Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University and is on the Board of Infrastructure Australia that is funding infrastructure for the long term sustainability of Australian cities. He has recently returned from a North American tour promoting his two new books ‘Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change’ and ‘Green Urbanism Down Under’, both written with Tim Beatley. In 2001-3 Peter directed the production of WA’s Sustainability Strategy in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. It was the first state sustainability strategy in the world. In 2004-5 he was a Sustainability Commissioner in Sydney advising the government on planning issues. In 2006/7 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Virginia Charlottesville where he wrote his new books. In Perth, Peter is best known for his work in saving, reviving and extending the city’s rail system. Peter invented the term ‘automobile dependence’ to describe how we have created cities where we have to drive everywhere. For 30 years since he attended Stanford University during the first oil crisis he has been warning cities about preparing for peak oil. Peter’s book with Jeff Kenworthy 'Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence' was launched in the White House in 1999. He was a Councillor in the City of Fremantle from 1976-80 where he still lives.

Books (Authored, Research)

• Jennings , I, and Newman , P. 2008. Cities as sustainable ecosystems: principles and practices. Washington, DC: Island Press.
• Newman , P, and Beatley, T. 2008. Green Urbanism Down Under: Learning from Sustainable Communities in Australia. Washington, DC: Island Press.

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

• Newman, P. 2008. Transforming Cities: A Sustainable Cities Framework for Housing. In Steering sustainability in an urbanizing world : policy, practice and performance, eds Anitra Nelson, 2-2. Aldershot, England: Ashgate.
• Newman, P. 2008. The Oil Transition and its Implications for More Compact, Transit oriented Cities. In Transitions: pathways towards sustainable urban development in Australia, eds Newton, Peter W, 75-90. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing.
• Kenworthy, J, and Newman , P. 2007. Greening Urban Transportation. In State of the world, 2007, 24 Edition, 66-85. Washington, DC: Earthscan.
• Newman, P, and Kenworthy, J. 2007. Greening Urban Transportation. In State of the World: Our Urban Future, 1 Edition, eds Linda Starke, 66-85. Washington DC, USA: Worldwatch Institute.
• Newman, P. 2007. Sustainability Assessment. In The International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management, eds Dora Marinova, David Annandale and John Phillimore, 374-389. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
• Newman , P, and Kenworthy, J. 2007. Sustainable Urban Form and Transport Policies. In Threats from car traffic to the quality of urban life: problems, causes and solutions, 293-311. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
• Newman, P, and Kenworthy, J. 2007. Sustainable Urban Form: Transport Infrastructure and Transport Policies. In Threats From Car Traffic to the Quality of Urban Life: Problems, Causes and Solutions, 1 Edition, eds Tommy Garling and Linda Steg, 293-311. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd..
• Newman , P. 2007. Travel time budgets as a tool for sustainable urban design. In Urban Sustainability through environmental design. London: Routledge.
• Newman, P. 2007. Travel Time Budgets as a Tool for Sustainable Urban Design. In Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design: Approaches to time-people-place responsive urban spaces, eds Kevin Thwaites, Sergio Porta, Ombretta Romice and Mark Greaves, 87-94. USA: Routledge.
• Hartz-Karp, J, and Newman , P. 2006. The participative route to sustainability. In Community voices: Creating sustainable spaces, 28-42. Australia: University of Western Australia.
• Newman , P. 2006. Sustainability Assessment. In The International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management, 374-389. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Newman , P. 2005. Regional sustainability: Principles and practices with a case study on Western Australia. In Handbook of sustainability Research. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Scientific Publishing.
• Newman , P. 2005. Urban design and transport. In In search of sustainabilty, 123-136. Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
• Newman , P. 2005. Sustainability in the Wild West. In The Natural Advantage of Nations, 271-284. London: Earthscan.
• Larid , P, and Newman , P. 2003. Back on track: Will Australia Return to Rail?. In Earthscan Reader on World Transport Policy and Practice, 99-104. London: Earthscan.
• Newman , P. 2003. Global Cities, Transport, Energy and the Future: Will Ecosocialisation Reverse the historic trends?. In Making Urban Transport Sustainable. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Newman , P. 2003. Walking in a historical, international and contemporary context. In Sustainable Transport, eds Rodney Tolley, 48-58. England: Woodhead Publishing limited.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

• Newman, P, Kenworthy, J, and Glazebrook, G. 2008. How to create exponential decline in car use in Australian Cities. Australian Planner 45(3): 17-19.
• Marinova, D, and Newman , P. 2008. The changing research funding regime in Australia and academic productivity. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 78(2-3): 283-291.
• Newman , P, and Falconer, R. 2008. Transport policy for a fuel constrained future: an overview of options. World Transport Policy and Practice 14(3): 32-46.
• Newman, P. 2007. Planning for Transit-Orientated Development in Australian Cities. BEDP Environment Design Guide 2: 1-11.
• Newman, P. 2007. Beyond Peak Oil: Will our Cities Collapse?. Journal of Urban Technology 14(2): 15-30.
• Hogan, T, and Newman, P. 2007. George Sneddon: Pioneer of Regional Environmentalism. Westerly 52: 10-23.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

• Newman, P, Giles-corti, B, and Falconer, R. 2008. Living on the Edge: Transport sustainability in Perth's Liveable neighbourhoods. PATREC Research Forum, 02/10/2008. Perth: Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC).
• Newman , P, and Marinova, D. 2005. Academic Productivity and the Changing Research Funding Models in Australia: What is the True Picture?. MODSIM 05 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 01/12/2005. unknown: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
• Newman , P, McGrath, N, and Marinova, D. 2005. Crossing borders through reflective and participatory practice: Learning, researching, teaching and facilitating sustainability. Proceedings of Teaching and Learning Forum 2005, 03/02/2005. Murdoch University, Perth: Unknown.
• Marinova, D, Newman , P, Hartz-Karp, J, and McGrath, N. 2005. Deliberative dialogue for sustainability: A new era of participatory planning in western australia?. Proceedings of the international conference on engaging communities, 14/08/2005. Brisbane: Queensland Department of Main Roads.
• McGrath, N, Marinova, D, and Newman , P. 2004. Dialogue with the City: An Era of Participatory Planning for Provision of More Sustainable Infrastructure in Perth?. 6th International Summer Academy on Technology Studies - Urban infrastructure in Transition, 11/07/2004. Deutschlandsberg, Austria: unknown.