Falling Walls Falling Walls Science Summit 2022

Breaking the Wall to Ecological and Humane Urbanism

Mee Kam Ng

Social Sciences & Humanities

Hong Kong has faced many challenges since its return to Chinese rule in 1997. Intensified neoliberalism has worsened the city’s socio-economic and spatial inequities and integration with China has brought political changes. Working with other professionals, NGOs, district councillors and place champions, this project encourages community members to collaborate in place-making endeavours that restore the ecosystem and provide socio-petal spaces for convivial bottom-up community developments.

Tags: Ecological urbanism, Human flourishing, Multifaceted well-being, Local economy, Sustainability

Mee Kam Ng

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor Mee Kam Ng is Director of the Urban Studies Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP). She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in UK. Her publications have earned her six HKIP Awards and the 2015 Association of European Schools of Planning Best Published Paper Award. Working with a group of fabric hawkers, she led the team to articulate a community-based revitalisation plan that won the inaugural Wendy Sarkissian Courage to Engage Award 2017 in Melbourne.

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