The circular economy is a much discussed pathway towards sustainability. While some
scholarly work has been carried out on barriers towards a circular economy, there are
relatively few academic studies on policies that may accelerate a transition towards a …

With indiscriminate geographic and socio-economic reach, COVID-19 has visited
destruction of life and livelihoods on a largely unprepared world and can arguably be
declared the new millennium's most trying test of state capacity. Governments are facing an …

In this article we ask why smart cities have emerged within the international development
community as the normative urban logic for confronting systemic global crises. This
phenomenon is exemplified by the embrace of smart cities as an implementation tool for UN …

Smart city initiatives have been researched primarily in the developed country context. In
developing countries, however, emerging technologies are enabling progress on urban
functionality, productivity, and livability. A deeper understanding of facilitative policy …

Water stress is an increasing burden in regions with arid climates, aquifer vulnerability, and
erratic rainfall. Population growth and competing domestic, industrial, and agricultural uses
are also stretching the capacity of water supply systems. Beyond groundwater extraction …

The COVID-19 crisis has revealed structural failures in governance and coordination on a
global scale. With related policy interventions dependent on verifiable evidence, pandemics
require governments to not only consider the input of experts but also ensure that science is …

Once the muse of oracles and soothsayers, global systemic instability is now increasingly
plausible given the convergence of wicked, synchronous, and interconnected problems like
climate change and socioeconomic inequality. International organizations have confronted …

Polycentric governance is characterized by an organizational structure where multiple
independent actors mutually order their relationships with one another under a general
system of rules (V. Ostrom 1972). We argue that the idea of polycentricity is an idea whose …

Cloud computing (CC) has become a powerful driver of technological and economic
transformation across nations. Yet levels of cloud service adoption vary, with limited
adoption in many countries. For broader transformation, it is important to understand the …

Water resource management is a crucial issue in the rapidly urbanizing Pearl River Delta.
Numerous studies have examined transboundary water management, but those focusing on
Hong Kong are largely technical, with little consideration for political dynamics or …