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Author Rooney, Nuala

Title At home with density / Nuala Rooney
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Series Hong Kong culture and society
Hong Kong culture and society.
Contents SERIES FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: 'THIS IS HONG KONG'; 1 Sensibilities of Space; 2 Hong Kong Habitus; 3 Speaking of Process; 4 Spatial Concepts; 5 'We Are Chinese'; 6 Living at Home; 7 Consumption; 8 Home Matters; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Summary Hong Kong has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and is one of the most prosperous societies , but much of the population lives in low quality, high-density housing. Through qualitative interviews with long-term residents of public housing, this book explores residents' experience of high-density space
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index
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Subject Housing -- China -- Hong Kong
Low-income housing -- China -- Hong Kong
Space (Architecture) -- China -- Hong Kong
Urban density -- China -- Hong Kong
Spatial behavior -- China -- Hong Kong
Sociology, Urban -- China -- Hong Kong
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Housing
Low-income housing
Sociology, Urban
Space (Architecture)
Spatial behavior
Urban density
China -- Hong Kong
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005366038
ISBN 9789882200319
9882200311
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