Gridded dataset on land surface temperature and selected environmental and socioeconomic features in Southeast Asian metropolises.

As Southeast Asia grapples with extreme heat occurrences in recent years, mapping which areas are clustered with elevated temperatures is crucial for monitoring the at-risk population. Identifying the contributing factors to the warming trends in these areas is also vital in formulating adaptation and mitigation strategies. This dataset comprises land surface temperature (LST) in three metropolises in the region - Metropolitan Manila, Bangkok Metropolitan Area, and Greater Jakarta - downloaded and processed from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument.

Food Choice Determinants and Changes in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted food behavior choices, including in procurement, preparation, and waste management. Although some of these behavior changes have resulted in positive economic outcomes, such as the growth of employment opportunities for food delivery personnel, others have been deemed environmentally unsustainable, such as the increase in materials used for food packaging. This study examined how the pandemic intensified the negotiations between sustainability and health in food choice behaviors in Hong Kong and demonstrated how contextual and social determinants influenced these behaviors.

A dataset on two decades of Japan's energy investments in Southeast Asian countries, 2000-2020.

Between 2000 and 2020, Japan played a crucial role in transforming Southeast Asia's energy sector, contributing significantly to local, national, and regional development. This period saw substantial Japanese investments in various energy sources, including renewable energy initiatives and continued use of fossil fuels, while emphasising capacity development. Our research involved an extensive and systematic inventory of secondary resources, with meticulous validation and fact-checking of critical project data.

Two decades of rice research in Indonesia and the Philippines: A systematic review and research agenda for the social sciences.

While rice studies are abundant, they usually focus on macro-level rice production and yield data, genetic diversity, cultivar varieties, and agrotechnological innovations. Moreover, many of these studies are either region-wide or concentrated on countries in the Global North. Collecting, synthesizing, and analyzing the different themes and topic areas in rice research since the beginning of the 21st century, especially in the Global South, remain unaddressed areas.