Huang, Shu-Mei.

Urbanizing Carescapes of Hong Kong : Two Systems, One City. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (247 pages) - Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space Series . - Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space Series .

Urbanizing Carescapes Of Hong Kong -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Nested-Dependency Relations Across the Border(s) -- 2 Tenants Living on the Edge -- 3 Wan Chai For Sale -- 4 Expatriation of Space and Transnational Remaking of City -- 5 Everyday Carescapes -- 6 Displacing Sham Shui Po -- 7 Traveling Mothers and Cross-Border Care Practices -- Conclusion: Reclaim Space for Care -- Appendix A Methodological Note -- Appendix B List of Interviews -- Appendix C Interview with Expatriates -- Appendix D List of the interviewees quoted in the text -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Drawing upon the massive redevelopment catalyzed by government-led urban renewal in Hong Kong in the past two decades, this book recharges the story of post-colonial Hong Kong through care, displacement, and how care is displaced in urban governance.

9780739187272


Housing - China - Hong Kong.


Electronic books.

HT178.C56 -- H654 2015eb

307.3/416095125