Contact details
Dr John Peet
Phone: 03 384 1281
Fax: 03 384 6281
Region: Canterbury
87 Soleares Avenue
8008
Christchurch
Organization
University of Canterbury
Email: bob.hall@canterbury.ac.nz
Phone: 03 366 7001
Fax: 03 364 2856
Region: Canterbury
Ilam Road
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
Information
Website: www.cape.canterbury.ac.nz/people/njp/njp.htm
Papers: www.cape.canterbury.ac.nz/people/peet.shtml
Qualification: PhD
Problems addressed
Lack of systems-level focus. No agreed indicators or measurement frameworks for sustainable development (SD). Philosophical and moral/ethical issues associated with SD.
Solutions provided
Ecological economics. Construction and use of indicators of SD. All my work is done within a Strong Sustainability systems framework. It is the whole system that is my focus, not its parts, no matter how large they appear.
Biography
Born in the UK and living in NZ for the last 45 years. A chemical engineer whose main focus in recent years has been sustainable development. Author of a book on Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability and papers on systems, sustainability and the ethical requirements of stakeholder involvement.
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