Land and Housing Controversies in Hong Kong

This book discusses land and housing controversies in Hong Kong, which offer a point of reference for the comparison and analysis of similar or contrasting cases overseas from the perspective of social values. It enhances readers' understanding of the social values, philosophical and theoretical issues that underpin land and housing controversies, as well as their policy implications. The discussion in each chapter goes beyond mere substantive and contextual analysis, and is explicitly positioned and theorized within the broader context of social values, with a theoretical and philosophical framework for assessing the issue concerned. The book is interdisciplinary in nature, with each chapter integrating two or more disciplines to examine various controversial land and housing issues.

This book discusses land and housing controversies in Hong Kong, which offer a point of reference for the comparison and analysis of similar or contrasting cases overseas from the perspective of social values. It enhances readers’ understanding of the social values, philosophical and theoretical issues that underpin land and housing controversies, as well as their policy implications. The discussion in each chapter goes beyond mere substantive and contextual analysis, and is explicitly positioned and theorized within the broader context of social values, with a theoretical and philosophical framework for assessing the issue concerned. The book is interdisciplinary in nature, with each chapter integrating two or more disciplines to examine various controversial land and housing issues.

Part I: Introduction.- 1. Land, Housing and Social Values – The Context of Hong Kong.- Part II: Space, Housing and Development.- 2. Nano Apartments: The Synergy of Rights, Choice, Markets and Regulations?.- 3. Third Sector Housing: Housing Philanthropy, Self-reliance and Policy Facilitation.- 4. A Rawlsian Model of Land Justice for Hong Kong: The Controversy on the Development of the North New Territories.- 5. Reconsidering ‘Develop First, Conserve Later’ Principle: The Case of Third Runway in Hong Kong.- 6. Land Development in Hong Kong: To Conserve or Not to Conserve? – That isNot the Question.- Part III: Place, Neighbourhood and Sustainability.- 7. Heritage Preservation Vs. Development: The Case of Queen’s Pier.- 8. Collective vs Self-interests: What is Behind NIMBY?.- 9. Columbarium Siting in an Urban Chinese Society: Any Way Out?.- 10. Relocation of the Christian Zheng Sheng College: Challenges in Justifying the Siting of Rehabilitation Centers.- 11. A Critical Assessmentof Voluntary Siting Mechanism in dealing with NIMBYism: From Canada to Hong Kong.- Part IV: Conclusion.- 12. The Ethics of Land and Housing.