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Jerold S. Kayden, an urban planner and lawyer, is the Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, cochair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and the Director of the Master in Urban Planning Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He specializes in planning and environmental law, public and private real estate development, and the impact of regulations on design. He has written and consulted widely in these areas, both domestically and internationally. Kayden is coauthor of Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience and Landmark Justice: The Influence of William J. Brennan on AmericasCommunities; he is coeditor of Zoning and the American Dream: Promises Still to Keep.