Stephen Hamnett is Professor of Regional and Urban Planning at the University of South Australia. He is the author of Bouwen en Wonen in Onzekerheid (1978) with Andreas Faludi, Flexibility and Commitment in Planning (1983) with Andreas Faludi and others, and co-editor of Urban Australia: Planning Issues and Policies (1987) with Raymond Bunker.
Robert Freestone is Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Development at the University of New South Wales. He is the author of Model Communities (1989) and editor of Spirited Cities (1993).