Working Conferences and Papers / 2002 Hong Kong

 


4th Pacific Rim Participatory Community Design Conference
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Session 1  Globalization and Localization: Focusing on the Issue of Locality in the Context of Globalization
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Building a Global City in My Backyard?! Case Studies of Pu-Yu New City  Plan (Taiwan), Gateway Arts District (USA), and Shanghai Xin-Tian-Di (China)

Shenglin Chang, John K-C. Liu, Tianxin Zhang, Margarita Hill  

Prevailing Global Culture and Its System: How Can We Save Local Cultures?

Magokoro Yoshihira  

Contrary Status Seeking: A Means of Participatory Celebration of Locality

Randolph T. Hester, Jr. and Shenglin Chang  

Participation in the P
ROC: Trans-Pacific Collaboration and Community Engagement in the planning of Quanzhou, Fujian Province
Daniel B. Abramson
  

Session 2A  Trans-cultural Communities, Place Identities and Changing Environments: Focusing on the Contested Meanings and Identities of Urban Space
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Contesting Meaning in Public Space: Labor Community and Public Art in the Financial Center Square, Taipei   

Chu-joe Hsia and Ngai Pun  

Contention Building: Neighborhood Revitalization and Divided Identities in International District, Seattle and Kogane, Matsudo

Jeffery Hou and Isami Kinoshida  


Session 2B
 Trans-cultural Communities, Place Identities and Changing Environments: Focusing on Conflicts and Contention in Development and Preservation


Involving the Public in Building Sustainable Communities: The Case of Western District
Mee Kam NG
 

Citizen Lead Participation or Government Lead Participation?  How Can We Find a Watershed Management Alternatives for Yoshino River in Tokusima, Japan

Tamesuke Nagahashi, Shuichi Murakami, Aaron Isgar, Yuichi Sato, Koichiro Yasuba, Satoko Asano  

Participation in Community or Community Participation: a Case Study of Taipei Bao-Zang Yan Squatter Community
SPA, National Taiwan University  


Session 3  Construction & Regeneration of Community Participation and Culture: Focusing on the Dialectics of Community Planning and Community Building
 

On Building a Homeland: Reflection on Community Design in Taiwan

Chao-ching Yu  

The Production of Neighborhood Space and Parks: A Comparison of Taipei, Taiwan and Berkeley, California

Marcia McNally and Liling Huang  

Community Preservation in Erje: Beginning with Two Wings

Yuh-Jean Chen  

Participatory Planning on Human Landscape: A Case Study of Sheng-Xing

BaSiDiGua, National Taiwan University  


Session 4A  Exploration of Approach / Methodology in Participatory Urban Planning / Design: Discussion of the Methods and Approaches of Participatory Design
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Why Place Matters: Participatory Approaches to Neighborhood Planning & Design

Michael Rios, Marcia McNally, Laura Lawson and Rachel Berney  

Grassroots Enhancement in Social Reform Application of Information Technologies to Community Design in Japan
Taichi Goto
                  

Session 4B   Exploration of Approach/Methodology in Participatory Urban Planning/Design: Engaging Community Processes and Environmental Processes
 

Design for Spontaneous Activities in Urban Stream   

Chia-Ning Yang, Isami Kinoshita and Chien-Kuo Chiang  

Community Involvement in Environmental Planning in the Rural Area of Taiwan: The Case of Kuo-hsin Village

Shu-Jen Kao  

Citizen Involvement in Wildlife Planning in the U.S.

Victoria Chanse  


Special Panel on the Participatory Design in Hong Kong
 

Participatory Research for the Designing and Planning of the Living Environment in Hong Kong: a First Endeavour

Jackie Yan-chi Kwok, Michael Kin-Wai Siu, Ken Ng  

Participatory Planning: Hong Kong Experience

Laurence Lam  

ˇ§Planningˇ¨ in the Social Fabrics: a Case Study of Tai Oˇ¦s Community Economy

Iam Chong Ip  

Living Struggles in Local Community: a Case Study of a Chinese Village in the New Territories
Siu-keung Cheung  

Self-Reflection on the Method of Participatory Design in Hong Kongˇ¦s Community Development

Ben Ku  


Site Visit to Projects in Hong Kong + Party at the St. James Settlement Centre
 

Objectives: Let participants of the conference to have a brief understanding of citizen participants in Hong Kong
  Presentation of Wanchaiˇ¦s Participatory Projects: Urban Renewal, Community Park, Art Bridge    


Site Visit to Tai O, A fish village in Hong Kong
 
Public Forum 1  Perspectives on Participatory Design in the Pacific Rim

                                            
Taiwan: A Decade of Participatory Community Design in Taiwan: Critical Review and Future Prospects

John K-C. Liu
 
US: Challengeishimashu! Episodes in the Pursuit of Democratic Design
Marcia McNally

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Japan: The Possibility of Conducting Participatory Design in Japan

Yasuhiro Endoh

Hong Kong:  Participatory Design in a Pluralist Society - the Approach and Experience of the Urban Renewal Authority
Andrew Siu-lo Lam   


Public Forum 2  The Vision of Participatory Design in Hong Kong

                                            
With different panel speakers from Hong Kong:
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Dr. Kwok Leung Ho (Department of Applied Social Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Chris Law (Oval Partnership Architect)
Man Tao Leung Ada J.P. Wong (Lawyer, Wanchai District Councilor)

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