Department Chair and Associate Professor of Geography
Acting Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies
Environmental Politics, Environmental Governance, Political Geography, Urban Geography, China
| Office: | AAB1224 |
| Tel: | (852) 3411 2873 |
| Email: | lokevin@hkbu.edu.hk |
Co-I, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Multi-scale assessment of methane emissions from coal mining operations in China, 01/2027-12/2028, HKD 855,000.
PI, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. A multi-scalar approach to just transitions: Logging bans and forest transition in the Greater Khingan Range, China, 09/2025-08/2028, HKD 822,840
PI, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Just transition: Practices and visions of coal-mine closure and post-coal development in Shanxi, China, 09/2024-08/2027, HKD 832,000
Co-I, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Assessment of methane emissions from shale gas production in China, 01/2023-12/2025, HKD 684,767.
PI, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Decentralized climate governance and policy implementation in China: Unraveling a paradox, 01/2019-06/2022, HKD 757,920.
PI, Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council. China’s low-carbon city initiative: Authoritarian environmentalism and climate policy experimentation, 01/2018-06/2021, HKD 820,000.
Co-PI, Research Impact Fund (RIF), Research Grants Council. Exploring the role of big data analytics in promoting smart low-carbon cities: A human-centered, community-based, and deep engagement approach in Hong Kong, 06/2021-06/2024, HKD 5,700,000.
Co-I, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR), Central Policy Unit. Engaging the community to develop a model for sustainable energy futures: A case study of two prospective solar communities in Hong Kong, 09/2018-08/2019, HKD630,000.
Co-I, Ford Foundation, China’s urban future: Policy, people, and social change, 01/2018-12/2020, USD 206,000.
[126] | Zhao K, Lo K, Murphy L. Assembling urban mega-events: The life cycle of the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland. Geoforum,173, 104650. |
[125] | Zheng J, Niu H, Lo K, Guo M (2026). Breaking the resource curse: The impact of green finance on the energy transition of resource-based cities. Energy Policy, 214, 115245. |
[124] | Karyotakis MA, Lo K (2026). Communication geography and the spatio-discursive construction of BRI projects: Geographical frames in media discourses on Piraeus Port. Mediterranean Politics. 1-28. |
[123] | Yang B, Ebn Jalal MJ, Sarkar MA, Alam MJ, Ding S, Begum IA, Rahman MN, Lo K (2026). A governance quality lens on the influence of Chinese outward investment on human development in Belt and Road Initiative countries. Chinese Geographical Science, 36(1), 64-81. |
[122] | Liu M, Lo K (2026). Beyond land financing: State entrepreneurialism and the restructuring of chengtou companies to sustain urban development. Urban Studies, 63(9), 2014-2036. |
[121] | Rahman MN, Saleheen MM, Rony MRH, Ghosh BK, Islam MS, Sohel MS, Sharifuzzaman S, Hossain ML, Sarkar MAR, Lo K (2026). Modeling the effects of urban growth on land surface temperature and carbon emissions through geospatial and machine learning techniques in Gazipur, Bangladesh. Geo: Geography and Environment, 13(1), e70051. |
[120] | Tong W, Guo J, Lo K, Xu W (2026). Bridging the gap to common prosperity: Rural development and urban-rural income disparities in Zhejiang province, China. Chinese Geographical Science, 36, 207-221. |
[119] | Rahman MN, Sharifuzzaman SA, Sarker MNI, Lo K (2025). Socioeconomic impacts and migration dynamics of riverbank erosion. npj Climate Action, 4(1), 102. |
[118] | Rahman MN, Rony MRH, Lo K (2025). Quantifying a decadal driver of ecological environment in Jamuna River basin using geospatial techniques. The Geographical Journal, 191(4), e70048. |
[117] | Zheng J, Guo M, Lo K (2025). Shaping sustainability: Circular economy development through digital technology innovation. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 10(5), 100784. |
