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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor | Department of Building and Real Estate | en_US |
| dc.creator | Ng, Chun Pang | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/13174 | - |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | en_US |
| dc.rights | All rights reserved | en_US |
| dc.title | Perception toward residential skyscrapers : a case study of Hong Kong vs Shanghai before and after COVID-19 | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | The appearing of tall buildings or skyscrapers has always been a very dominant sign of socioeconomic development (Ali, M. M. & Al-Kodmany K., 2012) and relevant studies had been conducted as early as in the 1960s (Conway, J., & Adam, B., 1977). Similar studies have also been repeated over the last 20 years across different regions of the world (Gifford, 2007; Oldfield, et al., 2014; Sorqvist, 2016). And while they all agree in general that work and living heights ‘is a significant research priority’ (Oldfield, et al., 2014, p.9), they all tend to arrive at conclusions that visual quality of a city’s skyline with skyscrapers is anything but negative. Yet over the last 10 years, discussion of the drawback of tall buildings are becoming prevalent, ranging from negative perceptions (Gregoletto, D. & Reis, A., 2012) to distress and mental health problems (Kno¨ll, et al., 2015; Kno¨ll, et al., 2018), and even, outright psychological oppression (Zarghami, E., Karimimoshaver, M., Ghanbaran, A., & SaadatiVaghar, P., 2019). | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | A few months in June 2020 after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (Corona Virus 2019) in February 2020, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) implemented a prohibition on the construction of super high-rise structures exceeding 500m (or 1,600ft) in height, citing concerns about safety and the wastage of resources. And while the outbreak of COVID-19 has profoundly hit not only on the society as a whole but has also brought about changes for different areas of the economy, starting from the prices of houses at the epic center of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan (Zeng, S. & Yi, C., 2022) to hotels, institutional residential, senior housing, to end-user residential projects all across the country (Tostevin, 2022), the Chinese government, to the surprise of many, announced in October 2021 that there would be limitations on the construction of supertall buildings. And amid a gloomy outlook of the property market as a result of the various policies related to COVID-19 as well as with the government (mainland Chinese) shifting its focus toward reconstruction of older districts with dilapidated properties while fighting real estate corruption in the sidelines (Zhu, 2012), developers in China were seeing diminishing returns on high-rise and hence few would go for constructing skyscrapers. Yet, with the quick pace of development and rapid urban growth of China, high-rise, if not also skyscrapers, should be the answer to future living and work as population builds up quickly along the coastal cities. This aim of this study, hence, is to look, from both a qualitative historical perspective and a quantitative survey (using ANOVA and t-tests) in terms of two sets of questionnaires, i.e. during the start of COVID (from late 2020 to early 2021) and post-COVID19 (in early 2023), how perceptions of the residents in the city of Shanghai differs from those in Hong Kong in terms of their preferences on residential tall buildings as well as their city’s skylines. The research provided explanations and hints to property developers as to the future, post-pandemic development strategy of skyscrapers in these Chinese cities as to why, unlike the Western world, there should be a revival of skyscraper boom in the years to come in China. Indeed, results show that, despite government intervention, effects of local culture and historical reasons, Shanghai respondents are favoring, with statistical significance, holistic improvements in their cities’ skylines than that of actually living in a high-rise or a skyscraper (t=-15.80, p<0.00). While Shanghai residents already showed that they prefer low-rise units (more than Hong Kong people) before COVID-19 (t=14.77, p<0.00), such preference has become even stronger (for health reasons) after COVID-19 (t=-15.80, p<0.00), and that their preference to live in tall buildings has lowered even more (t=8.64, p<0.00)–––a tendency that might suggest that future directions for high-rise should be in the commercial sector (with an emphasis of constructing a nicer skyline), which is quite the opposite to that of Hong Kong where more and more residential skyscrapers are popping up around the city, and that people’s choice has gone from where to live, to on which floor live. | en_US |
| dcterms.extent | 215 pages : color illustrations | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | PolyU Electronic Theses | en_US |
| dcterms.issued | 2024 | en_US |
| dcterms.educationalLevel | DIREC | en_US |
| dcterms.educationalLevel | All Doctorate | en_US |
| dcterms.accessRights | restricted access | en_US |
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