Influence of land ownership on quality of environment and form in high density urban context : a Hong Kong case study

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayapriya Bandara Navaratne
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
High Density ◽  
Urban Context

scholarly journals Artificial Landscape: in search of publicness through urban spectacle in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Leung ◽  
Andy Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Dynamic Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
A Site

Screen technologies increasingly permeate the experience of public space in Hong Kong. Large media walls have occupied the façades of many buildings, rendering a cityscape with dynamic information visible as a new urban skin. This article is a case study on Artificial Landscape, a site-specific media art project located on Asia Pacific’s largest LED outdoor screen. The case sets an example of how a public screen can serve as a mediating agent. It provides an opportunity for artists to provoke absent ideas in the public space and explore subversive potential, including critical reflection on issues surrounding surveillance, consumerism and rapid urban growth. The case also exemplifies how a public screen can mediate the public to experience an alternative context through artistic intervention, where negotiations of perceptions and subjectivities are made possible. This article provides insights into a public screen’s mode of spectatorship, quality of public space and curatorial strategies in an urban context. This is achieved by illustrating how various artworks extend the notion of publicness and remediate the mutually constitutive relationship among the built environment, media technologies, artists, public and everyday encounters.

Thermal benefits of vertical greening in a high-density city: Case study of Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 42-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo ◽  
Alan Lai ◽  
Kevin Ka-Lun Lau ◽  
Edward Ng
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
High Density ◽  
Vertical Greening

Improving Social Work Student Competence in Practice With Older Adults Affected by Substance Misuse: Spotlight on the Bronx

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-79
Author(s):  
Stephanie Elias Sarabia ◽  
Justine McGovern
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
New York ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Changing Demographics ◽  
Work Student

Through the lens of a case study, this article suggests ways to increase social work student competence in gerontology and substance abuse treatment to better meet needs of growing numbers of diverse clients in urban settings. Focusing on a client residing in the Bronx, New York, it explores how changing demographics and a lack of workforce preparedness can combine in an urban context to increase risks for older adults and reduce quality of life in late life. Aiming to reduce knowledge and service gaps, suggestions are made on how to improve social work student competence. These include interpreting client cases through a theoretical framework to deepen understanding about the intersection of advancing age and substance use and improving treatment skills.

Spatiotemporal assessment of extreme heat risk for high-density cities: A case study of Hong Kong from 2006 to 2016

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 102507
Author(s):  
Junyi Hua ◽  
Xuyi Zhang ◽  
Chao Ren ◽  
Yuan Shi ◽  
Tsz-Cheung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
High Density ◽  
Extreme Heat ◽  
Heat Risk

Investigations of high-density urban boundary layer under summer prevailing wind conditions with Doppler LiDAR: A case study in Hong Kong

Urban Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 100884
Author(s):  
Yueyang He ◽  
Chao Ren ◽  
Hugo Wai Leung Mak ◽  
Changqing Lin ◽  
Zixuan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Boundary Layer ◽  
High Density ◽  
Prevailing Wind ◽  
Doppler Lidar

An analytical study of the different methods of handling informal areas on state property “Case study of the informal unsafe areas near the railway on Sudan street, Giza”

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (09) ◽  
pp. 409-431
Author(s):  
Azza Serry ◽  
◽  
Sherif Mohamed ◽  
Mohamed Amin ◽  
Youssef Mabrouk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
The Difference

The problem of informal areas in Egypt, despite the difference in these informal areas in terms of location, area, population and the quality of services, they share their suffering from rising population density, insufficiency of basic facilities and services, the spread of environmental pollution and low standard of living. The importance of this research lies in a new problem that hinders planning and executive authorities in the development of informal areas, which is land ownership. This comes in different entities such as private property whither for residents or companies, and central authorities such as the Ministry of Endowments, Railway Authority, State Property, or the Antiquities Authority. the research exposes all of this to reach results and solutions that help the planning and executive authorities in providing services to these areas, and in the implementation of vital projects and development projects.

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