GOES the oft-quoted maxim: “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Governments and institutions have often taken this adage to heart. Leveraging improved data collection technologies and captivated by numerous competitiveness rankings, governments have made…
Cities are a reflection first of the ability of their institutions to measure and actualize public will, and second of the content of that will. The current pursuit by many cities of global status serves…
China’s crackdown on corruption is well publicized. President Xi Xinping has declared a commitment to indiscriminately root out all forms of corrupti on, from high level officials to minor bureaucrats. Nevertheless, despite some high‐profile convictions…
China’s anti-corruption net appears to be catching tigers as well as flies. Last December, a former mayor of Nanjing, a high-ranking party official, was indicted on corruption charges. In the same week, a Chinese court…
With the spread of democratization, these systems are now under increasing pressure to accommodate multiple stakeholders in both policy development and service delivery. The polycentricity literature has been used to examine collective action within certain…
To maintain the global health body in its dysfunctional form and flawed governance structure is to make the world increasingly vulnerable to new pandemics. “Ebola problem is deeper than it appears for WHO.” The Business…
Hong Kong’s water supply concerns are increasingly urgent, and a regional collaborative approach may be the best way to address them. Gaining a robust understanding of the complex relationship between Hong Kong and China is…
Agglomeration makes sense for widgets. However, art is a good whose production process and finished versions are both “consumable” curiosities. This underscores art as a product of socio-cultural interaction, which is incapable of being cordoned…
Post-industrialization is changing urban environments, providing an opportunity to revive cultural authenticity one neighborhood at a time. The lesson for planners and investors is that people seek meaningful personal interaction, and intimate cultural spaces can…
Technology has much to contribute to solving the basic problems of emerging global megacities. But planning is multi-dimensional, and technology is only one element. Life is still lived locally — in the villages and communities…
