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Routledge APRU-SCL

The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim

  • Edited by Yizhao Yang & Anne Taufen
  • 2022 (1st ed.)
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Human Galapagos

Human Galapagos: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands

  • Edited by J. Dunn Insua, X. Córdova & J. López-Andrade
  • Year: 2026
  • Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Living with Water

Living with Water

  • Edited by A. Doyon, C. Cheng & Z. Adeel
  • Year: In press
  • Publisher: Springer

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Peer-Reviewed Articles
  • Elderbrock, E., Russel, K., Ko, Y., Budd, E., Gonen, L., & Enright, C. (2024). Evaluating urban green space inequity to promote distributional justice in Portland, Oregon. Land, 13(6), 720. DOI
  • Evans, C., Harris, M. S., Taufen, A., Livesley, S. J., & Crommelin, L. (2023). What does it mean for a transitioning urban waterfront to “work” from a sustainability perspective?. Journal of Urbanism. DOI
  • Fei, J., Yang, Y., Jian, Y., Cheng, W., Cheng, K., & Wang, Z. (2025). International comparison of green equality using a benchmarking framework: insights from 6 global cities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 129082. DOI
  • Kjaersgaard, S. P., Taufen, A., Evans, C., & Yang, Y. (2023). Urban–rural linkages and their port city waterfronts: Asia Pacific region. SDG World Sustainability Series, Springer. Read
  • Lawrence, J., & Taufen, A. (2026). The anthropology of infrastructure and moral ecologies of erasure. Research brief, ICUA 2026 Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Medrano-Gómez, L. E., Boarin, P., & Premier, A. (2025). The retrofit puzzle: Connecting practices, retrofit measures, and performance outcomes through socio-technical evaluations. Energy Research & Social Science, 120, 103924. Read
  • Napawan, N. C. (2012). From spaces to flows: Re-evaluating the role of urban parks in the post-industrial city. Spaces and Flows: Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. Read
  • Napawan, N. C., & Snyder, B. (2014). PoroCity: Networking cities for a changing climate. Architecture, Media, Politics, Society. Read
  • Napawan, N. C., & Snyder, B. (2016). #FOGWASTE: Participatory urbanism towards place-understanding. Strategic Design Research Journal. Read
  • Ortiz-Moya, F., Reggiani, M., Yang, Y., Taufen, A., & Kataoka, Y. (n.d.). Linking climate action and voluntary local reviews (VLRs): Moving towards sustainable cities and communities. SDGs Knowledge Hub, IISD. Read
  • Pevzner, N., Ko, Y., & Dimond, K. (2021). Power player. Landscape Architecture Magazine, 111(6), 106–117. Read
  • Premier, A., GhaffarianHoseini, A., & GhaffarianHoseini, A. (2022). Solar-powered smart urban furniture: Preliminary investigation on limits and potentials of current designs. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 11(2), 334–345. DOI
  • Simpson, S., Napawan, N. C., & Snyder, B. (2018). Our changing climate: A methodology for developing youth-led digital narratives on climate change. GeoHumanities. Read
  • Taufen, A., Hoffman, L., & Yocom, K. (2022). Assemblage as heuristic: Unveiling infrastructures of port city waterfronts. Territory, Politics, Governance. DOI
  • Taufen, A., & Lawrence, J. (2025). Operationalizing equity through a moral ecology framework: Serving sustainable regional innovation through an anthropology of infrastructure. Regional Futures Conference, Regional Studies Association, London.
Books and Chapters

The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim

Yang, Y., & Taufen, A. (Eds.). (2022). The Routledge handbook of sustainable cities and landscapes in the Pacific Rim (1st ed.). Routledge. DOI

