Hironori KatoDr. Hironori Kato is a Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo. His research concerns are transportation planning and policy, international transportation, and transportation in developing countries. He has contibuted to many advisory/research committees of the central and local governments in Japan as a policy advisor, such as Special Member of the Council for Transport Policy (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan) while he has also worked for international development projects as a technical advisor to Japan International Cooperation Agency. He has experienced many projects organized by international institutions such as Asian Development Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. His work has appeared in many journals, including Elsevier's Transport Policy, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, and European Journal of Operational Research. Dr. Kato has also served as the Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier's Journal, Asian Transport Studies. Read More Read Less