GEN1000 Perspectives on General Education
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This module introduces the underlying factors and processes of urban development and evolution in Hong Kong. The module focuses on city development and the associated social, cultural, and political issues in Hong Kong.
Major topics include: theories and principles of urban development, rules and regulations, land use and supply, density and patterns of development, transportation and infrastructure, housing, commercial and mixed-use development, urban renewal and regeneration, culture and conservation, parks and open spaces, ecology and sustainability, smart city and technology, ethical city etc.
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
a. analyse the development and evolution of urban Hong Kong;
b. develop profile studies on selected districts and identify the needs of the city;
c. formulate arguments for the issue of urban development;
d. apply research materials and on-site surveys.
Applying evidence-based social science approaches in the study of
1. Urban development:
1.1 Introduction – theories and principles of urban development.
1.2 Urban development and evolution: Modernity vs Post-modernism
1.3 Transportation and infrastructure
1.4 Housing development
1.5 Commercial and mixed use development
1.6 Urban development evolution and compact urban development
2. Urban evolution:
2.1 Urban renewal and regeneration
2.2 Culture and conservation
2.3 Parks and open spaces
2.4 Ecology and sustainability
2.5 Smart city and technology
2.6 The ethical city
1. Group presentation (30%)
2. Assignment (20%)
3. Final essay (50%)
1. French, H. & Lee, Y. (2013) Patterns of Living – Hong Kong’s High Rise Communities. Hong Kong: New Talent Press.
2. Ho, P. Y. (2016). Hong Kong Town Planning Development History 1841–2015, (中文書名：城傳立新：香港城市規劃發展史 1841–2015). Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Co. (HK) Ltd.
3. — (2004). Challenges for an evolving city: 160 years of port and land development of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: The Commercial Press.
4. Knox, P. & Pinch, S. (2006). Urban social geography: An introduction (6th edition). Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
5. Mikoleit, A. & Pürckhauer, M. (2011) Urban Code: 100 Lessons for Understanding the City. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
6. Poon, A. (2010). Land and the ruling class in Hong Kong.（中文書名：地產霸權）. Hong Kong: Enrich Publishing.
7. Power, D. & Scott, A.J. (2011). “Culture, Creativity and Urban Development.” In A. Pile, A. Rodriguez-Pose & J. Tomaney (Eds.), Handbook of Local and Regional Development. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge.
8. Rybczynski, R. (2010) Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities. London: The Wylie Agency.
9. Townsend, A. M. (2013) Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia. New York: The Grayhawk Agency.
10. United Nations (2017) The Sustainable Development Goals Report.
