B) promotion in Hong Kong mass transit railway (MTR) stations in districts with different socioeconomic statuses (SES) and school density.Design:All advertisements located in the eight selected MTR stations were recorded by photographs or videos, and classified into F&B and non-F&B. The percentage of F&B advertisements and unhealthy F&B being promoted, and common persuasive marketing strategies used in F&B advertisements were compared between low v. high SES districts and school zones v. non-school zones.Setting:MTR stations in Hong Kong.Participants:Not applicable.Results:Of the 8064 advertisements documented, 861 (10·7 %) were F&B advertisements, promoting 1860 F&B items. More than half of the these were unhealthy foods. Stations in high SES districts or school zones tend to advertise more unhealthy items (high v. low SES: 55·8 v. 50·8 %, P = 0·049; school v. non-school: 60·8 v. 49·3 %, P < 0·001). More than one-third of the F&B advertisements recorded did not utilise any of those persuasive marketing techniques that were examined, and using models (13·9 %) or providing discounts (8·8 %) were the two most frequently used non-festival-related persuasive marketing strategies.Conclusions:Unhealthy F&B advertising in MTR stations is prevalent regardless of SES and school density, and persuasive marketing strategies were infrequently used. These suggest that a ban on unhealthy F&B advertising around schools or the use of persuasive marketing strategies alone would be ineffective in Hong Kong. To align with the recommendation from WHO, a universal ban of junk food advertising should be enacted.

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