Yok-Shiu Frederick Lee is Associate Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong.

James E. Nickum is Vice-President, International Water Resources Association, Professorial Research Associate, School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London, UK, and Senior Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. He is also editor-in-chief of the journal Water International (Taylor & Francis).He was for a decade a Professor in the Department of International Studies, Tokyo Jogakkan College, Japan.