Morphological Transformation of the Wanchai District of Hong Kong

DOI

10.2991/iccet-15.2015.180How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Morphological transformation, Wanchai of Hong Kong, space syntax

Abstract

Analyzing morphological transformation over a long history of time is deemed an effective way to identify the problems occurred in the process of urban development, in addition to achieving a fundamental understating of the socio-cultural changes and growth rooted from the context. Whilst numerous redevelopment projects of Hong Kong were criticized to ignore and destroy the old urban fabric, this study then provides a morphological analysis of urban evolution based on the Wanchai District, which particularly epitomizes various urban grids that may have different implications for social aspects. Through analyzing its spatial and functional transformation over the past 170 years, this study reveals certain spatial logic underlying different grid patterns and their ever-changing relationship. It is hoped that the findings can provide reference for future spatial development in other similar urban environment of Hong Kong.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaohong Ling
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - Morphological Transformation of the Wanchai District of Hong Kong
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation 2015
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 951
EP  - 962
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccet-15.2015.180
DO  - 10.2991/iccet-15.2015.180
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