Carlos J. L. Balsas, Ph.D., FHEA, AICP, is a lecturer in planning at the Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment at Ulster University (U.K.). He is an urban and regional planner trained in Europe and the USA with graduate degrees (MRP and PhD) in regional planning from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a licentiate degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has also taught and conducted research at the University at Albany, the State University of New York (SUNY), and the Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe (U.S.). Carlos Balsas has chaired and/or served on Master's and PhD advisory committees and performed professional service in the U.S., Brazil, and Portugal. Several of his advanced planning studios and report-directed courses have won professional planning awards in Arizona and New York. Carlos Balsas authored the award-winning book "Walkable Cities—Revitalization, Vibrancy, and Sustainable Consumption" (SUNY Press, 2019).