Hong Kong: Cities, Health and Well-being
This conference newspaper features major new research on metropolitan health and well-being, as well as intra-urban analysis of health and social indicators in Hong Kong, and qualitative research with residents of four dense neighbourhoods, together with conference partners at the University of Hong Kong. A compilation of thirty city case studies and framing papers by conference participants and collaborators focusses on the global themes of health and well-being in cities, and local examples of interventions and policy analysis from Hong Kong and fourteen cities around the world.
Publication date: November 2011
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WELL-BEING IN THE URBAN AGE
Ricky Burdett, Wolfgang Nowak
CAN CITIES BE GOOD FOR YOU?
Ricky Burdett, Myfanwy Taylor
Global Metropolitan Focus
DYNAMICS OF URBANISATION
Antoine Paccoud
MEASURING METROPOLITAN WELL-BEING
Antoine Paccoud
COMPARING PERFORMANCE IN HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WEALTH
Antoine Paccoud
MEASURING THE HUMAN URBAN FOOTPRINT
Antoine Paccoud
URBAN AGE CITIES COMPARED
LSE Cities
De-coding Hong-Kong
DISCONNECTION IN A HIGHLY CONNECTED CITY
Paul S. F. Yip
CONSERVING HONG KONG
Lynne DiStefano, Ho Yin Lee
THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF HIGH-DENSITY URBAN LIVING
Mike Kilburn, Christine K. W. Loh
MAKING A HAPPIER HONG KONG
Lok Sang Ho
HIGH-DENSITY LIVING IN HONG KONG
Anthony G. O. Yeh
HEALTH IN HONG KONG: AN INTERNATIONAL URBAN PERSPECTIVE
Victor G. Rodwin
HONG KONG'S SPATIAL DNA
Jens Kandt
MAPPING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS
Jens Kandt
MAPPING HEALTH OUTCOMES
Jens Kandt
HIGH DENSITY FROM THE GROUND
Joshua Bolchover
LIVING AT DENSITY: VOICES OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS
Sophia G. Chak, Cristina Inclan-Valadez, Phil Leung, Myfanwy Taylor, Paul S. F. Yip
Framing papers
THE DETERMINANTS OF URBAN HEALTHY EQUITY
Sharon Friel
MOVIN’ ON UP: HAPPINESS AND URBAN ECONOMICS
Paul Dolan, Robert Metcalfe
WHY COMPLEXITY IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF CITY LIFE
Richard Sennett
URBAN STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH
Mazda Adli
HEALTHY PEOPLE IN MODERN CITIES
Detlev Ganten
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING
Elizabeth Burton
HEALTH AND THE URBAN POOR
Ernestina Coast
UPGRADING DENSE INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
David Satterthwaite
Learning from
HONG KONG'S HOUSING SHAME
Society for Community Organization
THE CHALLENGES OF BEING OPEN
Kee Seng Chia, C. K. Heng, K. C. Ho
BUILDING HEALTHY CITIES
Bingqin Li
HIGH URBAN DENSITY AND THE GOAL OF A HEALTHY CITY
Tianqi Huang, Ling Huang, Jianfeng Xu
URBANISATION AND DISEASE PATTERNS IN SHANGHAI
Youde Gou
SPATIAL ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES IN SHANGHAI
Yuan Ren
URBAN RISK AND WELL-BEING IN TOKYO
Takayuki Kubo
RETHINKING AFRICAN URBANISM FROM THE SLUM
Edgar Pieterse
THE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CITIES’ HEALTHY CITIES CITYLAB
Warren Smit, Vanessa Watson
URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MAPUTO
Jørgen Eskemose Andersen, Paul Jenkins
DESIGNING DENSITY IN KARACHI
Arif Hasan
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Hans Dohman
NEIGHBOURHOOD-BASED APPROACHES TO POVERTY CONCENTRATION IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Nathan Edelson
EASTENDERS
Stephen O'Brien