Temporary pedestrian zones: Tactics for street-space appropriation from foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Temporary pedestrianisation of streets is emerging as an effective strategy to increase the supply of open public space and to reduce motorized transport. This was discussed in the book Walkable Cities in High Density China: Livable, Healthy and Sustainable (Wang et al., 2018).The case of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) appropriating a temporarily pedestrianized street in Hong Kong Central Business District during their day-off unveils the extreme social polarization of the cities unavoidable unsolved tensions.