Anthony Yeh is Chair, Professor, and Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Director of the Geographic Information Systems Research Centre, and Deputy Convener of the Contemporary China Studies Strategic Research Area at the University of Hong Kong. He was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003 and Fellow of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World in 2010. He has been the Secretary-General of the Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA) since 1993. Yeh’s fields of interest include land use planning, urban renewal, new towns, geographic information systems, and urban planning and development in Hong Kong, China, and South East Asia. He has done fieldwork in Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines as well as in Hong Kong and China.