Understanding Contemporary Asian Pacific, edited by Katherine Karp (Lyne Riennwr, Publisher, Boulder and London. 2021. My Chapter ‘Population and Urbanization, pp 293-321.
Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia, edited by Rita Padawangi (Routledge, Oxford, 2019)
My Chapter: ‘Knowledge, Creativity and the City’
Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience
Edited by Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes (Routledge, London, 2011)
Our Chapter: ‘Risks, Reliance and Planning in Asian Cities’
Sustainable Development in China edited by Curtis Andressen, Mubarak A.R., and Wang Xiaoyi (Routledge, London, 2013)
My essay ‘China’s Cities: Reflecting on the Last 25 Years’
Planning Singapore. The Experimental City. Edited by Stephen Hamnett and Belinda Yen (Routledge, London, 2019) . My endorsement on the back cover.
Australian Overseas Aid: Future Directions, Edited by Phillip Eldridge, Dean Forbes and Doug Porter 2020 (Routledge, London & New York. A new print of the book). I was an Editor and contributor.
BLOGS 2021
Vale Michael Taylor
COVID-19 2021
Asia Pacific
Art and memory
Vale Michael Somare
Which way USA?
2020 in hindsight
COVID-19 Blog 31/12/2020
Pyrmont Peninsula Strategy
The China situation
Rip Curl’s art of the wetsuit
Higher Ed fees
A Visionary Politician
Pyrmont’s future
Vale Denise Bradley
George Gittoes war artist
The cartographer’s cat
Overseas development aid
2019 in hindsight
#6 Grey Suits and Red Stars: Vietnam 1983
#2 Place, Emotion, Memory: Papua New Guinea
#1 Port Moresby: university days
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‘Humanities and social sciences will wither if they retreat into ideological corners‘ 8/12/18
‘Could limiting foreign influence also limit overseas income?’ 30/8/18
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Book Reviews & Commentary 2015-2021 2008-2014
Tim Baker The Rip Curl Story New!
Angela Woollacott Don Dunstan. The Visionary Politician Who Changed Australia New!
Matt Flinders, Philippa Sandall and Gillian Dooley Trim The Cartographer’s Cat
Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell Half the Perfect World
Anne Summers Unfettered And Alive. A Memoir
Geoffrey Blainey Before I Forget
Peter Greste The First Casualty
Alan Bennett Untold Stories
Bob Carr Run For Your Life
Hugh Riminton Minefields
Clive Hamilton Silent Invasion. China’s Influence in Australia
Gareth Evans Incorrigible Optimist. A Political Memoir
Philippe Paquet Simon Lays Navigator Between Two Worlds
Bernadette Brennan A Writing Life: Helen Garner
