Heritage Conservation through Private Donation
The Case of Dragon Garden in Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5884745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edmund W Cheng (0000-0002-9116-1082, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Shu‐yun Ma (0009-0006-8120-9296, Chinese University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 511-528 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527250903210803 |
| OpenAlex | W2135907092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
Conserving built heritage involves competition for land and ongoing costs. The incentive to preserve is thus particularly low in areas where economic considerations prevail and conservation mechanisms are centralised. This used to be the case in Hong Kong. However, a series of civil conservation efforts since 2003, featuring judicial review, civil disobedience and private donation, have contested the official definition of monument and highlighted the values of local heritage in the public discourse. A recent case, namely the campaign to save Dragon Garden through private donations, reveals the roles of voluntarism in built heritage conservation when neither the state nor the market has the incentive or commitment to do so. Based on this case study, this article also examines the sustainability of civil action in an unfavourable institutional setting, which only managed to evoke perfunctory conservation measures from the government
Business · Civil society · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Donation · Economics · Incentive · Industrial heritage · Political science · Politics · Sustainability · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |