Publications

Books

• Barrett, B.F.D., Horne, R. and Fien, J. (2020) Ethical Cities, Routledge, Taylor Francis Group.

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Therivel, R.B. (2019) Environmental Policy and Impact Assessment in Japan, first published by the Routledge Publishing Company, Chapman and Hall Ltd. in 1991.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (ed) (2005) Ecological Modernisation and Japan, Routledge Curzon, Abingdon and New York.

• Van Ginkel, H., Barrett, B.F.D., Court, J. and Velasquez G. (eds), (2002) Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium, UNU Press, Tokyo.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• Truong, N., Trencher, G., Yarime, M., Barrett, B.F.D. and Matsube, K. (2024) Barriers to the adoption of electric cars and electric motorcycles in Vietnam, Transportation Research Part D, 131.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Trencher, G. Truong, N. and Ohta, H. (2024) How Can Cities Achieve Accelerated Systemic Decarbonization? Analysis of Six Frontrunner Cities, Sustainable Cities and Society, 100.

• Ohta, H. and Barrett, B.F.D. (2023) Politics of Climate Change and Energy Policy in Japan: Is Green Transformation Likely? Earth Systems Governance, 17.

• Matsumoto, A., Barrett, B. F.D., Uwasu, M., Nakanishi, S. and Hirano, S. (2021) Co*Design of Regional Revitalization, Co*Design,10, pp.73-90.

• Ko, Y, Barrett, B.F.D., Copping, A.E., Sharifi, A., Yarime, M. and Wang, X. (2019) Energy Transitions Towards Local Carbon Resilience: Evaluation of Disaster-Triggered Local and Regional Cases, Sustainability, 11, 23.

• Barrett, B.F.D.,Horne, R.,Fien, J. (2016). The ethical city: A rationale for an urgent new urban agenda, Sustainability, 8, 1-14.

• Barrett, B.,Higa, C.,Ellis, R. (2012). Emerging university student experiences of learning technologies across the Asia Pacific, Computers and Education, 58, 1021 - 1027.

• Ellis, R.,Barrett, B.,Higa, C.,Bliuc, A. (2011). Student experiences of learning technologies in the Asia Pacific region, Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 20, 103 - 117.

• Barrett, B.F.D, V.I. Grover, V.I., Janowski, T., van Lavieren, H., Ojo, A., and Schmidt. P., (2009), Challenges in the adoption and use Open courseware - Experience of the United Nations University, The Journal of Open and Distance Learning.

• Barrett, B.F.D, Patron, L., and Ellis, R.A., (2008) University teacher approaches to design and teaching of case studies using ICTs: virtual ‘Field Trips’, UNESCO Prospects Journal, Volume 38, Number 4.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Kuroda, A. and Miyamoto, K., (2002) Ecological Modernisation, Environmental Knowledge and Societal Change: Attitudes and Behaviour of Young People in Japan, Journal of International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, Volume 11, No.3, pp. 237-261.

• Barrett, B.F.D., and Usui, M., (2002) Local Agenda 21 in Japan - Transforming Local Environmental Governance, Local Environment Journal, Vol.7, No.1 pp.49-67.

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Usui, M., (2001) The "LA21" Platform for Sustainable Development: An Evaluation of the Recent Experience in Japan and the UK, Cross-cultural Business and Cultural Studies, Vol.5, No.1.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (2000) Decentralization in Japan - Negotiating the Transfer of Authority, Journal of Japanese Studies, Carfax, England, Volume 20, No.1, pp.33-66.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (1999) Environmentalism in Periods of Rapid Societal Transformation: Legacy of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom and the Meiji Restoration in Japan, Sustainable Development Journal, published by Wiley, Volume 7, Number 4, pp178-190.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (1995) From Environmental Auditing to Integrated Environmental Management - Local Government Experience in the United Kingdom and Japan, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Volume 38, Number 3.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (1994) Integrated Environmental Management in Japan: Experience in Japan, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 40.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (1990) Environmental Impact Assessment in Japan As Seen From the West, (in Japanese) in the Kogai Kenkyu Journal, July.

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Therivel, R.B, (1990) Airport Developments and Environmental Impact Assessment: Kansai International Airport, Japan, by in the Land Use Policy Journal, Vol 7, No 3, pp 80.

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Therivel, R.B, (1989) Environmental Impact Assessment in Japan: Environmental Protection vs. Economic Growth, Land Use Policy Journal, Vol 6, No 3, pp 217.

• Glasson, J., Van Der Wee, M. and Barrett, B.F.D. (1988) Economic Multiplier Analysis of the Proposed Nuclear Power Station at Hinkley Point, Urban Studies Journal - Vol 25, No 3.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

• Barrett, B.F.D. (2023) Climate Science, Activism and Civil Disobedience: Should academics join Scientist Rebellion? in Zwitter, A. and Dome, T. (eds) Meta-Science of Meaning and Complex Solutions, University of Groningen Press.

• Ko, T., Mulvaney, D., Barrett, B.F.D., Coffman, A., Copping, A., Wang, H.W., and Stritthol, J. (2022) Conflicts of Greens in Renewable Energy Landscapes in Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Ohta, H. and Trencher, G. (2022) Prospects for Acceleration of Sociotechnical Transitions for Deep Decarbonization, in Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes.

• Barrett, B.F.D., DeWit, A. and Yarime, M. (2020) Japanese Smart Cities and Communities: Integrating Technological and Institutional Innovation for Society 5.0, in Kim, H.M., Sabri, S. and Kent, A., Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation: Case Studies, Current Trends and Future Steps, Elsevier. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• Barrett, B.,Horne, R. (2017). Local energy plans for transitions to a low carbon future In: Planning After Petroleum: Preparing Cities for the Age Beyond Oil, Routledge, New York, United States.

• Barrett, B. (2016). Innovative approach to the formation and sustainability of a learning community connecting students in university classrooms across Asia Pacific In: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education: Volume 2, Emerald Group Publishing, United Kingdom.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Notaras, M. and Smith, C. (2014) Communicating Scientific Research Through the Web and Social Media: Experience of the United Nations University with the Our World 2.0 Web Magazine, in Tong, V.C.H. (ed) Geoscience Research and Outreach: Schools and Public Engagement, Springer.

• van Ginkel, H. and Barrett, B.F.D. (2005) The Internet and e-Inclusion: Promoting Online Public Participation, in Enhancing Participation and Governance in Water Resources Management - Conventional Approaches and Information Technology, Jansky L. and Uitto J I (eds), University Nations University Press, Tokyo.

• van Ginkel, H., Barrett, B.F.D., Court, J. and Velasquez G. (2002) Reflections on human development and the environment, in Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium, UNU Press, Tokyo.   

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Yamada, I., (2002) Exploring the Global - Local Axis: Telecommunications and Environmental Sustainability in Japan, in Park, J. and Roome, N. Ecology of the New Economy: Sustainable Transformation of Global Information, Communication and Electronic Industries, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Abe, O., Harako, E., and Ichikawa. S., (2002) Young People and the Environment in Japan, in Yencken, D., Fien, J. and Skyes, H., Young People and the Environment: An Asia Pacific Perspective, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

• van Ginkel, H., Court, J. and Barrett, B.F.D.. (2001) Human development trends: challenges and priorities, in van Ginkel, H and Thakur, R. (eds) Embracing the Millennium: Perspectives and Challenges for the United Nations and the International Community, UNU Press, Tokyo.  

• Barrett, B.F.D., Abe, O., Harako, E., and Ichikawa. S., Oya-shima-kuni - Environmental Attitudes and Education in Japan, in Yencken, D., Fien, J. and Sykes, H., Environment, Education and Society in the Asia – Pacific: Local Traditions and Global Discourses, 2000, Routledge, London.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (1999), Local Government and Environment Governance - Japan is Falling Behind with the Implementation of Local Agenda 21 (in Japanese), published in Usui, M. and Paoleto, G., Environment Japan 1999 - Readings on Japan and the Global Environment, Diamond Press.

