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Peter William Geoffrey Newman (born 1945) is an environmental scientist, author and educator based in Perth, Western Australia. He is currently Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University〔(Curtin University: Staff Profiles ), retrieved 19 August 2010〕 and since 2008 member of Infrastructure Australia. He has a PhD degree in Chemistry (1972, University of Western Australia) and completed post doctoral studies in Environmental Science, Delft University, Dip EST, Environmental Science, 1972. Peter Newman is known for popularizing the term ‘automobile dependence’ in the second half of the 1980s. He was closely associated with the redevelopment of Perth's rail system from 1979 to the present, which is now seen as a model for how car dependent cities can change towards more sustainable transport. He is author of numerous publications on sustainable cities and a Lead Author for Transport on the IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ==Career and influence== Peter Newman is best known internationally for popularizing the term ‘automobile dependence’ in the second half of the 1980s to explain how the cities of the time based on sprawling suburbs were inevitably leading to the growth in automobile use. (The term had actually existed since 1911.) He led an international research with colleague Jeff Kenworthy of transport practices and structures (original data collected on 33 global cities). The results were published in ''Cities and Automobile Dependence: An International Sourcebook'', which introduced the concept of car dependence - now a feature of planning literature and policy. The two researchers later collaborated on the book ''Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence'' which was launched in the White House in 1999, as the President’s Council on Sustainable Development was moving toward a more urban focus. In ''Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems: Principles and Practices'' written with Isabella Jennings, Newman shows how city residents can begin to reintegrate into their bioregional environment, and how cities themselves can be planned with ecological sustainability in mind. Drawing on examples from many parts of the world, the authors show how urban redevelopment in some cities has involved harvesting rainwater, greening roofs, and producing renewable energy. Other cities have biodiversity parks for endangered species, community gardens that support a connection to their foodshed, and pedestrian-friendly spaces that encourage walking and cycling.〔( Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems: Principles and Practices )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Newman (environmental scientist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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