Urban Planning in Hong Kong

This book examines vertical urbanism in the context of Hong Kong's environmental design practice and its related historical context and regulatory environment. It raises questions about the assumptions and foundations in planning practices in the West, where there is an abnormal absence of a formal theory for planning in the vertical dimension. Three interconnected factors underlying the urban scene of Hong Kong are discussed: market logic, planning policy, and a culture of proximity. The motive of this book is to define the institutional characteristics of the general East Asian urban form, including collective consumption, alternative building paradigms, market oriented land policy, spatial operation of interiorized public life and entrepreneurial-governmental unification in civic developments.

Aceasta carte examineaza urbanismul vertical in contextul practicii de proiectare a mediului din Hong Kong si a contextului sau istoric si a mediului de reglementare aferent. Ea ridica intrebari cu privire la ipotezele si fundamentele din practicile de planificare din Occident, unde exista o absenta anormala a unei teorii formale pentru planificare in dimensiunea verticala.