文森特·纳丁(Vincent Nadin)是英国布里斯托尔西英格兰大学环境与规划中心高级讲师(Reader in the Centre for Environment and Planning at the University of the West of England，Bristol，UK)，荷兰代尔夫特理工大学OTB研究所访问研究员(Visiting Research Fellow in the OTB Research Institute，Delft University of Technology，the Netherlands)，德国汉诺威大学环境规划研究院访问研究员(Visiting Research Fellow in the Institute for Environmental Planning，University of Hannover，Germany)。他同时也是《规划实践与研究》(Planning Practice and Research)的编辑。

巴里·卡林沃思(Barry Cullingworth)是英国剑桥大学土地经济系高级研究员(Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge)，美国特拉华大学城市事务与公共政策方向的名誉教授(UK and Emeritt~s Professor of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware，USA)。