This book examines the contributory role of inclusive housing management services in safeguarding the living environment, empowering neighborhoods, sustaining lovable home, building social capital, fostering community wellbeing and social sustainability from the perspective of the sociology of housing. By repositioning professional housing management as an important driving force in community building, this book argues that the community-initiated inclusive housing management model has been acting as a cornerstone in enhancing a sense of belonging, cultural renewal, environmental sustainability, social integration and community cohesion particularly in cities with high density and compact development. This case study in Hong Kong will make an important contribution to interdisciplinary research in urban sociology, business management, community development, leadership building and environmental health. This study also contributes to the international literature on the dynamics of neighborhood and community governance by addressing the concrete local community initiatives and collaborative management practices in meeting the ever-changing environmental, social and health risks in Hong Kong and beyond. It will be of value to scholars researching on housing management and inclusive community building in world cities globally.
Dr. Kwok-yu Edward Lee is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, School of Professional and Continuing Education. He completed his Master in Housing Management with Distinction at the University of Hong Kong in 1998 and Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration at Tarlac State University in 2010. Dr. Lee is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing Asian Pacific Branch, a retired Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Housing, and a Founding Member of the Hong Kong & China Institute of Chartered Economists & Entrepreneurs. He has more than 40 years of property management-related working and teaching/training experience.
Dr. Wai-wan Vivien Chan is an Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University–Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC). She completed her PhD at the School of International Studies, University of Technology Sydney. Dr. Chan has published a total of 5 monographs jointly or solely including Female Chinese Bankers in the Asia Pacific: Gender, Mobility and Opportunity (Oxford/New York: Routledge, 2020) and Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs (with Chan Kwok-bun) (New York: Springer, 2011). Her research interests are transnational migration, mobile entrepreneurs and Chinese professionals, world cities and the Greater Bay Area.