[116] | Geng Q, Lo K (2025). A bibliometric analysis of transnational environmental governance studies. Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 9, 188-206. |
[115] | Mah DN, Cheung DM, Cheung WK, Wang A, Siu AW, Leung MK, Wang MY, Wong MW, Lo K, Cheung AT (2025). Understanding the up-scaling mechanisms of urban energy transitions: An application of a capital-based framework to a comparative case study of two solar communities in Hong Kong. Energy Research & Social Science, 127, 104164. |
[114] | Yang Y, Lo K (2025). Just climate experimentation: Distributive, procedural, and recognition justice in two low-carbon pilots in China. Political Geography, 121, 103384. |
[113] | Zhao K, Lo K (2025). Assemblage thinking and just transition: Theoretical building blocks of just transition assemblage. The Extractive Industries and Society, 24, 101699. |
[112] | Shozib SH, Islam AT, Patwary MA, Mamun MA, Rahman MN, Lo K (2025). Current state of medical waste management in an emerging city of Bangladesh. Green Technologies and Sustainability, 3, 100223. |
[111] | Liu M, Lo K (2025). Heterogeneous infrastructure and governance of low-carbon transition in Qingdao, China. Sustainability Science, 1-18. |
[110] | Geng Q, Lo K (2025). Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative. Sustainable Futures, 9, 100587. |
[109] | Sahakyan MD, Lo K (2025). Hotspot geopolitics: Political economy of the Belt and Road Initiative in South Caucasus. Chinese Political Science Review, 1-24. |
[108] | Yu J, Li J, Lo K, Huang S, Li Y, Zhao Z (2025). Farmers’ adoption of smart agricultural technologies for black soil conservation and utilization in China: the driving factors and its mechanism. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9, 1561633. |
[107] | Chang S, Gao X, Li J, Li Q, Song X, Yan A, Lo K (2024). Ecosystem stability assessment under hydroclimatic anomalies in the arid region of Northwest China. Ecological Indicators, 169, 112831. |
[106] | Karyotakis MA, Lo K (2024). The political ecology of wildfire: Media and the politics of blame in the Evros wildfires in Greece. Trees, Forests and People, 15, 100682. |
[105] | Zheng J, Guo M, Lo K, Lian B, Chen Y, Wu Y, Lin L (2024). Assessing energy efficiency of natural gas in China’s transition towards carbon neutrality. Energy, Ecology and Environment, 9, 614-630. |
[104] | Geng Q, Lo K (2024). Geopolitical strategies and transnational environmental governance: A comparative study of international NGOs in Cambodia. Geoforum, 154, 104063. |
[103] | Yang Y, Lo K (2024). The politics of assembling pilots: Policy networks and selection strategies in top-down climate experimentation. Energy Research & Social Science, 113, 103539. |
[102] | Lo K (2024). The politics of just transition: Authoritarian environmentalism and implementation flexibility in forest conservation. Political Geography, 109, 103066. |
[101] | Li Q, Gao X, Li J, Yan A, Chang S, Song X, Lo K (2024). Nonlinear time effects of vegetation response to climate change: Evidence from Qilian Mountain National Park in China. Science of The Total Environment, 933, 173149. |
[100] | Yang Y, Lo K (2024). China’s renewable energy and energy efficiency policies toward carbon neutrality: A systematic cross-sectoral review. Energy & Environment, 35, 491-509. |
[99] | Lo K, Mah DN (2024). State capitalism, fragmented authoritarianism, and the politics of energy policymaking: Policy networks and electricity market liberalization in Guangdong, China. Energy Research & Social Science, 107, 103348. |
[98] | Gao X, Huang X, Chang S, Dang Q, Wen R, Lo K, Li J, Yan A (2023). Long-term improvements in water conservation functions at Qilian Mountain National Park, northwest China. Journal of Mountain Science, 20, 2885-2897. |
[97] | Deng L, Mah D, Cheung DM, Lo K (2023). Civic activism and petition politics in energy transitions: discursive tactics, networking, and media mobilization in an anti-nuclear movement in China. Energy Research & Social Science, 95, 102889. |
