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来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.39,Issue7,P.969-987

语言

英文

关键字

World city; socio-spatial polarization; deprived group; Hong Kong; SOCIAL POLARIZATION; RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; CITY; POVERTY; CHINA; POOR; GENTRIFICATION; NEOLIBERALISM; TRANSITION; LANDSCAPE

作者单位

[Chen, Huiwei; Ng, Mee Kam; Es, Murat; Lee, Joanna; Mak, Winnie W. S.; Tong, Yuying; Ming, Wu Ka; Zhou, Huiquan] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Inst Future Cities, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Ng, Mee Kam; Es, Murat; Lee, Joanna] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog & Resource Management, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Mak, Winnie W. S.] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Psychol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Tong, Yuying] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Sociol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Ming, Wu Ka] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Cultural & Religious Studies, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Zhou, Huiquan] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social Work, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. Chen, HW (reprint author), Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Inst Future Cities, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. E-Mail: hwchen@cuhk.edu.hk

摘要

This paper draws on theoretical discussions of world cities to analyze socio-spatial polarization and (re-)distribution of deprived groups in Hong Kong in the 2000s. Intensifying global economic restructuring processes have induced socio-economic polarization, thereby producing deprived groups although the spatial outcomes may depend on the city-specific context. When local policies do not counteract the polarization trend, a spatial manifestation of widening socio-economic gaps can be expected. Intensified pro-growth policies adopted since Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in 1997 and during its economic recession in the early 2000s have worsened the impact of globalization-induced socio-economic and spatial restructuring. Census data from 2001 and 2011 show increasingly differentiated socio-economic profiles at the district level. The analysis offered in this study also points to a decreased socially mixed society in 2011 when the deprived groups lived in districts with less presence of the advantaged population.