Front Matter (3 chapters)
  1. Sustainable cities and landscapes: Cultivating infrastructures of health. Taufen, A., & Yang, Y. DOI
  2. The APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub: A platform for collaborative knowledge production and action. Johnson, B. R., & Ko, Y. DOI
  3. Learning spaces of policy mobility for sustainable cities and landscapes: The role of researchers and educators. Yang, Y., Taufen, A., & Tochen, R. DOI
Section 1 · Vulnerable Communities, Resilience & Climate Justice (7 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 1: Vulnerable communities, resilience, and climate justice. Cheng, C.
  2. Understanding vulnerability in cities: Perspectives from APRU Vulnerable Communities working group participants. Cheng, C., Pincetl, S., & McKenzie, L.
  3. Flood vulnerability assessment in Marinduque, Philippines using fuzzy logic and principal component analysis. Salvacion, A. R., Devanadera, M. C. E., Paro, F. R. C., Lecciones, A. J. M., & Eligue, J. C. L.
  4. Integrated water management model for coastal resilient city planning for hydro-meteorological hazards: A case study of 2015 Chennai Flood (India). Pal, I., & Suresh, S.
  5. Creating flooding resilience in buildings for aging communities in Taiwan. Yao, G. C., Chen, S.-M., Cheng, C., & Chou, W.
  6. Re-imagining our ancestors: Dispossession, resilience, and volatile nature. Bobbette, A.
  7. Future cities. Choi, H.
Section 2 · Food and Nutrition Security (6 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 2: Food and nutrition security. Dyball, R.
  2. Biodiversity and food security in a circular economy. Schooneveldt, J.
  3. Reimagining urban agriculture for sustainable urban futures: Education, health, and urban commons. Abelman, J., Chang, C.-Y., Chang, S. E., Hou, J., Hung, S.-H., Lai, P.-H., & Pryor, M.
  4. Novel horticultural adaptations to climate and their unique landscapes. Court, T., & Zeunert, J.
  5. A framework for studying the sustainability of urban food security and nutrition across scales. Wilkes, B.
  6. Food and nutrition security across three scales. Dyball, R., Wilkes, B., Davila, F., & Schooneveldt, J.
Section 3 · Cities and Biodiversity (6 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 3: Cities and biodiversity. Pierce, J. R.
  2. Operationalizing urban biodiversity: A guide for integrated action. Pierce, J. R., Barton, M. A., Brown, I. T., Johnson, B. R., Mooney, P. F., Tan, P. Y., Park, S., Jessup, K., Alberti, M., Harrigan, R. J., & Yun, M.
  3. The Satoyama Initiative for urban-rural connectivity at the landscape scale. Dunbar, W., Pastor-Ivars, J., & Yiu, E.
  4. Accounting for cities’ impacts on biodiversity in the global commons. Moore, J., & Kissinger, M.
  5. Engaging underserved urban audiences in environmental conservation. Diaz Carrasco, C. P., Fabregas Janeiro, M. L., & Drill, S. L.
  6. Urban aquatic ecology, restoration, and fishing on the Los Angeles River: Making it just blue enough. Drill, S., & Post, J.
Section 4 · Water (7 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 4: Water. Yocom, K. P.
  2. Redrawing our urban waters: Merging design, law, and policy in advancing distributed water systems. Muller, B., Amos, A., Cerra, J. F., Cheng, C., Feldman, D. L., Lau, T., Netusil, N. R., & Porse, E.
  3. Resilience-based planning and management of sustainable coastal cities and landscapes using spatial-temporal simulations. Chon, J.
  4. Reservoir urbanism in Shenzhen. Lu, X.
  5. Living on water: Amphibious communities in the Amazon Rainforest. Andrews, L., Bachman, R., & Paredes Fernandez, S.
  6. A classic case of the struggle to control a river: Is it wise to sacrifice the social and ecological functions of the river for flood safety?. Liao, K.-H., & Lee, T. Y.
  7. Watershed thinking: Landscape-city practices. Rottle, N. D.
Section 5 · Renewable Energy Landscapes (7 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 5: Renewable energy landscapes across the Pacific Rim. Coffman, M., & Ko, Y.
  2. Prospects for acceleration of socio-technical transitions for deep decarbonization. Barrett, B. F. D., Ohta, H., & Trencher, G.
  3. Understanding and monitoring the political valuation of renewable energy transitions using a model of perceived social acceptability. Ribe, R. G.
