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Biography
Professor Peter Newton holds a research appointment in sustainable urbanism at the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books on cities, planning, and sustainability. Prior to joining Swinburne in 2007, Peter held the position of Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO, where he led the Urban Systems Program, as well as being Program Director, Sustainability, in the CRC for Construction Innovation. He is a member of the Sustainable Urban Development Program in the CRC for Spatial Information which began in 2010, a member of the Board of the national Centre for Sustainability and Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Australian Urban Research Information Network.
Research Interests
Sustainable urban development (Transitions, Springer, 2008) Design innovation (Technology, Design and Process Innovation in the Built Environment, T&F, 2009) Retrofitting suburbia ( Greyfields Regeneration, AHURI, 2011) New urban technologies (Hybrid Building, 2010) Sustainable consumption (Urban Consumption, CSIRO Publishing, 2011) State of Environment reporting Green economy (ARC Discovery project, 2011)
Publications Include
Swinburne Research Bank Video Presentations iTunes U
Postgraduate Supervision
Claire Merlo (Pathways to sustainable and affordable housing in Australia) Mark Singer (Climate change impacts and adaptive strategies for social housing communities) Christina Ting (Towards sustainable living in Australia’s multicultural society: An exploration of cultural and linguistic differences)