Asian Cities: Armature, Enclave, Heterotopia

Asian cities are undergoing massive transformation in the face of globalization. Urbanization is not only part and parcel of these transformations; it is often the most visible expression of them. Three recent books explore some of these urban transformations: Marie Gibert-Flutre and Heidi Imai examine Asian alleyways as an urban vernacular...

Reimagining Human Rights for the Twenty-first Century

Book review of Confucianism and Reflexive Modernity: Bringing Community Back to Human Rights in the Age of Global Risk Society, Sang-Jin Han, Leiden: Brill, 2020, ISBN 9789004352551.

Moisture sources for East Asian precipitation: Mean seasonal cycle and interannual variability

This study investigates the moisture sources that supply East Asian (EA) precipitation and their interannual variability. Moisture sources are tracked using the Water Accounting Model-2layers (WAM- 2layers), based on the Eulerian framework.WAM-2layers is applied to five subregions over EA, driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis from 1979 to 2015....

Unravelling social capital value in science parks: Growth versus R&D orientation

Science and Technology Parks (STPs) have fueled many debates on their effectiveness in policies to enhance innovation and regional economic growth. Some authors put emphasis on advantages of physical proximity between on-site firms and the university, while others pay increasingly attention to benefits from social capital between the...