[96] | Geng Q, Lo K (2023). Global ecological civilization: An analysis of macro-level policies of the Belt and Road Initiative. Research in Globalization, 7, 100141. |
[95] | Yu J, Li J, Lo K, Huang S (2023). Withdrawal intention of farmers from vacant rural homesteads and its influencing mechanism in Northeast China: A case study of Jilin Province. Chinese Geographical Science, 33, 634-648. |
[94] | Lo K, Kibalya B (2023). Electric cooperatives and the political economy of rural electrification in Africa: Insights from Uganda. The Electricity Journal, 36,107238. |
[93] | Gao X, Wen R, Lo K, Li J, Yan A (2023). Heterogeneity and non-linearity of ecosystem responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountains National Park, China. Journal of Arid Land, 15, 508-522. |
[92] | Wang X, Lo K (2023). Energy and environmental justice in China: Literature review and research agenda. Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 7, 91-106. |
[91] | Yang S, Liu L, Wang C, Lo K, Wang D (2023). Elderly people’s preferences for healthcare facilities in Shanghai: gender features and influencing factor analysis. BMC Public Health, 23, 356. |
[90] | Geng Q, Lo K (2023). China’s Green Belt and Road Initiative: transnational environmental governance and causal pathways of orchestration. Environmental Politics, 32, 1163-1185. |
[89] | Liu M, Lo K (2023). Eco-cities as urban laboratories of Chinese ecological modernization: eco-experimentation and the modernization of urban governance. Urban Geography, 44, 2037-2061. |
[88] | Wang X, Lo K (2022). Pastoralism and conservation: The politics and notions of environmental justice under the grazing ban policy in Inner Mongolia, China. Political Geography, 99, 102779. |
[87] | Lam CK, He Q, Cheng KL, Fan PY, Chun KP, Choi B, Mah DN, Cheung DM, Lo K, Yetemen O (2022). Impact of climate change and socioeconomic factors on domestic energy consumption: The case of Hong Kong and Singapore. Energy Reports, 8, 12886-12904. |
[86] | Wang X, Lo K (2022). Civil society, environmental litigation, and Confucian energy justice: A case study of an environmental NGO in China. Energy Research & Social Science, 93, 102831. |
[85] | Li Y, Zhang P, Lo K, Tan J, Yang Q (2022). Borderland economic resilience under Covid-19: evidence form China-Russia border regions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 13042. |
[84] | Lo K, Zhu L (2022). Voices from below: Local community perceptions of forest conservation policies in China. Forest Policy and Economics, 144, 102825. |
[83] | Liu M, Lo K, Westman L, Huang P (2022). Beyond the North-South divide: The political economy and multi-level governance of international low-carbon technology transfer in China. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 44, 194-204. |
[82] | Wang X, Lo K (2022). Political economy of just transition: Disparate impact of coal mine closure on state-owned and private coal workers in Inner Mongolia, China. Energy Research & Social Science, 90, 102585. |
[81] | Liu M, Lo K (2022). Multi-actor perspective, socio-technical barriers, and microgrid development in China. The Electricity Journal, 35, 107158. |
[80] | Li L, Liu S, Li C, Zhang P, Lo K (2022). What matters for regional economic resilience amid multi shock situations: Structural or agency? Evidence from resource-based cities in China. Sustainability, 14, 5701. |
[79] | Liu M, Lo K (2022). The territorial politics of urban expansion: Administrative annexation and land acquisition. Cities, 126, 103704. |
[78] | Lo K (2022). Implications of COVID-19 for climate governance in China: The rise of an eco-surveillance state? Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 6, 25-36. |
[77] | Zhu L, Lo K (2022). Workplace attachment and the eco-restructuring of people-workplace relationships in China’s extractive forestry. The Extractive Industries and Society, 10, 101072. |
[76] | Liu J, Lo K (2022). Chinese environmental activism and the environmental politics of rumors. Political Geography, 95, 102593. |
