Research Project Overview and Description
This project utilizes ArcGIS to map and analyze historical locations in Mei Foo, Hong Kong, focusing on the spatial flow of people, goods, and ideas. By integrating business archives and historical records into a digital geographic database, the research explores how the region’s urban fabric developed as a global hub. The initiative aims to bridge the gap between historical inquiry and modern spatial technologies to provide a nuanced understanding of Hong Kong’s urban heritage and evolution.
Research Outcome
The project is expected to deliver a digital geographic database and interactive ArcGIS maps that visualize the historical development and spatial flow of people, goods, and ideas in Mei Foo, Hong Kong. By integrating business archives and historical records, the research provides a nuanced understanding of the region’s urban heritage and its evolution as a global hub. These outcomes establish a methodological bridge between historical inquiry and modern spatial technologies, with findings expected to contribute to academic publications on Hong Kong’s urban history.
About the researchers
Professor John D. Wong is a Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Hong Kong and serves as the Associate Dean (Undergraduate) for the Faculty of Arts. He holds a PhD in History from Harvard University, an MBA from Stanford University, and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the flow of people, goods, capital, and ideas, with a specific interest in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta. He is the author of Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century: The House of Houqua and the Canton System and Hong Kong Takes Flight: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Global Hub. Before his academic career, he worked in finance and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Fund Source
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