 Local livelihoods and global process: complex causalities in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung PeninsulaMiscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2018, vol. 22, issue 1, 31-39 Abstract: This paper looks at the changes that occurred in the rural area of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong’s New Territories from the 16th century, and uses it as a case-study to show the complex range of forces that can act on a locale. Throughout its history, land use and economic activities on the Sai Kung Peninsula have been driven to a great extent by non-local factors, including distant warfare leading to mass immigration and political decisions leading to mass emigration. However, once Hong Kong became an important outpost of Britain’s colonial empire it became integrated into a global trade network and thus became sensitive to economic and technological changes taking place thousands of miles away. In the 20th century, the Sai Kung Peninsula developed in response to Hong Kong’s growth as an international trade hub, finding its agricultural output overwhelmed by cheap foreign products, and its industry challenged by foreign technological advances. Keywords: Rural livelihoods; Political economy; Colonisation; Decolonisation; Hong Kong (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:vrs:mgrsod:v:22:y:2018:i:1:p:31-39:n:5 Access Statistics for this article Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development is currently edited by Maciej Jędrusik More articles in Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development from Sciendo |
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