Historical Lessons and Principles: A City's Dying and Rebirth
Historical Lessons and Principles: A City's Dying and Rebirth
Location
Rm 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Time
Event Type
FGE Lectures & Seminars
Location
Rm 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Time
Event Type
FGE Lectures & Seminars
Synopsis
This session will start by exploring the use of biological metaphors, such as organisms, metabolism, and life cycles, in sociology and urban studies for understanding cities, their development and historical processes. It will then provide a couple of case studies on the decline and regeneration of cities from different regions of the globe in the historical and contemporary world before it focuses on Hong Kong and the ups and downs it has gone through in its urban history. It seeks to explore what roles faith and religious traditions have played and could play in urban sustainability and resilience.
Speaker Information
Dr. Ng Mee Kam
The Chinese University Emerita Professor, Department of Geography and Resources Management, Chinese University of Hong Kongof Hong Kong
Dr. Yi Samuel Chen
Associate Professor of Practice (Urban Heritage and Sustainability), University of Hong Kong
Synopsis
This session will start by exploring the use of biological metaphors, such as organisms, metabolism, and life cycles, in sociology and urban studies for understanding cities, their development and historical processes. It will then provide a couple of case studies on the decline and regeneration of cities from different regions of the globe in the historical and contemporary world before it focuses on Hong Kong and the ups and downs it has gone through in its urban history. It seeks to explore what roles faith and religious traditions have played and could play in urban sustainability and resilience.
Speaker Information
Dr. Ng Mee Kam
The Chinese University Emerita Professor, Department of Geography and Resources Management, Chinese University of Hong Kongof Hong Kong
Dr. Yi Samuel Chen
Associate Professor of Practice (Urban Heritage and Sustainability), University of Hong Kong