Koon‐kwai Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 4453101 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Koon‐kwai Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Koon‐kwai |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Prosperity and environmental challenge in a gaming city
This paper discusses the major environmental challenges caused by the post-handover development in Macao, a gaming-dominant city in southern China. Based on data collected in an Environmental Awareness Survey in 2011, the paper examines the city’s emerging challenges in environmental issues. The survey reveals that most Macao citizens are aware of, and concerned about, the environmental problems of the city and the neighbouring region. They are p…
Food Security in the Riverine Rural Communities of the Lower Mekong Basin, Cambodia
Food security is a major issue in the struggle to attain sustainable development and poverty reduction in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). In this article, we aim to determine food security situation in the rural riverine communities of the LMB, Cambodia. The degree and frequency of – and local responses to – food shortages and past, current and future trends in employment opportunities are analysed. In our detailed study of the Upper, Middle and Lo…
Towards a light‐green society for Hong Kong, China
Attempts to balance ecology (nature) and modernity (culture) are amongst the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty‐first century. The interpenetration of nature and culture is the hallmark of the new ‘light‐green society’. This paper reports a survey of public opinion in Hong Kong, conducted in 2009: an attempt to evaluate the lifestyle orientation of Hongkongers in the post‐colonial era. The results found that Hongkongers hold positi…
Environmental awareness, governance and public participation
China’s rapid economic growth has come at severe environmental cost, challenging its sustainable development. This paper compares the findings of two public environmental awareness surveys conducted in 1998 and 2007 respectively. Although the findings suggest that the level of public environmental awareness is rising, the institutions that represent the public interest are weak. Thus the Chinese people rely on the government to solve the country’…
The Environmental Awareness of University Students in Beijing, China
How people perceive, and behave in response to, environmental problems is important in understanding responses from the individual, group, and societal levels. This paper discusses the findings of a survey that elicited university student perceptions of China's environment and development issues. The findings reveal that university students in Beijing are not single-minded about the pro-growth beliefs and values that are deeply embedded in societ…
Living with floods
This study revealed the collective values of the flood victims in the Beijiang area, Guangdong, China, as a result of a hazardous flood in 1994. The victims were sceptical of large flood‐prevention engineering structures. They believed that flooding was unavoidable, but by extending support networks, applying hazard‐resistant designs, and developing loss‐sharing adjustments the disastrous effects of a flood could be mitigated. Seemingly, victims …
Marketization of Land and Housing in Socialist China
The Implementation Gap in Environmental Management in China
Protecting the environment from pollution has now become one of the global concerns of the modern world. Our world faces potentially convulsive change. The world's degradation is damaging human health, slowing the growth in world food production, and reversing economic progress in dozens of countries. We are all potentially affected by what happens within the global environment. Mobilizing for change to bring about a better living environment is …
The Implementation Gap in Environmental Management in China
Protecting the environment from pollution has now become one of the global concerns of the modern world. Our world faces potentially convulsive change. The world's degradation is damaging human health, slowing the growth in world food production, and reversing economic progress in dozens of countries. We are all potentially affected by what happens within the global environment. Mobilizing for change to bring about a better living environment is …
The Environmental Awareness of University Students in Beijing, China
How people perceive, and behave in response to, environmental problems is important in understanding responses from the individual, group, and societal levels. This paper discusses the findings of a survey that elicited university student perceptions of China's environment and development issues. The findings reveal that university students in Beijing are not single-minded about the pro-growth beliefs and values that are deeply embedded in societ…
Living with floods
This study revealed the collective values of the flood victims in the Beijiang area, Guangdong, China, as a result of a hazardous flood in 1994. The victims were sceptical of large flood‐prevention engineering structures. They believed that flooding was unavoidable, but by extending support networks, applying hazard‐resistant designs, and developing loss‐sharing adjustments the disastrous effects of a flood could be mitigated. Seemingly, victims …
Food Security in the Riverine Rural Communities of the Lower Mekong Basin, Cambodia
Food security is a major issue in the struggle to attain sustainable development and poverty reduction in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). In this article, we aim to determine food security situation in the rural riverine communities of the LMB, Cambodia. The degree and frequency of – and local responses to – food shortages and past, current and future trends in employment opportunities are analysed. In our detailed study of the Upper, Middle and Lo…
Marketization of Land and Housing in Socialist China
The Implementation Gap in Environmental Management in China
Protecting the environment from pollution has now become one of the global concerns of the modern world. Our world faces potentially convulsive change. The world's degradation is damaging human health, slowing the growth in world food production, and reversing economic progress in dozens of countries. We are all potentially affected by what happens within the global environment. Mobilizing for change to bring about a better living environment is …
Marketization of Land and Housing in Socialist China
Living with floods
This study revealed the collective values of the flood victims in the Beijiang area, Guangdong, China, as a result of a hazardous flood in 1994. The victims were sceptical of large flood‐prevention engineering structures. They believed that flooding was unavoidable, but by extending support networks, applying hazard‐resistant designs, and developing loss‐sharing adjustments the disastrous effects of a flood could be mitigated. Seemingly, victims …
The Environmental Awareness of University Students in Beijing, China
How people perceive, and behave in response to, environmental problems is important in understanding responses from the individual, group, and societal levels. This paper discusses the findings of a survey that elicited university student perceptions of China's environment and development issues. The findings reveal that university students in Beijing are not single-minded about the pro-growth beliefs and values that are deeply embedded in societ…
Environmental awareness, governance and public participation
China’s rapid economic growth has come at severe environmental cost, challenging its sustainable development. This paper compares the findings of two public environmental awareness surveys conducted in 1998 and 2007 respectively. Although the findings suggest that the level of public environmental awareness is rising, the institutions that represent the public interest are weak. Thus the Chinese people rely on the government to solve the country’…
Towards a light‐green society for Hong Kong, China
Attempts to balance ecology (nature) and modernity (culture) are amongst the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty‐first century. The interpenetration of nature and culture is the hallmark of the new ‘light‐green society’. This paper reports a survey of public opinion in Hong Kong, conducted in 2009: an attempt to evaluate the lifestyle orientation of Hongkongers in the post‐colonial era. The results found that Hongkongers hold positi…
Prosperity and environmental challenge in a gaming city
This paper discusses the major environmental challenges caused by the post-handover development in Macao, a gaming-dominant city in southern China. Based on data collected in an Environmental Awareness Survey in 2011, the paper examines the city’s emerging challenges in environmental issues. The survey reveals that most Macao citizens are aware of, and concerned about, the environmental problems of the city and the neighbouring region. They are p…
Food Security in the Riverine Rural Communities of the Lower Mekong Basin, Cambodia
Food security is a major issue in the struggle to attain sustainable development and poverty reduction in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). In this article, we aim to determine food security situation in the rural riverine communities of the LMB, Cambodia. The degree and frequency of – and local responses to – food shortages and past, current and future trends in employment opportunities are analysed. In our detailed study of the Upper, Middle and Lo…
China (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works) · Environmental resource management (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works)