About the Author

Richard Peiser was appointed the first Michael D. Spear Professor of Real Estate Development in the department of urban planning and design at Harvard University. He is a former professor at the University of Southern California and the author of Reducing Crime Through Real Estate Development and Regenerating Older Suburbs. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

David Hamilton is a professor of real estate finance and development at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and the chief operating officer of Geobarns. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont.