Dr LIU Shuwen Karen

Introduction 

Karen Liu has joined the Department of Social Sciences in 2022. She received her PhD degree in Geography from the University of Hong Kong, PGDE from the Education University of Hong Kong, and bachelor and master's degrees in environmental science from the Sun Yat-sen University. Before joining the department, Karen was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (2017-2022), and an Assistant Professor in Faculty of International Tourism and Management at City University of Macau (2016-2017). 

Research Areas 

Tourism and Sustainable Development 
Nature-based Tourism 
Tourism and Climate Change 
Cultural Tourism 

Teaching Areas 

Tourism and Sustainability 
Principles and Practice of Ecotourism 
Cultural Tourism 
Sustainable Development and Policy 
Pedagogy in Geographical Education 

Selected Publications 
Lo, A. L., Liu, S., Chow, A. S. Y., Pei, Q., Cheung, L. T. O., Fok, L. (2021). In government we trust? Micro-business adaptation to climate change in four post-colonial and transitional economies of China. Global Environmental Change, 69, 102305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102305. 
Lo, A. L., Liu, S., Chow, A. S. Y., Pei, Q., Cheung, L. T. O., Fok, L. (2021). Business vulnerability assessment: a firm-level analysis of micro- and small businesses in China. Natural Hazards, 108, 867-890. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04710-z 
Lo, A. L., Liu, S., Cheung, L. T. O. & Chan, F. K. S. (2020). Contested transformations: Sustainable economic development and capacity for adapting to climate change, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 110(1): 223-241, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2019.1625748 
Lo, A. L., Chow, A. S. Y., Liu, S. & Cheung, L. T. O. (2019). Community business resilience: adaptation practice of micro- and small enterprises around the Pearl River Estuary. Climatic Change, 157: 565-585, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02562-y 
Chow, A. S. Y., Liu, S. & Cheung, L. T. O. (2019). Importance of residents’ satisfaction for supporting future tourism development in rural areas of Hong Kong, Asian Geographer, 36(2): 185-199, DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2019.1634110 
Lo, A. L., Liu, S. & Cheung, L. T. O. (2019). Socio-economic conditions and small business vulnerability to climate change impacts in Hong Kong, Climate and Development, 11:10, 930-942, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2019.1594665 
Ma, A. T. H., Chow, A. S. Y., Cheung, L. T. O., & Liu, S. (2018). Self-determined travel motivation and environmentally responsible behaviour of Chinese visitors to national forest protected areas in South China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 16, e00480. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00480 
Ma, A. T. H., Chow, A. S. Y., Cheung, L. T. O., Lee, K. M. Y. and Liu, S. (2018). Impacts of tourists' sociodemographic characteristics on the Travel Motivation and Satisfaction: The case of protected areas in South China. Sustainability, 10(10), 3388. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103388 
Lo, A. Y. & Liu, S. (2018). Towards sustainable consumption: A socio-economic analysis of household waste recycling outcome in Hong Kong. Journal of Environmental Management, 214, 416-425. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.029 Liu, S., Cheung, L. T. O., Lo, A. Y. & Fang, W. (2018). Livelihood benefits from post-earthquake nature-based tourism development: A survey of local residents in rural China. Sustainability, 10(3), 699. DOI:10.3390/su10030699 
Liu, S., Cheng, I. & Cheung, L. (2017). The Roles of Formal and Informal Institutions in Small Tourism Business Development in Rural Areas of South China. Sustainability, 9(7), 1194. DOI:10.3390/su9071194 
Liu, S., & Cheung, L. T. O. (2016). Sense of place and tourism business development: a case study of an island rural community in South China. Tourism Geographies, 18(2), 174-193. DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2016.1149513 
Liu, Karen S.W., Gou, Gloria R. & Cheung, L. T. O. (2016). Understanding participants’ motivation and willingness to pay for joining ecotourism training courses in Hong Kong. Asian Geographer, 33(1), 23-34. DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2016.1158117