Tridib Banerjee is Professor of planning and holder of the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning, in the School of Policy, Planning and Development, at the University of Southern California. His research, teaching, and writings focus on the design and planning of the built environment from a comparative perspective. He is interested in the political economy of urban design and development, and the effects of globalization on transitional urban form and urbanism. His publications include: Beyond the Neighborhood Unit (with William C. Baer, 1984); City Sense and City design: Writings and Projects of Kevin Lynch (co-edited with Michael Southworth, 1990); and Urban Design Downtown: Poetics and Politics of Form (with Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, 1998).