Urban Regeneration Process: The Legacy Village in the Urban City of Hong Kong

Yung, Esther H.K.; Yu, Maria

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73293-0_21

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“…For the public sector, the URA, as a quasi‐governmental agency, can expropriate land under the Lands Resumption Ordinance from holders who deliberately refuse to sell land for projects that are in the public interest (Yung and Sun 2020; Yung and Yu 2018). Yet, the authority still needs to go through a complex legal process if the developers or inhabitants do not agree with the compensation amount or terms of resettlement.…”

Section: Land Development As a Growth Enginementioning

confidence: 99%

Revisiting the Concept of the Property State: Private Landowners and Suburban Development in Hong Kong

Yau¹,

Cheung²

2021

American J Econ Sociol

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Under the prevailing land-leasehold system, the Hong Kong government is thought to be the dominant supplier of land for housing development and for economic transformation. These characteristics make Hong Kong a "property state," to use a concept developed by Anne Haila. However, the protection of private property rights has long been a core value in the city. As a result, private developers and investors have endeavored to build up their own land banks, enabling private-profit-oriented entities to dominate the land supply market for housing development. This article supplements previous works on land monopoly in Hong Kong. While previous works focused mainly on the role of the property lobby in the disposal of new land by the government, this article offers another perspective on land monopoly, based on the case of underutilized land resources in the New Territories of Hong Kong. By focusing on growth coalitions and the projects that they introduce to boost growth and enhance land values, this article provides insight into the political economy of urban development in Hong Kong. In light of the soaring property prices in the city, the Hong Kong government planned to open up the suburbs to affordable housing; yet, the government's initiative has been hindered by the strong opposition of the owners of suburban land (including brownfield sites and abandoned agricultural land). In this article, we argue that these landowners with vested land interests are anti-growth coalitions rather than pro-growth coalitions. We demonstrate how the city's growth machine is subverted by the hoarding of land in the suburbs by a small group of people.

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Section: Land Development As a Growth Enginementioning

confidence: 99%