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Author : Peter R. Hills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789627589112
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Community Mobilization and the Environment in Hong Kong written by Peter R. Hills and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecilia Chan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Limited Gains written by Cecilia Chan and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s the public became more aware of the health and amenity impacts of pollution and by the early 1990s the environment was firmly established as a major issue of public concern. This book deals with the emergence of community-based environmental protection initiatives in Hong Kong, particularly in low income areas, and describes their successes and their failures.
Author : Terri Mottershead
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622094910
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development in Hong Kong written by Terri Mottershead and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Development in Hong Kong provides a unique and pioneering examination of what the application of the ideas of sustainable development implies for Hong Kong with all its exceptional characteristics, political, social, ecological, and especially its very high urban density. The book brings together, for the first time, a broad cross-section of 21 public and private sector specialists in the many and varied aspects of sustainable development. In so doing, it demonstrates the breadth and depth of local knowledge and expertise in the subject, as well as the wide range of concepts and issues that will have to be considered and interests reconciled, for the concept to be fully implemented in Hong Kong. Sustainable development has been defined as: "development that meets the needs of today whilst not affecting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Implementing this concept requires that decision-makers from all stakeholder groups (government, business and the public) not only commit to sustainable development, but also incorporate it at every level of decision-making regardless of the political, economic, social, technological, cultural and legal frameworks within which their decisions are made. It also requires that, before doing so, they hear, respect and utilize the input from each other in these decisions. Sustainable development was placed squarely on the political agenda in Hong Kong through the Chief Executive's commitment to it in his Policy Address in 1999. This was followed by the adoption of it as an overriding objective in Hong Kong 2030: Planning Vision and Strategy (2001) and the establishment of the Sustainable Development Unit (2001) and the Council for Sustainable Development (2003). This is a book for all who are concerned about Hong Kong's environment and about its future development. The exceptional nature of Hong Kong means that this book also provides a valuable extreme case study for all who work in the sustainable development field.
Author : Stephen Wing Kai Chiu
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622094970
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (949 download)
Download or read book The Dynamics of Social Movements in Hong Kong written by Stephen Wing Kai Chiu and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of Hong Kong society have long focused one-sidedly upon economic prosperity and political stability. Contributors to this volume redress this imbalance by taking a critical view of Hong Kong's political development from the perspectives of social conflict and collective action. Instead of looking at Hong Kong from the top, this volume documents the active role played by local actors from below (political groups, student activists, trade unions, women groups, environmentalists, and community organizers) and their impact on social and political development in Hong Kong society in the context of political transition and democratization, economic restructuring, and an emergent local identity.
Author : Yok-shiu F. Lee
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9781563249099
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Asia's Environmental Movements written by Yok-shiu F. Lee and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring one of the most dynamic and contested regions of the world, this series includes works on political, economic, cultural, and social changes in modern and contemporary Asia and the Pacific.
Author : Alvin Y. So
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317476352
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Asia's Environmental Movements in Comparative Perspective written by Alvin Y. So and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring one of the most dynamic and contested regions of the world, this series includes works on political, economic, cultural, and social changes in modern and contemporary Asia and the Pacific.
Author : Alvin Y. So
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315479796
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Asia's Environmental Movements written by Alvin Y. So and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a comparative perspective, this book traces the social, political, economic and cultural conditions under which environmental movements have emerged, and assesses the transformative capacities of these movements.
Author : Satoshi Abe
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811243913
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Modernization In Asia: The Environment/resources, Social Mobilization, And Traditional Landscapes Across Time And Space In Asia written by Satoshi Abe and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the unfolding of modernity in the greater Asia that uniquely takes shape at different times and places, with a particular attention to a common thread that has been at heart of the development: religion. The status of religion has been relegated in the Western modernity to such that its effects be restricted within the private realm and not be exerted in the public or one's rationality. This edited volume sheds light on the multifarious forces of religion both in the past and present that have impacted on the essential aspects of modern society — aspects in which one does not usually have recourse to religion in the West — from science and technology, politics, and to identity in Asia. Interdisciplinary approaches in the volume allow one to broadly examine religious practices within Asian contexts, thus enabling to reevaluate the concept, scope, and gamut of so-called religion.
Author : Francis L. F. author. (Francis Lap Fung) Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136860436
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong written by Francis L. F. author. (Francis Lap Fung) Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement? How did media and public discourses affect the protests' formation and mobilization? How did the protesters understand their own actions and the political environment? This book tackles such questions by using a wide range of methods, including population and protest onsite surveys, media content.
