At Home with Density

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Hong Kong University Press, May 1, 2003 - Social Science - 264 pages
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. It traces the development of Hong Kong housing forms and analyses how people's expectations of domestic space have been affected by social mobility and shifting cultural values of space, lifestyle, and design. The accompanying award-winning documentary film, A Thousand Pieces of Gold, will enable readers to experience these spaces and listen to revealing interviews with the tenants.

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Contents

THIS IS HONG KONG
1
1 Sensibilities of Space
11
2 Hong Kong Habitus
49
3 Speaking of Process
69
4 Spatial Concepts
83
5 We Are Chinese
117
6 Living at Home
133
7 Consumption
145
8 Home Matters
167
Conclusion
193
Notes
201
References
225
Index
241
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