 Transformative urbanism and reproblematising land scarcity in Hong KongMee Kam Ng Urban Studies, 2020, vol. 57, issue 7, 1452-1468 Abstract: An ecological and humane urbanism is required to combat resource degradation and socio-economic polarisation. UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda calls for a paradigm shift to ‘leave no one, no place and no ecology behind’ through sustainable development. However, this article argues that a ‘sustainability fix’, while necessary, is insufficient to counter the hegemonic growth-orientated culture and it is important to re-embed economic activities in ethical socio-ecological relationships for people and place well-being. These require critical scholarship to reproblematise issues and present prescriptive approaches for resolving them. Reproblematisation of Hong Kong’s alleged land scarcity problem reveals a property-dominant urban-biased political economy that sustains a high land price policy through suppressing development of massive rural land resources, resulting in ecological and socio-spatial disparities. Reimagining the development of rural Hong Kong based on the principles of nature conservation and place-making for conviviality and human flourishing could be a potential pathway towards a transformative urbanism. Keywords: Hong Kong; land scarcity; reproblematisation; socio-environmental justice; transformative urbanism; 香港; 土地稀缺; é—®é¢˜é‡ è®¾; 社会环境æ£ä¹‰; å ˜é ©æ€§åŸŽå¸‚åŒ– (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:57:y:2020:i:7:p:1452-1468 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Urban Studies from Urban Studies Journal Limited |
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