Mercator Guest Professor

Jeffrey Raymond Kenworthy

Jeff Kenworthy has spent 30 years in the transport and urban planning field and currently teaches courses and supervises postgraduate students in the city policy and urban sustainability fields. He is author and co-author of over 200 other book chapters and journal publications in the area of city policy and sustainable cities. He has extensive experience in the area of international comparisons of cities around the theme of automobile dependence and how to reduce it. He is principle author of the Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport compiled for the International Union (Association) of Public Transport in Brussels (UITP). This study includes 100 developed and developing cities in every part of the world and comprises comparative data on urban land use, transport, economics and the environment of cities. Dr Kenworthy has lectured internationally in 25 countries and 64 cities to universities, government agencies and community organisations on sustainable cities policy issues. Prof. Kenworthy received the Australian Centenary Medal from the Australian Prime Minister’s Office for service to planning and sustainability in relation to public transport and urban form.
From September 1, 2009 until August 31, 2010 Professor Kenworthy is a Mercator Guest Professor at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• This will involve continuation of the update of Professor Kenworthy’s 1995 global cities database called the Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport, extending it to more cities around the world and particularly a selection of European cities. The research will explore comparisons of cities worldwide and reasons behind the different transport patterns.

• This will focus on exploring in more detail the travel patterns and related aspects of German cities, using a wide range of available secondary data sources, in an effort to better understand what lies behind mobility culture in German cities and how it changes.

• KENWORTHY, J. and Townsend, C. (2009). Montreal’s Dualistic Transport Character: Why Montreal Needs Upgraded Transit and Not More High Capacity Roads.In Gauthier, P., Jaeger, J. and Prince, J. (eds) Montreal at the Crossroads: Superhighways, The Turcot and the Environment. Chapter 1, pp 29-35, Black Rose Books, Montreal.
• KENWORTHY, J. (2008) The World Oil Production Peak and Its Impact on Cities. In Review: Five Platforms, Five Ecologies. Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg.
• KENWORTHY, J. (2008) An International Review of The Significance of Rail in Developing More Sustainable Urban Transport Systems in Higher Income Cities. World Transport Policy and Practice 14 (2), 21-37.
• KENWORTHY, J. (2008) Urban Transport Sustainability. Metropolis 2008: Connecting Cities – A research publication for Metropolis Congress: City -Regions, pp Chapter 4, 101-120, Sydney 2008.
• KENWORTHY, J. (2008) The Sustainable Urban Passenger Transport Package Deal. In: ISOCARP Review 04, Urban Growth Without Sprawl: A Way Towards Sustainable Urbanization, International Society of City and Regional Planners, Brussels, pp 80-95.
• Newman, P., KENWORTHY, J. and Glazebrook, G. (2008) How to create exponential decline in car use in Australian cities. AdaptNet Policy Forum 08-06-E-Ad, 08 July 2008. (http://www.globalcollab.org/gci/adaptnet/policy/2008/car-use).
• KENWORTHY, J. (2007) Urban planning and transport paradigm shifts for cities of the post-petroleum age. Journal of Urban Technology, 14 (2), 1-24.
• KENWORTHY, J. (2006) The Eco-City: Ten Key Transport and Planning Dimensions for Sustainable City Development. Environment and Urbanization Special Issue, 67-85, April.
• Newman, P and KENWORTHY, J. (2006) Urban design to reduce automobile dependence. Opolis 2 (1), 35-52.
• KENWORTHY, J. R. (2008) Energy Use and CO2 Production in The Urban Passenger Transport Systems of 84 International Cities: Findings and Policy Implications. Droege, P. (ed) Urban Energy Transitions. Chapter 9, pp.211-236. Elsevier.
• KENWORTHY, J. and Townsend, C. (2007) A Comparative Perspective on Urban Transport and Emerging Environmental Problems in Middle-Income Cities. In: P.J. Marcotullio and G. McGranahan (Eds.), Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges: From Local to Global and Back. pp 206-234, Earthscan, London.
• KENWORTHY, J. R. (2005) Sustainable urban transport: Developing sustainability rankings and clusters based on an international comparison of cities. In Handbook of Sustainability Research, Chapter 16. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
• KENWORTHY, J., Murray-Leach, R. and Townsend, C. (2005) Sustainable Urban Transport. In: Hargroves, K.C. and Smith, M.H. The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovation and Governance in the 21st Century. Chapter 19, pp 371-386. Earthscan Publications, London.
• KENWORTHY, J. and Laube, F. (2001) The Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport. (CDROM Database) International Union (Association) of Public Transport, (UITP), Brussels and Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP), Perth.

• A Driving Cycle for Perth (1980- 83)
• Implementation and extension of driving cycle research and new fuel consumption modelling research (1984-85)
• Transport Energy Conservation Policies for Australian Cities (1985-87) (Global Cities Study - Data analysis, presentation and comparison)
• Transport Energy Conservation Policies for Australian Cities (1987-90) (Global Cities Study - Policy Development)