PhD (ANU), MPhil (Univ of Hong Kong), MSc (Univ of Hong Kong), BBA (Chinese Univ of Hong Kong)
Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment
Contact details for Dr Alex Lo
Research Expertise
- Ecological economics; environmental valuation (stated preference approaches); environmental values and behaviour; ethics and economics
- Political economy of climate change; carbon pricing policies; community adaptation to climate change
- Public perception of urban landscape; recreational use and social role of urban green spaces
- Deliberative policy evaluation; public participation in environmental planning and management
Current Teaching Areas
- 1161ENV Environmental Economics and Policy (Gold Coast)
Selected Publications
- Lo, A. Y., and Spash, C. L. (accepted) ‘Deliberative Monetary Valuation: In search of a Democratic and Value Plural Approach to Environmental Policy’, Journal of Economic Surveys.
- Lo, A. Y. and Jim, C. Y. (2012) ‘Citizen attitude and expectation towards greenspace provision in compact urban milieu’, Land Use Policy.
- Lo, A. Y. (2012) ‘The encroachment of value pragmatism on pluralism: The practice of the valuation of urban green space using stated-preference approach’, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
- Lo, A. Y. (2011) ‘Analysis and democracy: The antecedents of the deliberative approach of ecosystems valuation’, Environment and Planning C: Government & Policy. 29 (6)
- Lo, A. Y. (2010) ‘Active conflict or passive coherence: The political economy of climate change in China’, Environmental Politics.19 (6), pp. 1012-1017.
- Lo, A. Y. (2010) ‘China’s Response to Climate Change’, Environmental Science and Technology. 44 (15), pp. 5689-5690.
- Lo, A. Y. and Jim, C. Y. (2010) ‘Differential community effects on perception and use of urban greenspaces’, Cities. 27 (6), pp. 430-442.
- Lo, A. Y. and Jim, C. Y. (2010) ‘Willingness of residents to pay and motives for conservation of urban green spaces in the compact city of Hong Kong’, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 9, pp. 113-120.
- Lo, A. Y. H. (2008) ‘Achieving environmental goals in a competitive electricity market?: Post-colonial Hong Kong, public choice and the role of government’, Energy and Environment, 19(7), pp. 958-978.
- Lo, A. Y. H. (2008) ‘Merging electricity and environment politics of Hong Kong: Identifying the barriers from the ways that sustainability is defined’, Energy Policy, 36(4), pp. 1521-1537.