The Metropolis and Mental Life in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD) is the first city-wide, representative household panel survey tracking Hong Kong's changing socioeconomic landscape and its consequences for residents' wellbeing. This book gathers nine articles published between 2016 and 2026 in the Chinese Sociological Review, examining how spatial, social, and political change has shaped residents' mental health, attitudes toward immigrants, political attitudes and identity, and neighbourhood social cohesion during one of the most tumultuous periods in the city's history. Drawing on the first longitudinal analysis of Hong Kong's social transformation using representative panel data, the book examines mental health impacts of gentrification, housing stress, and political mobilisation, explores identity formation and inter-group attitudes during social upheaval, and applies classic metropolitan sociology frameworks to contemporary urban crisis.

Essential reading for urban sociologists, mental health researchers, Asian studies scholars, and policy analysts interested in social change, political identity, and wellbeing in global cities, the volume includes online resources with HKPSSD methodology documentation and supplementary data tables.