Danilo Palazzo is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Design at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His books includeSulle spalle dei giganti(Franco Angeli, 1997),Transforming the Places of Production(Olivares, 2002 with Fossa, Lane, Pirani),Urban Design(MondadoriUniversità, 2008). He recently wrote an essay for theCompanion to Urban Design(Routledge, 2010). Frederick R. Steiner is dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas, Austin, where he holds the Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Architecture. His books includeHuman Ecology: Following Nature's Lead(Island Press, 2002),The Living Landscape, (Island Press, 2008) and,The Essential Ian McHarg(Island Press,… 2006).