Mee Kam Ng
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 317551 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mee Kam Ng |
| PRENOMES | Mee Kam |
| SOBRENOME | Ng |
| ASSINATURA | NG M K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2599-098X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 47 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 193 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Multi-level policy experimentation and institutional change
This paper examines the mechanisms of institutional change in China’s planning system, focusing on the digital transformation of spatial planning. The findings show that multi-level policy experimentation effectively steers political compliance and action, problem perception and institutional solutions, aligning them to create a window of opportunity for national institutional transformation. Using Shenzhen as a case, the paper illustrates how lo…
Collaborative Planning in an Undemocratic Setting
The assembly of locally rooted industrial networks in the Pearl River Delta region
Locally rooted industrial networks pose significant challenges to the sustainable regeneration of industrial land in China. This paper examines the process of rural industrialization in the Shunde District of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region and its relationships to current regeneration practices from a historical perspective. Drawing on assemblage thinking, the paper traces the four stages of Shunde’s industrial networks assembly process and d…
Is Spatial Planning the Culprit of Housing Unaffordability
If land-extensive countries such as Australia (7.7 million km2) have cities with severely unaffordable housing issues, no one would doubt why Hong Kong (about 1,110 km2) has topped the housing unaf
Reassembling local-regional industrial networks towards sustainability
This paper investigates a pathway for transforming small and medium enterprise-based industrial districts to eco-industrial development in newly industrialised countries. Our framework conceptualises the eco-transformation of industrial districts as a reassembling process of local-regional industrial networks toward sustainability from an ‘arenas of development’ perspective, highlighting how an emerging eco-transformation arena may challenge exis…
The socio-spatial making and breaking of the rural commons in Hong Kong
Protecting traditional common properties is essential for heritage conservation and fulfilling people's multifaceted needs without relying solely on the market. This paper argues that the fate of commons is related to the values and dynamics of commoners in response to the long-term and broader socio-economic, political, and spatial development and planning practices at different geographical scales. Specifically, we examine the rural commons, th…
Just sustainability, actor-networks and environmental politics in China
A primary method of mitigating environmental problems in industrial districts, or so-called industrial clusters, in emerging economies is through shared environmental infrastructure. Yet the social justice and equity aspects of these projects claiming to be green and sustainable have rarely been investigated and interrogated, especially in authoritarian systems. Drawing on actor-network theory and environmental politics, this article examines how…
Sense of place, subjective well-being, and the influence of housing and neighbourhood
This paper investigates the associations between the multiple dimensions of individuals’ sense of place and subjective well-being. The impact of objective and subjective housing and neighbourhood attributes on sense of place was also examined. Using a questionnaire and government spatial datasets, data were collected from residents of two marginalised communities in Hong Kong, Sham Shui Po and Tin Shui Wai. The results reveal positive relationshi…
Environmental justice and ecological civilization in the Pearl River Delta, China
The central government of China aims to transform the Pearl River Delta (PRD) from a polluting and low value-added global factory to a sustainable region. The transformative vision of the PRD is underpinned by the ecological civilization concept. While ecological civilization represents a significant initiative in moving toward sustainable development, China’s top-down and command-and-control mode of environmental governance may fall short of add…
From Sociospatial Experiences to Well-Being
Acquiring sociospatial experiences at nested geographical scales is a lifelong meaning construction process, and this has great implications for aging in place. Various experiences trigger older people’s attitudinal and sentimental reflections regarding how they evaluate and attach themselves to where they live; this invokes residential satisfaction, and subsequently, place attachment. Through a questionnaire survey of 501 community-dwelling indi…
Planning Standards and Spatial (in)Justice
Spatial Planning for Smart Sustainable Development
Most smart city literature is about the adoption of information and communication technologies to make cities smart now (Fernandez-Anez et al., 2018). While some synthesise the problems in implementing smart city initiatives (Ma & Lam, 2019), few try to trace the origin and evolution of smart sustainable cities (Kuecker & Hartley, 2020). This Interface examines the theories and practices of developing smart and sustainable spatial planning in two…
From a ‘World Factory’ to China’s Bay Area
The Outline of the Development Plan (ODP) for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, (a region formerly know n as the Pearl River Delta – PRD – or the ‘world’s factory’) marks China’s dete
The Associations of Communal Space with Sense of Place and Mental Health in Public Housing
