Mark Swilling Editor & Author

Mirjam van Donk is a director of Isandla Institute; a former independent consultant on HIV/AIDS, gender, and development for international and national organizations; and a former project coordinator for the Local Government for the Gender Advocacy Program.

Mark Swillingis a professor for the School of Public Leadership at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, the coordinator of the postgraduate program in sustainable development, the academic director of the Sustainability Institute, and a member of the International Resource Panel convened by the United Nations Environment Program.

Edgar Pieterse is the director of the African Center for Cities and the co-editor of Voices of the Transition.

Susan Parnell is a professor of urban geography in the department of environmental and geographical science at the University of Cape Town and a director of Isandla Institute, South Africa.