Technical Papers, Policy Briefs, etc

• Barrett, B.F.D. (2022) The Ethical City - How do we assess progress? Architectural Institute of Japan.

• Horne, R., Barrett, B.F.D. and Das, J. (2016) Towards the Ethical City, Briefing paper for the Ethical Cities - Locking in Liveability Urban Thinkers Campus, Melbourne, Australia, February 16, 2016.

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Treiu, J. (2016) Ethical Cities – Locking in Liveability, Urban Thinkers Campus Report, UN Global Compact Cities Programme, World Vision International, RMIT University and UN Habitat.

• Williams, C., Galloway McLean, K., Raygorodetsky, G., Ramos-Castillo, A. and Barrett, B.F.D. (2013) Traditional Knowledge & Climate Science Toolkit (in 5 languages), United Nations University.

• Barrett B.F.D. (2013) Japan as the New Normal: Living in a Constrained economy, Solutions Journal, Volume 4, Issue 2. 

• Barrett, B.F.D. (2012) After the Nuclear Disaster, Japan Considers a Green Future, Solutions Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1.

• Laura Cocora, L., Moreno-Peñaranda, R., Barrett B.F.D. and MacDonald, A., (2011) Biodiversity in Kanazawa: Through the Four Seasons, United Nations University.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (2002) Implications of the Information Society for Local Environmental Governance and the Monitoring of Environmental Change, UNU/IAS Working Paper No.97, January, Tokyo, Japan.

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Kuroda A., Barriers and Opportunities for Environmental Education utilizing Environmental Information Systems - Report on the Iwate Environment Millennium Forum (in Japanese), NTT Technology Journal, Volume 13, No. 5, May 2001, pp29-31.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Chambers W. B., and Schroeder, H., (2001) Delegate Perceptions of Science and Politics at COP3 and COP4 of the UNFCCC Process, UNU/IAS Environmental Governance and Multilateralism, Working Paper No.8.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Fein, J., Kuroda, A. and Yamada, I. (2001) E-learning for a Sustainable World: Obfuscating the Real and the Virtual? UNU/IAS Working Paper No. 90.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Kuroda A., and Miyamoto, M., (2001) Ecological Modernisation, Environmental Knowledge and Societal Change – Attitudes and Behaviour of the Youth in Iwate and Tokyo, Japan, UNU/IAS Working Paper No.89.

• Barrett, B.F.D, and M. Usui, M., (2000) Local Agenda 21 in Japan and the United Kingdom – An Initiative to Promote Responsible Governance and Citizenship, UNU/IAS Working Paper no. 76.

• Barrett, B.F.D. (1999) Decentralization in Japan in the Globalization Era: Impact of Political, Inter-Ministerial and Interest Group Negotiations on the Reform Process, UNU/IAS Working Paper No. 61.

• Barrett, B.F.D. and Chambers W.B., (1998) Primer on Scientific Knowledge and Politics in the Evolving Global Climate Regime: COP3 and the Kyoto Protocol, UNU/IAS Technical Report.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Bendahamane, H. and Skinner, J. (1997) Survey of Information Systems Related to Environmentally Sound Technologies, Contribution to the 1997 Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, published by United Nations Environment Programme.

• Matsui, S., Barrett, B.F.D. and Banerjee, J. (eds) (1991) Toxic Substances and Lake Management, a joint UNEP/ILEC publication.

• Hashimoto, M. and Barrett, B.F.D. (eds) (1990) Socio-Economic Aspects of Lake Management, a joint UNEP/ILEC publication, July 1990.

Other Publications (Conference Presentations, etc)

• Accelerated Climate Change and/or Accelerated Decarbonization, Regenerative Economics Course, Schumacher College, 8 February 2024.

• Kougengaku and Ethnography: Exploring the Power of Story-Telling, Tsuwano Conference 2023, 2 December 2023.

• Can we achieve net-zero and accelerated systemic decarbonization, Climate Change Responses Course, RMIT University, 27 July 2023.