[75] | Zhu L, Lo K (2022). Eco-socialism and the political ecology of forest conservation in the Greater Khingan Range, China. Political Geography, 93, 102533. |
[74] | Liu M, Lo K (2021). A comparative review of urban climate governance in Chinese and Western contexts. Urban Governance, 1, 81-88. |
[73] | Lo K (2021). Can authoritarian regimes achieve just energy transition? Evidence from China’s solar photovoltaic poverty alleviation initiative. Energy Research & Social Science, 82, 102315. |
[72] | Wang X, Lo K (2021). Just transition: A conceptual review. Energy Research & Social Science, 82, 102291. |
[71] | Gao X, Wang K, Lo K, Wen R, Huang X, Dang Q (2021). Water poverty assessment based on the random forest algorithm: application to Gansu, Northwest China. Water Policy, 23, 1388-1399. |
[70] | Li J, Lo K, Zhang P, Guo M (2021). Reclaiming small to fill large: A novel approach to rural residential land consolidation in China. Land Use Policy, 109, 105706. |
[69] | Tong W, Lo K (2021). Back to the countryside: Rural development and the spatial patterns of population migration in Zhejiang, China. Agriculture, 11, 788. |
[68] | Lo K (2021). Authoritarian environmentalism, just transition, and the tension between environmental protection and social justice in China’s forestry reform. Forest Policy and Economics, 131, 102574. |
[67] | Zhu L, Lo K (2021). Non-timber forest products as livelihood restoration in forest conservation: A restorative justice approach. Trees, Forests, and People, 6, 100130. |
[66] | Mah D, Cheung D, Leung M, Wang M, Wong M, Lo K, Cheung A (2021). Policy mixes and the policy learning process of energy transitions: Insights from the feed-in tariff policy and urban community solar in Hong Kong. Energy Policy, 157, 112214. |
[65] | Gao X, Huang X, Lo K, Dang Q, Wen R (2021). Vegetation responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve, Northwest China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 28, e01698. |
[64] | Yang S, Wang D, Lo K (2021). An inverted-U relationship between house prices and migrant integration. Cities, 103375. |
[63] | Liu M, Lo K (2021). Governing eco-cities in China: Urban climate experimentation, international cooperation, and multilevel governance. Geoforum, 121, 12-22. |
[62] | Yang X, Lo K (2021). Environmental health research and the COVID-19 pandemic: A turning point towards sustainability. Environmental Research, 197, 111157. |
[61] | Yang S, Wang D, Xu L, Wang C, Yang X, Lo K (2021). Private healthcare expenditure in China: A regional comparative analysis. Healthcare, 9, 1374. |
[60] | Yang S, Wang D, Li W, Wang C, Yang X, Lo, K (2021). Decoupling of elderly healthcare demand and expenditure in China. Healthcare, 9, 1346. |
[59] | Gao X, Wang K, Lo K, Wen R, Mi X, Liu K, Huang X (2021). An evaluation of coupling coordination between rural development and water environment in northwestern China. Land, 10, 405. |
[58] | Liu J, Lo K, Mah D, Guo M (2021). Cross-border governance and sustainable energy transition: The case of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 8, 101-106. |
[57] | Liu M, Lo K (2021). Pathways to international cooperation on climate governance in China: A comparative analysis. Journal of Chinese Governance, 6, 417-434. |
[56] | Castán Broto V, Mah D, Zhang F, Huang P, Lo K, Westman L (2020). Spatiotemporal perspectives on urban energy transitions: a comparative study of three cities in China. Urban Transformations, 2, 11. |
[55] | Lo K (2020). Ecological civilization, authoritarian environmentalism, and the eco-politics of extractive governance in China. Extractive Industries and Society, 7, 1029-1035. |
[54] | Lo K (2020). COVID-19 and sustainable energy development: Agendas for future research. Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 4, 20-25. |
[53] | Rogers S, Li J, Lo K, Guo H, Li C (2020). Moving millions to eliminate poverty: China’s rapidly evolving practice of poverty resettlement. Development Policy Review, 38, 541-554. |
[52] | Lo K (2020). Governing energy consumption in China: a comprehensive assessment of the energy conservation target responsibility system. Energy Transitions, 4, 57-67. |