Author : TING-WAH. KAN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781374719095
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Institutionalization of Environmental Risk in Hong Kong written by TING-WAH. KAN and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Institutionalization of Environmental Risk in Hong Kong: Science, Politics and the Emergence of a Risk Society" by Ting-wah, Kan, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ABSTRACT The study of environmental risk has been extended from the realm of science to social science. In light of this trend, this study is to employ the concepts from the disciplines of politics and sociology in order to obtain a more holistic view of the issue. The study involves a framework building exercise that can incorporate the roles of knowledge-based parties such as experts, professionals, academia and technocrats into the political power structure of environmental risk politics. Moreover, their interactions with the policy decision-makers and the lay public are also included. The framework developed in this study contains three basic notions from various scholars from the discipline of sociology. They are the "Scientization of Politics" from Habermas, "Risk Society" from Beck and "Citizen Science" from Irwin. The framework provides possible scenarios for the development of the power structure of environmental risk politics. The different scenarios would affect the process of institutionalization of environmental risk. These scenarios may be grouped into two paradigms of institutionalization: the "Authoritarian Technocracy" and "Ecological Democracy." The former involves the close linkage of technical experts and technocrats of government with the scientism as the basic ideology. The latter portrays the scrutiny of technical issues by the public with the idea of citizen science. iThe second part of the study focuses on the discussion of various cases of environmental risk in Hong Kong within this framework. Some of the cases are heavily involved with the grassroots community movement. These involve the potentially hazardous installations in Tsing Yi Island, the Anti-Daya Bay Nuclear Plant campaign and electromagnetic fields of the overhead transmission lines. Moreover, some of the cases are advocated by experts without much public involvement. These concern the radon gas, indoor air pollution, and Dongjiang water pollution. The interactions among the government, experts and public have been extensively discussed. The processes of institutionalization of environmental risk with the community mobilization are recorded. The changing nature of environmental risk also influences the institutionalization of environmental risk. The emergence of a risk society in Hong Kong is the first issue to be explored. Moreover, environmental risks such as genetically modified foods and bird flu are discussed. In these cases, international super regimes on environmental risk and safety standards are involved. The roles of various factors in environmental risk politics and institutions are discussed under the future trend of development of this issue. The main focuses would be placed on political parties, the technocrats, radical green groups, academia and mass media. As this kind of research is only in an embryonic stage in Hong Kong, future research directions are suggested. ii DOI: 10.5353/th_b3011180 Subjects: Environmental health - Government policy - China - Hong Kong Risk
Author : Chung-Yu Joanne Loi
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361147993
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Community Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in Hong Kong written by Chung-Yu Joanne Loi and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Community Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in Hong Kong" by Chung-yu, Joanne, Loi, 雷頌宇, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3125559 Subjects: Environmental education - China - Hong Kong Sustainable development - China - Hong Kong
Author : Larry Chuen-ho Chow
Publisher : Chinese University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622018297
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (182 download)
Download or read book The Other Hong Kong Report 1998 written by Larry Chuen-ho Chow and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published annually since 1989, "The Other Hong Kong Report" is a review of the various aspects of development in Hong Kong in the past year by scholars and experts, who are not government officials, and is intended to offer an alternative view to that portrayed in government publications.
Author : Rebecca Lai-Har Chiu
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622098039
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Professional Housing Management Practices in Hong Kong written by Rebecca Lai-Har Chiu and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional housing management is of growing importance in Hong Kong and the "Hong Kong management model" is adopted in many neighbouring high-density cities. However, there has been by far no literature on the subject of housing management practices in Hong Kong. This book is therefore crucial in understanding how housing management makes significant contributions to the safety, viability, liveability and vibrancy of our high-density and high-rise environment. Since the late 1980s, housing education in this city has developed by leaps and bounds. A recent study found that over 3,000 junior practitioners would be seeking professional training or further study for career advancement. This book is an indispensable aid to self-study or taught courses.
Author : Chung-yu Loi (Joanne)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Community Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in Hong Kong written by Chung-yu Loi (Joanne) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis L. F. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136860428
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong written by Francis L. F. Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement? How did media and public discourses affect the protests’ formation and mobilization? How did the protesters understand their own actions and the political environment? This book tackles such questions by using a wide range of methods, including population and protest onsite surveys, media content analysis, and in-depth interviews with activists, politicians, and protest participants. It provides an account of the "self-mobilization processes" behind the historic July 1, 2003 protest, and how the protest kick-started new political dynamics and discursive contestations in the public arena which not only turned a single protest into a series of collective actions constituting a movement, but also continually shaped the movement’s characteristics and influence. The book is highly pertinent to readers interested in political development in Hong Kong, and as a case study on "the power of critical events," the book also has broad implications on the study of both media politics and social movements in general.
Author : David Angel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351282549
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Asia's Clean Revolution written by David Angel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's environmental future will be determined in significant part by what happens in the rapidly industrialising and urban economies of Asia. The sheer scale of urban population and industrial growth in Asia - from Indonesia to China - and the energy and materials intensive character of the development process constitutes a dark shadow over the region's, and indeed the world's, environment. And yet this challenge is also an opportunity. Precisely because so much of the urban-industrial investment within developing Asia has yet to take place, the opportunity exists to shape a different development future - one that is far less energy, materials and waste intensive. Asia's Clean Revolution examines the prospects for and pathways to such a new trajectory. The book lays out a path-breaking vision of how developing economies might go beyond environmental regulation and put in place an array of policies and institutions that could integrate environmental, industrial and technological goals. These findings provide important input for negotiators considering climate change on a global scale. The book approaches the challenge of growth and environment in Asia in a novel way, by identifying six major transformational dynamics under way in the world today, and assessing whether these can be harnessed to the goal of improved environmental performance of industry. With a set of specially commissioned chapters from the leading authorities in North America and Asia, this ground-breaking book is the first to present concrete policy solutions to the looming crisis driven by large-scale urban-industrial growth in developing Asia.
Download or read book Resource Mobilization in Community Work, with an Implication to Hong Kong Context written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