Communal space is regarded as essential for human well-being in high-rise developments in Asia and increasing attention has been given to the underlying mechanism of its effects in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. From the perspective of person-place processes, this paper explores 'sense of place' and its possible mediating effects on the relationship between communal space and the mental health of residents in high-rise public housing. An…
The Impacts of Housing Characteristics and Built-Environment Features on Mental Health
In this study, we examined the relationships between housing characteristics, neighborhood built-environment features, and people's mental health in Hong Kong, an Asian city well known for its high-density and high-rise housing. The potential mediating effects of people's perceived living environment were also considered in the analysis. We collected data from 221 participants from two communities in Hong Kong, i.e., Sham Shui Po (SSP) and Tin Sh…
Industrial and cultural heritage of the Ma On Shan Iron Mine landscape and the making of industrious Hong Kong
Ma On Shan (MOS, literally ‘Saddle Hill’) is an extension of Shatin new town in Hong Kong. This area embeds the site of the now closed MOS Iron Mine and several related settlements at the Peak, Mid‐Level and Pier Districts. The history of the MOS Iron Mine landscape sheds important light on the city's post‐WWII development. The MOS is a typical historic urban landscape, a product of transnational urbanism, a joint‐venture of local and Japanese in…
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Pandemic Planning
We have to be serious about achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 (United Nations, 2020). Achieving the SDGs is quintessential for us to prepare for future pandemics – if we
The Making of ‘Violent’ Hong Kong
From June to December 2019, the police in Hong Kong fired 16,000 canisters of tear gas, 10,000 rubber bullets, 2,000 bean bag rounds and 2,000 sponge grenades in different parts of urban Hong Kong
Evaluating Hong Kong’s Spatial Planning in New Towns From the Perspectives of Job Accessibility, Travel Mobility, and Work–Life Balance
Problem, research strategy, and findings: From the 1970s to the 1990s, the Hong Kong government developed several new towns to alleviate pressure on contemporary urban areas and provide housing for a rapidly growing population. Although self-containment is a key objective in building new towns, no research has assessed residents’ behavioral outcomes, limiting the objective assessment of the spatial planning of new towns. In this study, we hypothe…
Age-friendly urbanism
Urbanisation and population ageing are two critical trends identified in the New Urban Agenda. Understanding the relationship between environment-related experiences and well-being is conducive to achieving an age-friendly urbanism. We argue that place, as a location, a material form and an expression of value, is an essential component of this relationship. Physical and social environments shape socio-spatial experiences and hence one’s well-bei…
New towns and the local agglomeration economy
Transformative urbanism and reproblematising land scarcity in Hong Kong
An ecological and humane urbanism is required to combat resource degradation and socio-economic polarisation. UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda calls for a paradigm shift to ‘leave no one, no place and no ecology behind’ through sustainable development. However, this article argues that a ‘sustainability fix’, while necessary, is insufficient to counter the hegemonic growth-orientated culture and it is important to re-embed economic activities in eth…
Socio-spatial polarization and the (re-)distribution of deprived groups in world cities
This paper draws on theoretical discussions of world cities to analyze socio-spatial polarization and (re-)distribution of deprived groups in Hong Kong in the 2000s. Intensifying global economic restructuring processes have induced socio-economic polarization, thereby producing deprived groups although the spatial outcomes may depend on the city-specific context. When local policies do not counteract the polarization trend, a spatial manifestatio…
Governing green urbanism
Mainstream green urbanism is usually advocated for overcoming climate change and responding to the challenges of socioeconomic polarization in a market-dominated society. The purpose of Shenzhen's pursuit of green urbanism is different. Shenzhen has formulated various incarnations of plans to direct its development. In the 1980s, land was allocated to state-owned enterprises to initiate developments in 5 clusters separated by natural green corrid…
Insurgencies and Revolutions
Urban regeneration and social capital in China
Shenzhen
Property‐led urban renewal in Hong Kong
The community plays a very limited role in urban governance in pro‐growth Hong Kong. Urban renewal is a case in point. The government has relied on market forces in renewing the city. In 1988, the Land Development Corporation (LDC) was set up to facilitate private–public partnerships in redevelopment. Residents were not involved until the project implementation stage, when owners needed to be compensated and tenants rehoused. However, the growing…
World cities or great cities? A comparative study of five Asian metropolises
Development Control in Post-Reform China
The Role of Planning in the Development of Shenzhen, China
This paper examines the role played by socioeconomic and spatial planning in the development of China's first special economic zone (SEZ), Shenzhen. More specifically, it analyzes the impacts of socioeconomic five- and ten-year plans and Master Layout Plans in Shenzhen's metamorphosis from an industry-based SEZ relying on domestic investment (early 1980s) to a modern metropolis sustained by an export-oriented economy. The authors explore the tens…
The political economy of intra-provincial disparities in post-reform China
Urban System Planning in China
