Peter Hobson
Biographic Data
| ID | 771084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Hobson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Hobson |
| SIGNATURE | HOBSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Close-To-Nature Heuristic Design Principles for Future Urban Green Infrastructure
The global nature-climate crisis along with a fundamental shift in world population towards cities and towns has sharpened the focus on the role of urban green infrastructure. Green infrastructure has the potential to deliver cost-effective, nature-based solutions to help mitigate problems of climate change as well as provide improved human well-being through the ecosystem services inherent in landscapes rich in biodiversity. The absence of under…
Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth
Increasing evidence—synthesized in this paper—shows that economic growth contributes to biodiversity loss via greater resource consumption and higher emissions. Nonetheless, a review of international biodiversity and sustainability policies shows that the majority advocate economic growth. Since improvements in resource use efficiency have so far not allowed for absolute global reductions in resource use and pollution, we question the support for…
Adult development and transformative learning
This article analyses the intellectual discourses of adult development and adult learning. It argues that through a process of transformative adult learning individuals can experience the disintegration and reintegration of past and present human growth. The development of adults is considered not in terms of discrete theories but as a collage of theories. The writers analyse and interpret the literature that attempts to study the interaction of …
The pluralist predicament in studies of religion
Parental Rights, Education and Liberal Tolerance
Religious Studies in the Secondary School Curriculum
(1991). Religious Studies in the Secondary School Curriculum: A Suggested Model and a Response to Three Major Philosophical Objections. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 67-82
Some Reflections on Parents' Rights in the Upbringing of their Children
Some Reflections on Parents' Rights in the Upbringing of their Children
Adult development and transformative learning
This article analyses the intellectual discourses of adult development and adult learning. It argues that through a process of transformative adult learning individuals can experience the disintegration and reintegration of past and present human growth. The development of adults is considered not in terms of discrete theories but as a collage of theories. The writers analyse and interpret the literature that attempts to study the interaction of …
Some Reflections on Parents' Rights in the Upbringing of their Children
Religious Studies in the Secondary School Curriculum
(1991). Religious Studies in the Secondary School Curriculum: A Suggested Model and a Response to Three Major Philosophical Objections. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 67-82
Parental Rights, Education and Liberal Tolerance
The pluralist predicament in studies of religion
Adult development and transformative learning
This article analyses the intellectual discourses of adult development and adult learning. It argues that through a process of transformative adult learning individuals can experience the disintegration and reintegration of past and present human growth. The development of adults is considered not in terms of discrete theories but as a collage of theories. The writers analyse and interpret the literature that attempts to study the interaction of …
Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth
Increasing evidence—synthesized in this paper—shows that economic growth contributes to biodiversity loss via greater resource consumption and higher emissions. Nonetheless, a review of international biodiversity and sustainability policies shows that the majority advocate economic growth. Since improvements in resource use efficiency have so far not allowed for absolute global reductions in resource use and pollution, we question the support for…
Close-To-Nature Heuristic Design Principles for Future Urban Green Infrastructure
The global nature-climate crisis along with a fundamental shift in world population towards cities and towns has sharpened the focus on the role of urban green infrastructure. Green infrastructure has the potential to deliver cost-effective, nature-based solutions to help mitigate problems of climate change as well as provide improved human well-being through the ecosystem services inherent in landscapes rich in biodiversity. The absence of under…
Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Religious Education and Schools (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works) · Environmental resource management (2 works)