Residualisation and resilience: public housing in Hong Kong. Issue 3 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lau, Kwok Yu; Murie, Alan
• Is Part Of: Housing studies. Volume 32:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 271
• Page End: 295
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Public housing -- residualisation -- resilience -- Hong Kong; Housing -- Periodicals; 307.336
• DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2016.1194376
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0267-3037

Abstract

Abstract: Public housing has been an important element in the welfare state and a substantial literature has analysed its origins and growth in different places. However, as it has matured and been redefined by privatisation and regeneration, debates have changed and increasingly been concerned with residualisation and decline. This paper outlines considerations affecting comparative analysis of public housing and presents new material related to explanations for the resilience of public housing in Hong Kong.