Emeritus Professor/Dr. Shin MuramatsuHe is an emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo (Japan). His research has mainly focused on the history of Chinese architecture. He has currently aimed to integrate architecture histories of East Asian countries. He was awarded Masayoshi Ohira Prize in 1999. He was a project leader of “Megacities and the Global Environment” in the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Kyoto, Japan) during 2009-2015. He obtained BSc in Engineering in 1978, MSc in Engineering in 1980, and Ph.D. in Engineering in 1988 (The University of Tokyo, Japan). He studied at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) during 1981-1984. Emeritus Professor/Dr. Terry McGeeHe is an emeritus professor at British Columbia University (Canada). He is currently carrying ongoing research for a book on ‘The Southeast Asian City Revisited’ (tentative title) funded by research grants from the Institute of Asian Research UBC, research on the sustainability of Asian mega-regions funded by the University of Tokyo, and research on Malaysian urbanization with colleagues at the University Kebangsaan, Malaysia. He created his own model ‘McGee Model’ in 1967. He was awarded Vautrin Lud Prize in 2009. He earned a BA (The University of New Zealand), MA, and a Ph.D. in 1969 (The University of Wellington. (Beijing, China) during 1981-1984. Professor/Dr. Koichiro MoriHe is a professor of economics at Shiga University (Japan). His interests are urban sustainability, the development of the city sustainability index, ecological-economic modelling, practical solutions promoting pro-environmental behaviour, and the SDGs in profit-seeking companies. He developed a city sustainability index (CSI) in the project in the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Kyoto, Japan), focusing on megacities. He got BA in Commerce and Business Administration in 1994 and MA in Commerce and Business Administration in 1996 (Hitotsubashi University, Japan). He received Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and Management in 2006 (The University of York, UK).
