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The world is moving at an increasingly rapid pace due to widening globalization. As a result of the technological development that has accelerated over the past decades, today, people are not only offered the opportunity to travel faster over geographical distances but also experience and achieve more per unit of time. This may cause negative consequences for humans and the environment, for example stress-related illnesses and an increased speed of climate change. The global slow movement has emerged as a response to this. Primarily, the movement advocates for valuing time higher than money, in order to slow down the speed of life. This thesis aims to investigate how members of the slow movement perceive the process of adopting a slow lifestyle within a fast-paced society. The aim is further to examine how identity can be constructed through slow principles. The study is based on interviews with seven individuals in Sweden, who all have made certain lifestyle changes in order to slow down. The result indicates that there are different motives behind the informants’ decision to adopt a slower lifestyle. These include environmental related reasons, health related reasons, and a common desire for increased self-determination in terms of being able to control one's own time. Furthermore, the result shows that the informants have slightly different experiences of the adopting process in terms of handling practical aspects as well as dealing with potential challenges such as financial uncertainty and lack of comprehension from the surroundings. In addition, the study illustrates that the informants perceive a connection between their lifestyles and a sense of identity. This is expressed by the informants’ ambition to change the surroundings, the way in which they manifest slow principles to others, and how they have experienced inner changes in relation to the slow living lifestyle.

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bk.1. Exploration -- bk.2. Methodology -- bk.3. Solution. / Chu Yeuk Sze Vivien. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / Bk.3 lacks individual t.p., title from t.p. of bk.1. / Includes bibliographical references. / Acknowledgements / Synopsis / Exploration of Stress / Chapter - --- Stressful Hong Kong / Chapter - --- Kind of Stress / Chapter - --- Environmental Stress (Daily Hassels) / Over Crowding / Noise Pollution / Commuting / Air Pollution / Exploration of Labyrinth / Chapter - --- Labyrinth City: Hong Kong / Chapter - --- Greek Mythology / Chapter - --- Legendary Knossos / Chapter - --- Roman Mosaic Labyrinth / Chapter - --- Invisible Cities / Chapter - --- Anst: Cartography / Continuity Physical Elements / Exploration of Stress / Chapter - --- Paths / Chapter - --- Edges / Chapter - --- Districts / Chapter - --- Nodes / Chapter - --- Landmarks / Labyrinth Site Analysis / Chapter - --- Site Location / Chapter - --- Street Perception / Chapter - --- Intersection Complexity Study / Chapter - --- Major Circulation System / Chapter - --- Reversible Road System / Chapter - --- Street Scale / Chapter - --- "Building Age, Height Distribution" / Chapter - --- Land Use and Figure Ground / Chapter - --- Illegal Building Structure / Hypothesis / Chapter - --- Potential Client / Chapter - --- Mission and Dream / Schedule of Accommodation / Precedent Studies

by Lau Pui Ki, Vienne. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-107). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese version) --- p.iv / Acknowledgement --- p.vi / Table of Contents --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Review of the literature --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Uses and Gratifications approach --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Previous research on Internet and newspaper usage --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Definition of lifestyle --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4 --- Previous research on lifestyles and media consumption --- p.12 / Chapter 2.5 --- Measurement of lifestyles --- p.15 / Chapter 2.6 --- Definition of electronic newspapers --- p.17 / Chapter 2.7 --- News content of electronic newspapers --- p.18 / Chapter 2.8 --- Attributes of electronic newspapers --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Research Questions and Methodology --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1 --- Research Questions --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2 --- Methodology --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Sampling --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Definition of information workers --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Sampling procedure --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Survey instruments --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Measuring the lifestyles of e-paper readers in Hong Kong --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Measuring the gratifications sought from electronic newspaper using --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2.7 --- Measuring the use of attributes in electronic newspapers --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.8 --- Measuring electronic newspaper consumption --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.9 --- Measuring the use of traditional media --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.10 --- Measuring Demographics --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.11 --- Analytical Procedure --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Findings of the research --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1 --- Lifestyles of information workers and university students --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2 --- Gratifications sought from electronic newspapers use --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3 --- The interrelationship between lifestyles and gratifications sought --- p.43 / Chapter 4.4 --- Predictability of demographics and lifestyles on gratifications sought from electronic newspapers --- p.46 / Chapter 4.5 --- Factoring special attributes of electronic newspapers --- p.48 / Chapter 4.6 --- Predicting electronic newspapers consumption --- p.51 / Chapter 4.7 --- Predicting the use of attributes in electronic newspapers --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Implications and Limitations --- p.73 / Chapter 6.1 --- Implications and suggestions for improving online news services --- p.73 / Chapter 6.2 --- Limitations and recommendations --- p.76 / Appendix A生活模式與電子報章使用與滿足問卷調查 --- p.83 / Appendix B Questionnaire: Lifestyles and Uses and Gratifications of Electronic Newspapers in Hong Kong --- p.88 / Appendix c 生活模式與電子報章使用與滿足問卷調查（電話訪問） --- p.93 / Bibliography --- p.100