[51] | Li L, Zhang P, Lo K, Liu W, Li J (2020). The evolution of regional economic resilience in the old industrial bases in China: A case study of Liaoning Province, China. Chinese Geographical Science, 30, 340-351. |
[50] | Tong W, Lo K, Zhang P (2020). Land consolidation in rural China: Life satisfaction among resettlers and its determinants. Land, 9, 118. |
[49] | Lo K, Li H, Chen K (2020). Climate experimentation and the limits of top-down control: Local variation of climate pilots in China. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63, 109-126. |
[48] | Li H, Lo K, Zhang P (2020). Population shrinkage in resource-dependent cities in China: Processes, patterns and drivers. Chinese Geographical Science, 30, 1-15. |
[47] | Tan J, Lo K, Qiu F, Zhang X, Zhao H (2020). Regional economic resilience of resource‐based cities and influential factors during economic crises in China. Growth and Change, 51, 362-381. |
[46] | Lo K, Castán Broto V (2019). Co-benefits, contradictions, and multi-level governance of low-carbon experimentation: Leveraging solar energy for sustainable development in China. Global Environmental Change, 59, 101993. |
[45] | Tong W, Zhu L, Lo K (2019). Livelihood adaptation and life satisfaction among land-lost farmers: Critiquing China’s urbanisation-driven land appropriation. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 46, 149-161. |
[44] | Lo K, Li J, Wang M, Li C, Li S, Li Y (2019). A comparative analysis of participating and non-participating households in pro-poor tourism in southern Shaanxi, China. Tourism Planning & Development, 16, 318-333. |
[43] | Li, J Guo M, Lo K (2019). Estimating housing vacancy rates in rural China using power consumption data. Sustainability, 11, 5722. |
[42] | Li J, Lo K, Guo M (2018). What influences the choice between private car and public transport for shopping trips? Impact of socio-economic and built environment factors. Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 2, 29-43. |
[41] | Guan H, Liu W, Zhang P, Lo K, Li J, Li L (2018). Analyzing industrial structure evolution of old industrial cities using evolutionary resilience theory: A case study in Shenyang of China. Chinese Geographical Science, 28, 516-528. |
[40] | Mah DNY, Wang G, Lo K, Leung KHM, Hills P, Lo AY (2018). Barriers and policy enablers for solar PV in cities: Perspectives of potential adopters in Hong Kong. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 92, 921-936. |
[39] | Li J, Lo K, Zhang P (2018). Shopping mobility and travel carbon emissions among suburban residents: lessons from Shenyang city, China. Journal of Spatial Science, 63, 311-323. |
[38] | Yang S, Cao D, Lo K (2018). Analyzing and optimizing the impact of economic restructuring on Shanghai’s carbon emissions using STIRPAT and NSGA-II. Sustainable Cities and Society, 40, 44-53. |
[37] | Li J, Lo K, Guo M (2018). Do socio-economic characteristics affect travel behavior? A comparative study of low-carbon and non-low-carbon shopping travel in Shenyang City, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 1346. |
[36] | Lo K, Mah DNY, Wang G, Leung KHM, Lo AY, Hills, P (2018). Barriers to adopting solar photovoltaic systems in Hong Kong. Energy & Environment, 29, 649–663. |
[35] | Lo K, Wang M (2018). How voluntary is poverty alleviation resettlement in China? Habitat International, 73, 34-42. |
[34] | Tan J, Lo K, Qiu F, Liu W, Li J, Zhang P (2017). Regional economic resilience: Resistance and recoverability of resource-based cities during economic crises in Northeast China. Sustainability, 9, 2136. |
[33] | Liu D, Lo K, Song W, Xie C (2017). Spatial patterns of car sales and their socio-economic attributes in China. Chinese Geographical Science, 27, 684-696. |
[32] | Li J, Lo K, Zhang P, Guo M (2017). Relationship between built environment, socio-economic factors and carbon emissions from shopping trip in Shenyang City, China. Chinese Geographical Science, 27, 722-734. |
