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- The Happy Valley: A History and Tour of the Hong Kong Cemetery
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
Hong Kong's oldest Western cemetery garden is located in Happy Valley. This history and tour highlights the need for urgent action to conserve the built and natural heritage resources of this important cultural landscape. The author challenges the reader to reconsider the basic approach to heritage conservation adopted in Hong Kong where a false dichotomy persists between natural and built heritage conservation initiatives. The Hong Kong Cemetery provides an excellent example of a precious cultural landscape which is deteriorating because simplistic approaches to site management have failed to understand and protect the complex interrelationship between the natural (flora and fauna habitats) and built (monuments and memorials) heritage resources. The first three chapters introduce the cemetery garden concept as it evolved in early nineteenth-century Europe, and was eventually established in Hong Kong by the British. The second half of the book provides a self-guided tour of the cemetery highlighting its resources as well as explaining the main conservation problems and possible solutions to protect the cemetery.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- p. vii
- 1 Grave Concerns
- pp. 1-10
- 2 Origins of the Cemetery Garden
- pp. 11-24
- 4 Self-guided Tour
- pp. 53-106
- 5 Last Words
- pp. 107-114
- Appendices
- pp. 115-128
Additional Information
ISBN
9789888052271
Related ISBN(s)
9789888028108
MARC Record
OCLC
707091231
Pages
144
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No