Bill Hopwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Hopwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Hopwood |
| SIGNATURE | HOPWOOD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 321 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Visioning the Sustainable City
One of the dominant features of the 20th century was the rapid rate of urbanization. The first half of the 20th century saw the urbanization of most countries in Europe, Australia, North and Latin
From Evangelistic Bureaucrat to visionary developer
Masterplanning is having a major effect on development, especially in Britain, Europe and the USA, though the theoretical base is ill-defined and process has received little research attention. Of greater concern is that masterplanning is the antithesis of sustainable development. The paper explores the evolution of the masterplanner, critiques the way this product-driven device has changed and suggests sustainable alternatives. Giddings was the …
Sustainable development
Sustainable development, although a widely used phrase and idea, has many different meanings and therefore provokes many different responses. In broad terms, the concept of sustainable development is an attempt to combine growing concerns about a range of environmental issues with socio-economic issues. To aid understanding of these different policies this paper presents a classification and mapping of different trends of thought on sustainable d…
Environment, economy and society
Sustainable development is a contested concept, with theories shaped by people's and organizations' different worldviews, which in turn influence how issues are formulated and actions proposed. It is usually presented as the intersection between environment, society and economy, which are conceived of as separate although connected entities. We would argue that these are not unified entities: rather they are fractured and multi‐layered and can be…
Blood pressure and its correlates in an African tribe in urban and rural environments
As part of a longitudinal study of migrants who move from a subsistence farming rural society to Nairobi, blood pressures and associated factors were measured in cross sectional studies of members of the Luo tribe in their traditional rural environment and in the urban environment of Nairobi. Blood pressures in Nairobi correlated with duration of urban residence. In the rural area men showed a negligible rise in blood pressure with age, and both …
Sustainable development
Sustainable development, although a widely used phrase and idea, has many different meanings and therefore provokes many different responses. In broad terms, the concept of sustainable development is an attempt to combine growing concerns about a range of environmental issues with socio-economic issues. To aid understanding of these different policies this paper presents a classification and mapping of different trends of thought on sustainable d…
Environment, economy and society
Sustainable development is a contested concept, with theories shaped by people's and organizations' different worldviews, which in turn influence how issues are formulated and actions proposed. It is usually presented as the intersection between environment, society and economy, which are conceived of as separate although connected entities. We would argue that these are not unified entities: rather they are fractured and multi‐layered and can be…
Blood pressure and its correlates in an African tribe in urban and rural environments
As part of a longitudinal study of migrants who move from a subsistence farming rural society to Nairobi, blood pressures and associated factors were measured in cross sectional studies of members of the Luo tribe in their traditional rural environment and in the urban environment of Nairobi. Blood pressures in Nairobi correlated with duration of urban residence. In the rural area men showed a negligible rise in blood pressure with age, and both …
Visioning the Sustainable City
One of the dominant features of the 20th century was the rapid rate of urbanization. The first half of the 20th century saw the urbanization of most countries in Europe, Australia, North and Latin
Blood pressure and its correlates in an African tribe in urban and rural environments
As part of a longitudinal study of migrants who move from a subsistence farming rural society to Nairobi, blood pressures and associated factors were measured in cross sectional studies of members of the Luo tribe in their traditional rural environment and in the urban environment of Nairobi. Blood pressures in Nairobi correlated with duration of urban residence. In the rural area men showed a negligible rise in blood pressure with age, and both …
Environment, economy and society
Sustainable development is a contested concept, with theories shaped by people's and organizations' different worldviews, which in turn influence how issues are formulated and actions proposed. It is usually presented as the intersection between environment, society and economy, which are conceived of as separate although connected entities. We would argue that these are not unified entities: rather they are fractured and multi‐layered and can be…
Sustainable development
Sustainable development, although a widely used phrase and idea, has many different meanings and therefore provokes many different responses. In broad terms, the concept of sustainable development is an attempt to combine growing concerns about a range of environmental issues with socio-economic issues. To aid understanding of these different policies this paper presents a classification and mapping of different trends of thought on sustainable d…
From Evangelistic Bureaucrat to visionary developer
Masterplanning is having a major effect on development, especially in Britain, Europe and the USA, though the theoretical base is ill-defined and process has received little research attention. Of greater concern is that masterplanning is the antithesis of sustainable development. The paper explores the evolution of the masterplanner, critiques the way this product-driven device has changed and suggests sustainable alternatives. Giddings was the …
Visioning the Sustainable City
One of the dominant features of the 20th century was the rapid rate of urbanization. The first half of the 20th century saw the urbanization of most countries in Europe, Australia, North and Latin
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)