Editors

Peter Nijkamp is an emeritus professor of regional and urban economics and economic geography at the VU University, and is affiliated with the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS), ‘s-Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm (Sweden) and A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland). He serves on the editorial/advisory boards of more than 30 journals. According to the RePec list he is one of the top 30 most well known economists in the world.

Kingsley E. Haynes built the School of Public Policy at George Mason University (Fairfax, USA) and served as Dean of the School until July 2010. He also holds appointments in the departments of Decision Sciences, Geography and Public Affairs. Professor Haynes teaches classes in environmental system management, policy analysis, urban planning methodology and regional economic development. His recent research activities have focused on minimum information forecasting and intelligent transportation systems. Research methodology has been related to risk assessment and decisions under conditions of uncertainty, mathematical programming applications, and the relationship between regional economic development, science and technology policy and smart infrastructure on domestic and international competitiveness.