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Peter Newman is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia. Their academic work spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science, Psychology, and Social Sciences. Within these broad areas, they have contributed to subfields such as Social Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science, Transportation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics cover a variety of themes related to human interaction with the environment, including:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation

Peter Newman's recent papers illustrate their focus on environmental and social dynamics, especially in the context of human well-being and outdoor activities. These include:

  • "Changes in recreational behaviors of outdoor enthusiasts during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis across urban and rural communities" (2020), published in Journal of Urban Ecology
  • "The phantom chorus: birdsong boosts human well-being in protected areas" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Who Started, Stopped, and Continued Participating in Outdoor Recreation during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States? Results from a National Panel Study" (2021), published in Land
  • "Ecosystem services enhanced through soundscape management link people and wildlife" (2020), published in People and Nature
  • "Psychosocial Factors Influencing Outdoor Recreation During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021), published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Frequent collaborators in their work include the following researchers:

  • B. Derrick Taff
  • Zachary D. Miller
  • William L. Rice
  • Ben Lawhon
  • Stephanie Freeman

Peter Newman has published multiple articles in notable venues, with more than one publication in the following journals:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Land
  • Journal of Interpretation Research
  • Applied Geography
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Best Publications

  • Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence

    Peter W. G. Newman;Jeffrey R. Kenworthy

  • CITIES AND AUTOMOBILE DEPENDENCE: AN INTERNATIONAL SOURCEBOOK

    P G Newman;J R Kenworthy

  • Gasoline Consumption and Cities: A Comparison of U.S. Cities with a Global Survey

    Peter W. G. Newman;Jeffrey R. Kenworthy

  • Urban Planning in Europe: International Competition, National Systems and Planning Projects

    Peter Newman;Andy Thornley

  • Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change

    Peter W. G. Newman;Timothy Beatley;Heather Boyer

  • Sustainability and cities: extending the metabolism model

    Peter W.G Newman

  • Cities as sustainable ecosystems : principles and practices

    Peter W. G. Newman;Isabella Jennings

  • Technical Summary: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty

    M. Allen;P. Antwi-Agyei;F. Aragon-Durand;M. Babiker

  • Cities and automobile dependence

    P Newman

  • The land use—transport connection: An overview

    Peter W G Newman;Jeffrey R Kenworthy

  • Urban Design to Reduce Automobile Dependence

    Peter Newman;Jeffrey Kenworthy

  • Redefining the Smart City: Culture, Metabolism and Governance

    Zaheer Allam;Peter Newman

  • An international sourcebook of automobile dependence in cities, 1960-1990

    J R Kenworthy;F B Laube;P Newman;P Barter

  • Strengthening and Implementing the Global Response

    Heleen de Coninck;A. Revi;M. Babiker;P. Bertoldi

  • The environmental impact of cities

    Peter Newman

  • The End of Automobile Dependence

    Peter Newman;Jeffrey Kenworthy

  • Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities

    Timothy Beatley;Peter Newman

  • Cities and automobile dependence : a sourcebook

    Peter W. G. Newman;Jeffrey R. Kenworthy

  • ‘Peak Car Use’: Understanding the Demise of Automobile Dependence

    Peter Newman;Jeff Kenworthy

  • Sustainable urban systems: Co-design and framing for transformation

    Robert Webb;Xuemei Bai;Xuemei Bai;Mark Stafford Smith;Robert Costanza

  • Cities as sustainable ecosystems

    Peter Newman;Isabella Jennings

Frequent Co-Authors

Goen Ho
Goen Ho Murdoch University
Robert E. Manning
Robert E. Manning University of Vermont
Reinhard Mechler
Reinhard Mechler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Marcos Silveira Buckeridge
Marcos Silveira Buckeridge Universidade de São Paulo
Linda Steg
Linda Steg University of Groningen
Sabine Fuss
Sabine Fuss International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Roland Séférian
Roland Séférian Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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