by Yew Sum. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 57). / Questionnaire also in Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II --- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES --- p.3 / Purpose of This Study --- p.3 / Scope of This Study --- p.3 / Chapter III --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.4 / Human Values and Value System --- p.4 / Lifestyle --- p.5 / Application of Lifestyle --- p.8 / Chapter IV --- RESEARCH METHODOLGY --- p.10 / Research Design --- p.10 / Sample Selection --- p.10 / Survey Design --- p.10 / Questionnaire Development --- p.11 / Timing of the Survey --- p.12 / Chapter V --- ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS --- p.13 / Response Rate --- p.13 / User Groups Found --- p.13 / User Groups --- p.15 / Other Findings --- p.19 / WWW Usage --- p.19 / Hardware Resources Used --- p.20 / Demographics --- p.21 / Chapter VI --- LIMITATION OF THE STUDY --- p.22 / Response and Non-Response Bias --- p.22 / Sample Selection Bias --- p.22 / Language used in Questionnaire --- p.23 / Chapter VII --- PREVIOUS STUDIES --- p.24 / VALS2 IN THE US --- p.24 / Lifestyle Research in Hong Kong --- p.27 / Internet User Surveys --- p.29 / Survey in the US --- p.29 / Survey in Hong Kong --- p.29 / Comparison of Studies --- p.31 / Lifestyle Groups --- p.31 / Demographics and Hardware Resources --- p.32 / Chapter VIII --- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS --- p.33 / APPENDIX --- p.34 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.57 / Books --- p.57 / Serials --- p.57 / Web Sites --- p.57

Despite the increase of urban populations resulting in people living in close proximity to each other, society continues to operate with a focus on individual desire and hyper-consumption, at the expense of the earth’s ecologies and all that encompasses it. How can we begin to cultivate an alternative consumption model that not only focuses on the conservation of ecologies but also begins to break away from ways in which “habits, routines, social norms and cultural values lock us into unsustainable behaviours”? (Botsman, R., Rogers, R. 2010). Collaboration, through its many forms, be it ‘commons’ or modern-day ‘sharing economy’, continues to be a topic of discussion as a favourable solution to environmental, social and economic issues. This paper and design project explores the everyday practice of collaboration and its potential for activating a network in urban neighbourhoods, specifically in high-density housing. The project explores: how we can share, where we can share, and what we can share, using the sharing of household items as a seed for sustainable development. The resulting project presents methods and guidelines for cultivating collaboration in the form of a multipurpose toolkit. The toolkit “Collaboration is Cultivation” enables individuals to become activists and implement collaborative practices in their own neighbourhood. Through designerly research and a design project I shed light on the potential of the coming-together of neighbors through collaborative lifestyles that can incrementally transform neighborhoods into one’s that are socially and environmentally, sustainable, resilient and thriving.

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Japanese Studies / Master / Master of Philosophy