Roger Keil is Professor at the FES, York University, Toronto. He researches global suburbanization, cities and infectious disease, and regional governance. He is Principal Investigator of a “Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land & Infrastructure in the 21st Century” (www.yorku.ca/suburbs) and editor of Suburban Constellations (http://www.jovis.de/index.php?idcatside=4044&lang=2)