This paper argues that before 1978, the Chinese state, a "police state" in the Foucauldian concept of governmentality, aimed at total administration of the economy and society. Central investments determined local spatial development. Economic reforms and administrative decentralization after 1978 allowed local authorities to pursue their own development, leading to many planning problems. To regain control over spatial development, the state now…
Socio-spatial polarization and the (re-)distribution of deprived groups in world cities
This paper draws on theoretical discussions of world cities to analyze socio-spatial polarization and (re-)distribution of deprived groups in Hong Kong in the 2000s. Intensifying global economic restructuring processes have induced socio-economic polarization, thereby producing deprived groups although the spatial outcomes may depend on the city-specific context. When local policies do not counteract the polarization trend, a spatial manifestatio…
Reclamation
New towns and the local agglomeration economy
Public Engagement as a Tool of Hegemony
Hong Kong society nowadays is overwhelmed by the rhetoric of hegemony, but there is no serious attempt to discuss it, especially in the domain of urban development. This article expands on Henri Lefebvre's concept of urbanizing Gramsci to resolve contradictions of space under increasing urbanization by urban specialists and applies it to investigate the public engagement exercise of Central harbourfront planning in Hong Kong. By dissecting its co…
Governing green urbanism
Mainstream green urbanism is usually advocated for overcoming climate change and responding to the challenges of socioeconomic polarization in a market-dominated society. The purpose of Shenzhen's pursuit of green urbanism is different. Shenzhen has formulated various incarnations of plans to direct its development. In the 1980s, land was allocated to state-owned enterprises to initiate developments in 5 clusters separated by natural green corrid…
Transformative urbanism and reproblematising land scarcity in Hong Kong
An ecological and humane urbanism is required to combat resource degradation and socio-economic polarisation. UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda calls for a paradigm shift to ‘leave no one, no place and no ecology behind’ through sustainable development. However, this article argues that a ‘sustainability fix’, while necessary, is insufficient to counter the hegemonic growth-orientated culture and it is important to re-embed economic activities in eth…
Quality of Life Perceptions and Directions for Urban Regeneration in Hong Kong
From Sociospatial Experiences to Well-Being
Acquiring sociospatial experiences at nested geographical scales is a lifelong meaning construction process, and this has great implications for aging in place. Various experiences trigger older people’s attitudinal and sentimental reflections regarding how they evaluate and attach themselves to where they live; this invokes residential satisfaction, and subsequently, place attachment. Through a questionnaire survey of 501 community-dwelling indi…
Governance for sustainability in East Asian Global Cities
This paper explores the state of governance for sustainability in East Asian global cities. Most conceptualizations on the governance of sustainable development are based on Western democratic contexts with a market-based economy and an active citizenry. Capacity in fostering partnerships and consensus building among different stakeholders is often identified as an essential quality in implementing sustainable development. The four East Asian cit…
Collaborative Planning in an Undemocratic Setting
The socio-spatial making and breaking of the rural commons in Hong Kong
Protecting traditional common properties is essential for heritage conservation and fulfilling people's multifaceted needs without relying solely on the market. This paper argues that the fate of commons is related to the values and dynamics of commoners in response to the long-term and broader socio-economic, political, and spatial development and planning practices at different geographical scales. Specifically, we examine the rural commons, th…
Environmental justice and ecological civilization in the Pearl River Delta, China
The central government of China aims to transform the Pearl River Delta (PRD) from a polluting and low value-added global factory to a sustainable region. The transformative vision of the PRD is underpinned by the ecological civilization concept. While ecological civilization represents a significant initiative in moving toward sustainable development, China’s top-down and command-and-control mode of environmental governance may fall short of add…
Sustainable development and governance in East Asian World Cities
This paper outlines the contextual background for understanding sustainable development and governance issues in Asian world cities. It is argued that sustainability efforts are closely related to the mode of governance in a place. Given the central role of the government in directing growth and development in East Asia, we argue that the sustainability policies, rhetoric and actions in the cities under study are a function of the perception of t…
A critique of the 1989 City Planning Act of The People's Republic of China
Reclamation
Urban System Planning in China
This paper argues that before 1978, the Chinese state, a "police state" in the Foucauldian concept of governmentality, aimed at total administration of the economy and society. Central investments determined local spatial development. Economic reforms and administrative decentralization after 1978 allowed local authorities to pursue their own development, leading to many planning problems. To regain control over spatial development, the state now…
Business as Usual”
“The economic development path favoured by mainstream politicians and economists is one of ‘business (and consumption) as usual’...” - (Jenkins, 1998, p. 151). “Alongside a corporate economy seeking global hegemony, struggles for collective empowerment committed to this social project [expanding the rights of the civil society] will usher in the next millenium” - (Friedmann and Douglass, 1998, p.2). Hong Kong has experienced the worst economic re…