[31] | Tan J, Zhang P, Lo K, Li J, Liu, S (2017). Conceptualizing and measuring economic resilience of resource-based cities: Case study of Northeast China. Chinese Geographical Science, 27, 471-481. |
[30] | Tong W, Zhang P, Lo K, Chen T, Gao R (2017). Age-differentiated impact of land appropriation and resettlement on landless farmers: A case study of Xinghua village, China. Geographical Research, 55, 293-304. |
[29] | Lo K (2017). Renewable energy development in Hong Kong: Potential, progress, and barriers. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 4, 50-55. |
[28] | Lo K (2017). Asian energy challenges in the Asian century. Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 1, 1-6. |
[27] | Guo F, Lo K, Tong L (2016). Eco-efficiency analysis of industrial systems in the Songhua River basin: A decomposition model approach. Sustainability, 8, 1271. |
[26] | Tan J, Zhang P, Lo K, Li J, Liu S (2016). The urban transition performance of resource-based cities in Northeast China. Sustainability, 8, 1022. |
[25] | Li J, Lo K, Zhang P, Guo M (2016). Consumer travel behaviors and transport carbon emissions: A comparative study of commercial centers in Shenyang, China. Energies, 9, 765. |
[24] | Lo K, Xue L, Wang M (2016). Spatial restructuring through poverty alleviation resettlement in rural China. Journal of Rural Studies, 47, 496–505. |
[23] | Li H, Lo K, Wang M, Zhang P, Xue L (2016). Industrial energy consumption in Northeast China under the revitalisation strategy: A decomposition and policy analysis. Energies, 9, 549. |
[22] | Li J, Zhang P, Lo K, Guo M, Wang M (2015). Reducing carbon emissions from shopping trips: Evidence from China. Energies, 8, 10043-10057. |
[21] | Wang M, Lo K (2015). Displacement and resettlement with Chinese characteristics: An editorial introduction. Geography Research Forum, 35, 1-9. |
[20] | Lo K (2015). Governing China’s clean energy transition: Policy reforms, flexible implementation and the need for empirical investigation. Energies, 8, 13255-13264. |
[19] | Lo K (2015). How authoritarian is the environmental governance of China? Environmental Science and Policy, 54, 152-159. |
[18] | Lo K, Li H, Wang M (2015). Energy conservation in China’s energy-intensive enterprises: An empirical study of the Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program. Energy for Sustainable Development, 27, 105-111. |
[17] | Li H, Lo K, Wang M (2015). Economic transformation of mining cities in transition economies: Lessons from Daqing, Northeast China. International Development Planning Review, 37, 311-328. |
[16] | Yang S, Wang C, Lo K, Wang M, Liu L (2015). Quantifying and mapping spatial variability of Shanghai household carbon footprints. Frontiers in Energy, 9, 115-124. |
[15] | Lo K (2015). The “Warm Houses” program: Insulating existing buildings through compulsory retrofits. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 9, 63-67. |
[14] | Lo K (2015). Campus sustainability in Chinese higher education institutions: Focuses, motivation and challenges. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16, 34-43. |
[13] | Lo K (2014). Urban carbon governance and the transition towards low-carbon urbanism: Review of a global phenomenon. Carbon Management, 5, 269-283. |
[12] | Lo K (2014). China’s low-carbon city initiatives: The implementation gap and the limits of the target responsibility system. Habitat International, 42, 236-244. |
[11] | Liu S, Zhang P, Lo K (2014). Urbanization in remote areas: A case study of the Heilongjiang Reclamation Area, Northeast China. Habitat International, 42, 103-110. |
[10] | Lo K (2014). A critical review of China’s rapidly developing renewable energy and energy efficiency policies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 29, 508-516. |
[9] | Lo K (2014). Energy-related carbon emissions of China’s model environmental cities. Geography Journal, 2014, 1-7. |
[8] | Tong W, Yang Q, Zhang P, Lo K and Han R (2014). The impact of economic development on the environment and the applicability of the environmental Kuznets curve in Jilin province. Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 7, 732-737. |
