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Winning Back the Cities

Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy & Les Robinson

This very popular guide is essential reading for decision-makers, planners, activists and students interested in our urban future.

Evaluation of Danish Ecological Housing and Planning : Final Report

Jan Scheurer

Experiments on ecological housing have taken place in Denmark for a long time, but few studies have been done to evaluate the results. This report attempts to fill in some of the gaps and proposes a methodology of such evaluation studies.

An Urban Village Project in North Coogee: Discussion Paper

Jan Scheurer, Kate Barnett & Peter Newman

Looks at scenarios for medium density, mixed use reurbanisation in Fremantle and Cockburn.

Optimal Urban Population Density: A Case Study in Minimising Energy Use in Transport and Buildings

Andrew Woodroffe

An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities, 1960 - 1990

Jeff Kenworthy, Felix Laube and others

Extensive and detailed digest of urban data about land use, transportation and energy use of 46 international cities. A valuable source of information for anyone concerned with the impact of the automobile on urban environments and the role of planning in helping to shape better cities

(Niwot, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 1999. 704 pp. )
ISBN 0870815237 H/B $125.00

Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence

Peter Newman & Jeff Kenworthy

A textbook for planners, policy-makers and citizens trying to move cities away from car dependence to a more sustainable future. Launched in The White House.

Indicators of Transport Efficiency in 37 Global Cities

Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy, Felix Laube & Paul Barter

A report to The World Bank.

Automobile Dependence: 'The Irresistible Force?'

Jeff Kenworthy & Peter Newman

This paper critically examines the proposition that the automobile is unstoppable and presents data on US, Australian, European and Asian cities.

Moving Melbourne: A Public Transport Strategy for Inner Melbourne

Jeff Kenworthy & Peter Newman

Transport Energy Conservation Policies for Australian Cities: Strategies for Reducing Automobile Dependence

Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy & Tom Lyons

This compendium of data and articles is compulsory reading for those interested in comparative studies of transport issues over the world.

Car-Free Copenhagen

Peter Newman, Jan Scheurer & 13 ISTP students

A report of a student project at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in late 1996. Find out more.....

Local Area Traffic Management in the Town of Vincent: A Community Project

William Ross

A report prepared by the Sustainable Transport Research Group for the Hyde Park Precent Group, showing how traffic management can enliven a local community.

Deregulation of the Road Sector

Michael Lynch

Can Rail Pay? Light Rail Transit and Urban Redevelopment with Value Capture Funding and Joint Development Mechanisms. Discussion Paper

Jan Scheurer, Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy with Thomas Gallagher

A Critical Review of the Fremantle Eastern Bypass: Summary Report

Peter Newman, William Ross, Michael Lynch & Felix Laube

A critique of planning in Western Australia, but also a vision of an alternative more sustainable future for Perth.

The Rebirth of the Perth Suburban Railways

Peter Newman

Moving Out: Migration Patterns of Older Western Australians 1991-1996

Peter Vintila

Strategic Factors in Local Government Performance: The Effect of Council Population Size and Density

Joseph Chia and Peter Newman