About the Author

Jeffrey S. Nesbit is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Office for Urbanization at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Nesbit’s research focuses on urbanization, infrastructure, and the evolution of technical lands.

Charles Waldheim is John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Office for Urbanization at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Waldheim’s research examines the relations between landscape, ecology, and contemporary urbanism.