Development Control in Post-Reform China
The Road Not Travelled
In July 2000, an Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance (URAO) was enacted, opening a new page on urban renewal in Hong Kong. For the first time in the history of the city, the government proposed to inject resources for this new authority to "improve the standard of housing and the built environment of Hong Kong" (URAO, Clause 6(1)). The legislation, as will be discussed, continues to view urban renewal primarily as a physical planning exercise and e…
The political economy of intra-provincial disparities in post-reform China
Property‐led urban renewal in Hong Kong
The community plays a very limited role in urban governance in pro‐growth Hong Kong. Urban renewal is a case in point. The government has relied on market forces in renewing the city. In 1988, the Land Development Corporation (LDC) was set up to facilitate private–public partnerships in redevelopment. Residents were not involved until the project implementation stage, when owners needed to be compensated and tenants rehoused. However, the growing…
World cities or great cities? A comparative study of five Asian metropolises
Shenzhen
The Role of Planning in the Development of Shenzhen, China
This paper examines the role played by socioeconomic and spatial planning in the development of China's first special economic zone (SEZ), Shenzhen. More specifically, it analyzes the impacts of socioeconomic five- and ten-year plans and Master Layout Plans in Shenzhen's metamorphosis from an industry-based SEZ relying on domestic investment (early 1980s) to a modern metropolis sustained by an export-oriented economy. The authors explore the tens…
Quality of Life Perceptions and Directions for Urban Regeneration in Hong Kong
Quality of Life Perceptions and Directions for Urban Regeneration in Hong Kong
Practice report
Rapid economic integration of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta under the policy of “One Country Two Systems” and the consequent social and environmental degradation mean that assessment of sustainability impacts of development projects is essential. However, some fundamental problems are identified for the two systems to carry out SIA before embarking on development projects: minimal integration in terms of institutional set-up, strategies and…
Sustainable development and governance in East Asian World Cities
This paper outlines the contextual background for understanding sustainable development and governance issues in Asian world cities. It is argued that sustainability efforts are closely related to the mode of governance in a place. Given the central role of the government in directing growth and development in East Asia, we argue that the sustainability policies, rhetoric and actions in the cities under study are a function of the perception of t…
Introduction
Governance for sustainability in East Asian Global Cities
This paper explores the state of governance for sustainability in East Asian global cities. Most conceptualizations on the governance of sustainable development are based on Western democratic contexts with a market-based economy and an active citizenry. Capacity in fostering partnerships and consensus building among different stakeholders is often identified as an essential quality in implementing sustainable development. The four East Asian cit…
A critical review of Hong Kong’s proposed climate change strategy and action agenda
Public Engagement as a Tool of Hegemony
Hong Kong society nowadays is overwhelmed by the rhetoric of hegemony, but there is no serious attempt to discuss it, especially in the domain of urban development. This article expands on Henri Lefebvre's concept of urbanizing Gramsci to resolve contradictions of space under increasing urbanization by urban specialists and applies it to investigate the public engagement exercise of Central harbourfront planning in Hong Kong. By dissecting its co…
Urban regeneration and social capital in China
Urban Policies in Asia
Insurgencies and Revolutions
My engagement with John Friedmann is perhaps less extensive than most other authors in this volume, as I left UCLA after completing my master’s degree. I nevertheless attribute my current interests on governance to his seminal work, Planning in the Public Domain (Friedmann 1987). In this chapter I wish to engage with Friedmann’s work and further his thinking by focusing on social mobilization, one of four aspects of planning theory he discussed i…
Governing green urbanism
Mainstream green urbanism is usually advocated for overcoming climate change and responding to the challenges of socioeconomic polarization in a market-dominated society. The purpose of Shenzhen's pursuit of green urbanism is different. Shenzhen has formulated various incarnations of plans to direct its development. In the 1980s, land was allocated to state-owned enterprises to initiate developments in 5 clusters separated by natural green corrid…
Socio-spatial polarization and the (re-)distribution of deprived groups in world cities
This paper draws on theoretical discussions of world cities to analyze socio-spatial polarization and (re-)distribution of deprived groups in Hong Kong in the 2000s. Intensifying global economic restructuring processes have induced socio-economic polarization, thereby producing deprived groups although the spatial outcomes may depend on the city-specific context. When local policies do not counteract the polarization trend, a spatial manifestatio…
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Pandemic Planning
We have to be serious about achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 (United Nations, 2020). Achieving the SDGs is quintessential for us to prepare for future pandemics – if we
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