Hank Savitch is a former President of the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. He has published 10 books or monographs on various aspects of urban development, public policy, and regional governance. His coauthored volume Cities in the International Marketplace (Princeton University Press) received the best book award in the urban field from the American Political Science Association and is translated into Spanish as Ciudades en el Mercado Internacional. He also served as co-editor of the Journal of Urban Affairs. His latest work was published in 2008 and is titled Cities in a Time of Terror: Space, Territory and Local Resilience. His more than 80 articles have appeared in leading journals, collected works, and research outlets. Savitch has received numerous awards both in the United States and abroad. His research and writing mainly cover the fields of comparative urban development, urban policy, territorial rescaling, and city-county consolidation