Protecting built heritage in Hong Kong / Steven Brian Gallagher.
2021
KNQ9369 .G35 2021
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Title
Protecting built heritage in Hong Kong / Steven Brian Gallagher.
ISBN
9789811650710 (electronic bk.)
9811650713 (electronic bk.)
9789811650703
9811650705
9811650713 (electronic bk.)
9789811650703
9811650705
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (119 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-16-5071-0 doi
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KNQ9369 .G35 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
344.5125/094
Summary
This Brief is the first comprehensive coverage of law and policy intended to protect built heritage in Hong Kong. Although characterized as a city of skyscrapers and modernity, Hong Kong has a rich cultural heritage and a surprisingly rich built heritage. The text considers what "built heritage" means in Hong Kong and what built heritage there is in Hong Kong. It introduces general readers, practitioners and students to the issues facing built heritage protection and how such protection usually develops in a modern city. In particular, it considers the problems and disputes that provided the focus for development of law and policy in Hong Kong, especially the legacy of 150 years as a British colony and the consequent identification as a "borrowed" and "temporary" place. The Brief considers how effective law and policy has been in protecting built heritage under the colonial and post-colonial administrations- their successes and failures. These include the Kowloon-Canton Railway Station, the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, reclamation of Victoria Harbour, violent protests at Queen's Pier, and the introduction of mandatory heritage impact assessments for government projects. The text concludes noting recent successes, which may indicate a brighter future for the protection of Hong Kong's built heritage
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SpringerBriefs in law.
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Table of Contents
Built Heritage in Hong Kong
The Development of Protection for Built Heritage in Hong Kong up to 1976
The Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance
Problems with the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance pre-1997
The Hong Kong SAR and Built Heritage 1997-2006
Heritage and Social Unrest: 2006-7
The Administration's Heritage Concessions
Heritage Successes and Failures post-2007
Conclusions and The Future for Built Heritage Protection in Hong Kong.
The Development of Protection for Built Heritage in Hong Kong up to 1976
The Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance
Problems with the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance pre-1997
The Hong Kong SAR and Built Heritage 1997-2006
Heritage and Social Unrest: 2006-7
The Administration's Heritage Concessions
Heritage Successes and Failures post-2007
Conclusions and The Future for Built Heritage Protection in Hong Kong.