  4. ‘Conflicts of Greens’ in renewable energy landscapes: Case studies and a planning framework. Ko, Y., Coffman, M., Mulvaney, D., Copping, A., Wang, H.-W., & Barrett, B.
  5. Co-location for co-benefits: The SWOC analysis of brightfields and agrivoltaics. Fiorelli, T. J., Yu, Y., Ko, Y., Dimond, K., & Coffman, M.
  6. Site design for solar PV within the urban boundary. Dimond, K.
  7. Solar power and the just transition. Mulvaney, D.
Section 6 · Greenspace for Healthy Living (5 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 6: Greenspace for healthy living. Barron, S., Chang, C.-Y., & Hung, S.-H.
  2. People in changing landscapes: Trends and interventions in fostering human–nature interaction. Hung, S.-H., Barron, S., Yeh, Y.-C., & Cheung, M.
  3. Green space planning and policies for promoting public health. Chang, P.-J., Yeh, A., & Wu, M.-G.
  4. Research tools for investigating the relationship between environment and human health. Tsai, Y.-P., Liu, S.-Y., & Chang, C.-Y.
  5. From research to practice: Bridging the ‘knowledge-action’ gap. Hung, S.-H., Lee, C.-T., Tung, Y.-H., Tsai, Y.-P., Chang, C.-Y., & Tan, P.-Y.
Section 7 · Urban Design and Placemaking (7 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 7: Urban design and placemaking. Boarin, P., & Corkery, L.
  2. Urban green infrastructure as landscape-led planning: From the region to the streetscape. Corkery, L.
  3. Remaking public space for cooler, greener outcomes: A case study from Western Sydney. McKenzie, L.
  4. Delivering environmental sustainability outcomes in medium-density neighborhoods in Aotearoa New Zealand: A post-occupancy evaluation. Boarin, P., & Haarhoff, E.
  5. Architectural integration of solar energy at the urban scale: Case studies and potentials. Premier, A.
  6. Enhancing well-being and housing satisfaction through density: Resident perceptions in Auckland, New Zealand. Haarhoff, E., & Boarin, P.
  7. Everyday urbanism in high-density cities. Pryor, M.
Section 8 · Smart Sustainable Cities (7 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 8: Smart sustainable city initiative and its social and economic implications. Mohammadzadeh, M.
  2. Smart cities in the Pacific Rim: A mapping of urban evolution in the Pacific. Phung, S., Chang-Richards, A., & Mohammadzadeh, M.
  3. Envisioning urban commons as civic assemblages in the digitally augmented city. Manfredini, M.
  4. Fostering resilient and smart cities to enhance sustainable urban development. Berawi, M. A., Susantono, B., & Sari, M.
  5. Evaluating the impacts of the digital economy on land use planning. Bahmanteymouri, E.
  6. Rethinking streets with disruptive forces: How new mobility and responses to COVID advance street design. Schlossberg, M., Lewis, R., Haley, C., & Whalen, A.
  7. Does disruptive mobility drive urban sustainability? Two possible scenarios for Auckland, New Zealand (Aotearoa). Mohammadzadeh, M.
Section 9 · Co-production for Sustainable Development (9 chapters)
  1. Introduction to Section 9: Co-production for sustainable development. Taufen, A.
  2. Engaged scholarship and co-production: The role of higher education institutions in urban sustainability—A Pacific Rim perspective. Amparo, J. M. S., Pulumbarit, C. C., Malenab, M. C. T., Dangcalan, R. J. P., Mendoza, M. E. T., Visco, E. S., & Jimena, C. E. G.
  3. Structural erasure of Japanese Americans in pre-WWII Tacoma, Washington: Working to imagine alternative futures. Hoffman, L. M., & Hanneman, M. L.
  4. Chicana neighborhood activism: Gender, race, and sustainability. Sandoval, G. F., Sosa-Riddell, C., & Sosa-Riddell, A.
  5. Governing urban integration in China’s land-expropriation-induced resettlement neighborhoods: A Shanghai case study. Zhang, S.
  6. Evaluating the United Nations Habitat guiding principles for urban-rural linkages: A case study of Chengdu. Kjaersgaard, S. P., & Yang, Y.
  7. The co-production of risk knowledge: Initiatives emerging from Super Typhoon Haiyan. Casas, E. V., Jr., Pormon, M. M. M., Yanger, M. J. P., & Lejano, R. P.
  8. An Indigenous feminist lens: Dismantling the settler-colonial narratives of place-based knowledges in a climate justice world. Montgomery, M.
  9. Making sense of an emergent crisis: The case of the Pandemic Urbanism Symposium. Carver, E. H., Dunn, P. T., Idziorek, K., Nguyễn, L. T., & Umbanhowar, E.

