Rumi Aijaz is Senior Fellow at the ORF, New Delhi, India. His educational qualifications include a Master’s in Geography (JNU, 1992), Regional Planning (SPA, 1994) and PhD in Urban Governance (SPA, 2004). He has been a post-doctoral visiting fellow at the Asia Research Centre, LSE (2006). He is also an associate member of the Institute of Town Planners, India. He has worked with the NGO Sanket (1994-95) and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (1996-1999 and 2004-05). He has also undertaken a study on gender for the Royal Netherlands Embassy (1996-97). During his education and professional career, he has been involved in numerous studies covering a range of social science topics such as socio-economic and human development, ecology and physical environment, small scale industries, women empowerment, public health, transportation and urbanisation. His writings and views have found place in leading world journals, and acknowledged by prominent Indian and foreign institutions and news agencies.

Andrej Holm is Research Fellow, Department of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Paul Kennedy is Corporate Energy Manager, City Surveyor’s Department, City of London Corporation, London, United Kingdom.

Hermann Knoflacher is Professor Emeritus, Institute for Transport Planning and Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

Stefan Krätke is Chair of Economic and Social Geography, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.

Eduardo Samper is Professor (Art Faculty), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

Jayshree Sengupta is a Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, India.

Ulrich Schachtschneider, Freelance Author, Energy Advisor and Trainer, Oldenburg, Germany, is an active member of the discussion group “Sustainability”, of RLS.

Raymond J. Struyk is former Senior Fellow, International Projects Department, National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago, Bethesda, Maryland (MD), USA.

Yue Wu is Director, Tongji University Center for Urban Development Studies, and Principal, Design Future Studio, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.