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Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Urban revitalization in the heartland: a 21st century perspective from Texas.” Greater Waco Business (Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce), p. 7-13. (PDF: Hartley_Urban-revitalization-Texas)
Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Dry humor: aquathoritarian cities pretend to be water-smart.” Water Alternatives, 15 Nov 2023. (https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/blog/smart)
Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Trash to treasure: A vision of no waste in Southeast Asia.” The Straits Times (Singapore), 26 Sept. (https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/trash-to-treasure-a-vision-of-no-waste-in-south-east-asia)
Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Are Hong Kong’s pigeon policies persuasive, or just a flight of fancy?” Hong Kong Free Press, 11 June. (https://hongkongfp.com/2023/06/11/are-hong-kongs-pigeon-policies-persuasive-or-just-a-flight-of-fancy/)
Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Hong Kong’s long road to being a smart city must be worth the cost.” South China Morning Post, 18 April. (https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3217287/hong-kongs-long-road-being-smart-city-must-be-worth-cost)
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Radio interview: “Trust issues cited over health app.” RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) “Hong Kong Today” show. Interviewed live by Samantha Butler. 3 Dec 2021. Summary write-up: https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1622562-20211203.htm
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“Plastic bans in Asia: weak tea for complex problems.” East Asia Forum (ANU), 13 Feb 2020. (https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/02/13/plastic-bans-in-asia-weak-tea-for-complex-problems/)
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“China’s Artificial Intelligence Revolution: a Sputnik Moment for the West?” The Globe Post, 27 July 2018. (https://www.theglobepost.com/2018/06/27/china-us-artificial-intelligence/)
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Earthquake resilience
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“Smart cities: old bytes in new cables?” The Planner (Royal Town Planning Institute UK). 6 Nov 2015. (http://www.theplanner.co.uk/opinion/smart-cities-old-bytes-in-new-cables)
“Property and poverty in Southeast Asia.” Policy Forum (Australian National University), 2 Nov 2015. (http://www.policyforum.net/property-and-poverty-in-southeast-asia/)
“Tolerant pragmatism: Singapore’s next growth strategy?” The Diplomat, 1 Nov 2015. (http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/tolerant-pragmatism-singapores-next-growth-strategy/)
“Rural industrialization: Asia’s 21st century growth frontier.” New Geography, 19 Oct 2015. (http://www.newgeography.com/content/005074-rural-industrialization-asia-s-21st-century-growth-frontier)
“Vietnam’s Book People.” The Diplomat, 4 Oct 2015. (http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/vietnams-book-people/)
“Phnom Penh, City Interrupted.” The Diplomat, 26 Sept 2015. (http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/phnom-penh-city-interrupted/)
“Revisiting two forces of modern urban transformation.” New Geography, 15 July 2015. (http://www.newgeography.com/content/004986-revisiting-two-forces-modern-urban-transformation)
“Plato’s Basement: (Mis)perceptions about the Greek Crisis.” Story Europe, 29 June 2015. (https://medium.com/story-europe/plato-s-basement-mis-perceptions-about-the-greek-crisis-46bdb61ed225)
“Elephants in the room: urban primacy and economic growth in Africa.” Africa at LSE (London School of Economics), 15 June 2015. (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2015/06/15/elephants-in-the-room-urban-primacy-and-economic-growth-in-africa/)
“Hidden Potential in South Korea’s Urban Neighborhoods.” The Diplomat, 5 June 2015. (http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/hidden-potential-in-south-koreas-urban-neighborhoods/)
“Flexible economic opportunism: beyond diversification in urban revival.” New Geography, 1 June 2015. (http://www.newgeography.com/content/004934-flexible-economic-opportunism-beyond-diversification-urban-revival)
“The Rise of China’s Inland Cities.” The Diplomat, 2 May 2015. (http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/the-rise-of-chinas-inland-cities/)
“Global cities in the 21st century: a Chicago model?” New Geography, 28 Apr 2015. (http://www.newgeography.com/content/004908-global-cities-21st-century-a-chicago-model)
“Smart cities and the plight of cultural authenticity.” The Global Urbanist, 24 Mar 2015. (http://globalurbanist.com/2015/03/24/smart-cities-cultural-authenticity)
“Asian Cities Pay Hidden Price for Global Status.” The Diplomat, 14 Feb 2015. (http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/asian-cities-pay-hidden-price-for-global-status/)
“Roadmap to Hong Kong-Guangdong Water Governance.” China Water Risk Newsletter, Nov 2014. (http://chinawaterrisk.org/opinions/map-to-hk-guangdong-water-governance/)
“The Sideshow Effect: Does Art District Planning Fetishize Culture?” Philippine Governance Digest, Vol. 1, Issue 2 (Apr-June 2014), pp. 17-18. (http://bit.ly/2n3maAW)
“When small may be the new large.” The Business Times (Singapore), 11 Jan 2014, pp. 26-27. (http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/news/when-small-may-be-the-new-large/)