Human Galápagos: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands

Dunn Insua, J., Córdova, X., & López-Andrade, J. (Eds.). (2026). Human Galapagos: Social and ecological interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. DOI

Forewords (2)
  • Foreword 1. Schneider, T. pp. v–ix.
  • Foreword 2. Ko, Y. pp. x–xvi.
Chapters (9)
  1. A historical and critical study of spatial planning for nature conservation in the Galapagos Islands. López-Andrade, J., Yang, Y., Dunn Insua, J., Boeckman, A., Priera, A., & Salazar, D. pp. 1–24. DOI
  2. Waterfront “membranes” and port infrastructure development in the Galápagos Islands: The case of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. Dunn Insua, J., López-Andrade, J., Segovia Amores, A. M., & Espinosa Alvarez, D. L. pp. 25–42. DOI
  3. Embellishing rocks: Accounts on the cultural imaginaries of the Galápagos Islands. Astudillo-Cueva, F., Guerra, M. A., Rosero-Contreras, P., & Quiroga, D. pp. 43–66. DOI
  4. Endemic architecture: The evolution of architectural forms in the Galapagos Islands—The case of San Cristóbal waterfront restaurants. Vargas Guarderas, C., López-Andrade, J., & O’Brien, E. pp. 67–84. DOI
  5. Freshwater in the Galapagos Islands: A multifaceted battle from water scarcity to wastewater management. Zambrano-Romero, A., Encalada, A. C., Escobar-Camacho, D., Rosero-López, D., Pazmiño, D., Arguello, D., Vásconez, H., Ayala, M. J., Gallegos, P., Morales, R. F., Hernández, S., Russel, K., & Ochoa-Herrera, V. pp. 85–110. DOI
  6. Energy transition and climate action in Galapagos: Policy evaluation and guiding principles. Doyon, A., Loyola Plúa, M. I., Cheng, C., & Ko, Y. pp. 111–124. DOI
  7. Exploring the interplay between endemic and invasive species in the Galapagos Islands: History of colonization and human populations. Torres, M. L., Albuja-Quintana, M., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Pozo, G., Pozo, M. J., Alarcón-Bolaños, P., Dávila-Játiva, M., Peñaherrera-Romero, E., De Morejón, D., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E, R. J., & Velasco, D. pp. 125–150. DOI
  8. Supporting Galápagos native species via ecological landscape design in urban greenspaces. Langellotto, G. A., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Dávila-Játiva, M., Park, S., Emond Miller, N. M., Velasco-Cedeño, D., Sun, W., Peñaherrera-Romero, E., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E, R. J., Mo, F., De Morejón, D., & Li, H. pp. 151–187. DOI
  9. Co-evolution toward harmony: Reimagining sustainability planning and governance in Galapagos landscapes through past insights and future visions. Yang, Y., & López-Andrade, J. pp. 191–220. DOI
Epilogue (1)
  • Epilogue: Future Galapagos. Walsh, S. J., & Mena, C. F. pp. 221–230.

Living With Water

Doyon, A., Cheng, C., & Adeel, Z. (Eds.). (in press). Living with Water. Springer. (Forthcoming)