[7] | Lo K (2013). Deliberating on the energy cap in China: The key to a low-carbon future? Carbon Management, 4, 365-367. |
[6] | Lo K (2013). Energy conservation in China’s higher education institutions. Energy Policy, 56, 703-710. |
[5] | Lo K, Wang, M (2013). Energy Conservation in China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period: Continuation or Paradigm Shift? Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 18, 499-507. |
[4] | Lo K (2013). Approaching neighborhood democracy from a longitudinal perspective: An eighteen-year case study of a homeowner association in Beijing. Urban Studies Research, 2013, 1-10. |
[3] | Lo K, Wang M (2013). The development and localisation of a foreign gated community in Beijing. Cities, 30, 186-192. |
[2] | Liu S, Zhang P, Jiang X, Lo K (2013). Measuring sustainable urbanization in China: A case study of the coastal Liaoning Area. Sustainability Science, 8, 585-594. |
[1] | Lo K (2013). Interested but unsure: Public attitudes toward electric vehicles in China. Electronic Green Journal, 36, 1-12. |
[18] | Lo K (2026). Formulating a research agenda for just transitions. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 1-13, Edward Elgar. |
[17] | Lo K (2026). Building resilience for just transitions: A multi-scalar transformation framework. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 77-89, Edward Elgar. |
[16] | Zhao K, Lo K (2026). Decentering and disrupting just transition narratives through assemblage thinking: A methodological framework. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 63-76, Edward Elgar. |
[15] | Rahman MN, Shozib SH, Lo K (2026). The transformative role of remote sensing in technology-driven just transitions. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 44-62, Edward Elgar. |
[14] | Denchie EO, Lo K (2026). Just water transition: Equity, sustainability, and vision for the future. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 131-145, Edward Elgar. |
[13] | Zhao Y, Lo K (2026). Toward a just agricultural transition: A multidimensional review and research agenda. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 90-106, Edward Elgar. |
[12] | Lo K (2025). The environmental governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. |
[11] | Sahakyan MD, Lo K (2025). Introduction of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Eurasian Continent. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. |
[10] | Lo K, Sahakyan MD (2025). Conclusion: A Research and Policy Agenda for the Belt and Road Initiative. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. |
[9] | Rahman MN, Lo K (2025). Integrating deep learning and IoT for enhanced monitoring and sustainable mining practices. Emerging AI Applications in Earth Sciences: Challenges, Impact and Analysis, 61-83, Springer. |
[8] | Lo K (2024). Environmental geopolitics: The Belt and Road Initiative and China’s global influence. Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations, 435-447, Routledge. |
[7] | Lo K (2024). The economic geography of resource-based cities in North-East China. Identity, Space, and Everyday Life in Contemporary Northeast China, 43-66, Palgrave Macmillian. |
[6] | Lo K (2023). The politics of climate experimentalism in China. Handbook on China’s Urban Environmental Governance, 144-155, Edward Elgar. |
[5] | Lo K (2017). Energy efficiency programs in China. Handbook of the Geographies of Energy, 211-219, Edward Elgar. |
[4] | Lo K, Wang M (2017). Low-carbon (re-)industrialization: Lessons from China. Urban Re-Industrialization 149-158, Punctum Books. |
[3] | Lo K (2017). Grassroots environmentalism and low-carbon cities. Creating Low Carbon Cities, 43-50, Springer. |
[2] | Lo K, Wang M, Qin B, Han S (2015). Low carbon city development in China. Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 21-50, Routledge. |
[1] | Lo K, Wang M (2015). Low carbon policies and programs in China. Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 51-75, Routledge. |