Assessing institutional relations in development partnerships: the Land Development Corporation and the Hong Kong Government prior to 1997

Adams, D. and Hastings, E.M. (2001) Assessing institutional relations in development partnerships: the Land Development Corporation and the Hong Kong Government prior to 1997. Urban Studies, 38, pp. 1473-1492. (doi: 10.1080/00420980120076759)

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Abstract

This paper interprets and develops contemporary notions of partnership in relation to Hong Kong's Land Development Corporation. It demonstrates how such agencies are likely to become overdependent on their private-sector partners or ineffective in policy delivery, unless endowed with adequate powers and resources. In this context, it suggests that the LDC's capacity to promote urban renewal was undermined particularly by the institutional requirement to assemble redevelopment sites in multiple ownership principally through negotiation. While seeking to explain this weakness in relation to the socio-cultural context of Hong Kong, it warns that, in applying the Western experience of partnership elsewhere, full account must be taken of local circumstances and constraints.

Item Type:Articles
Keywords:development,
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Adams, Professor David
Authors: Adams, D., and Hastings, E.M.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
Journal Name:Urban Studies
Publisher:SAGE
ISSN:0042-0980
ISSN (Online):1360-063X
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2001 The Editors of Urban Studies Journal
First Published:First published in Urban Studies 38:1473-1492
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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