• Can we achieve accelerated systemic decarbonization, Climate Change Responses Course, RMIT University, 7 March 2023.

• Ethical Cities, Regenerative Economics Course, Schumacher College, 9 February 2023.

• Ethical Cities, Architectural Institute of Japan Conference, Architectural Institute of Japan, 7 September 2022.

• Can we accelerate decarbonization, Climate Change Responses Course, RMIT University, 27 July 2022.

• Prospects for accelerated decarbonization at the sub-national level, APRU Carbon Neutral Society Action Month Webinar Series, Kyushu University, 27 May 2022.

• Ethical Sustainable Cities, Okinawa Sustainable Cities Summit,Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 26 March 2022.

• Accelerated sub-national decarbonization, Lecture to Regenerative Economics Course, Schumacher College, Schumacher College, 16 February 2022.

• Energy transitions and sub-national climate actions, APRU Webinar Series: Planning, Design, and Climate Actions for Renewable Energy Transitions: Lessons from the Pacific Rim, 7 February 2022.

• Understanding accelerated decarbonization, UNU-MERIT Seminar Series, 28 October 2021.

• Housing affordability and the ethical city, Architectural Institute of Japan - Global Research Network Working Group, 21 October 2021.

• How do we make our cities ethical? RMIT Europe Webinar Series, 7 July 2021.

• Understanding accelerated decarbonization, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, 24 June 2021.

• Ethical Cities - Panel Discussion and Book Launch, RMIT Center for Urban Research Webinar, 29 March 2021.

• Accelerated sub-national decarbonization, Regenerative Economics Programme, Schumacher College, 16 February, 2021.

• Digital story-telling and video briefs, CoSTEP: Communication in Science & Technology Education & Research Program, Hokkaido University, 30 January 2021.

• Climate Change as an Economic Issue, Lecture to Students in the Global Talent Program, Saitama University, 29 January 2021.

• Accelerating Decarbonisation - Examining Opportunities to Accelerate Decarbonisation with reference to Sub-National Climate Action Planning,  RENKEI Researcher Online Workshop - Expanding Japan-UK Research Collaboration in Climate Change, 10 December 2020.

• Digital story-telling and video briefs as an approach to enhanced international collaboration and impact, Japan Geosciences Union - American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting, 12 July 2020.

• Philosophical musings on why we seem unable to “wake up” to climate change, Australian Science Communicators Eleventh National Conference 2020, 18 Feburary 2020.

• Digital story-telling and video briefs as an approach to enhanced international collaboration and impact, Build SciComm 2019, University of Tsukuba, 2 November 2019.

• Urban Energy and Liveability Transitions, presentation at the Australia-Japan: Science & Technology Diplomacy and Public Policy Forum, University of Tokyo, 5 November 2018.

• Urban Liveability and Resilience, presentation at the Australia-Japan: Science & Technology Diplomacy and Responsible Research & Innovation for Liveability and Resilience, Osaka Innovation Hub, 2 November 2018.

• Moderator and Presenter on City Diagnostic Tools – Measuring Readiness for the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, Side Event at the Third Preparatory Committee Meeting for the UN Habitat III Process, Surabaya, Indonesia, 26 July 2016.

• Presentation on Ethical Cities,Urban Speakers Corner at the Third Preparatory Committee Meeting for the UN Habitat III Process, Surabaya, Indonesia, 25 July 2016.

• Presentation on Energy Descent Planning and the Energy Transition, SPIIRE Consultants, Melbourne, Australia, 1 December 2015.

• Presentation on Our World – A Conversation about Global Issues, National Museum for Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan, 17 November 2015.

• Presentation on Local Energy Transitions, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Shonan, Japan, 16 November 2015.

• Presentation on Urbanization and Migrant Workers at the Global Compact Asian Regional Event on Children’s Rights and Business Principles, Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, 6 October 2015.

• Barrett, B.F.D., Examples of Metropolitan Governance and Global Compact Cities, presentation to the Victoria Local Governance Association, Governance by Design Panel on Metropolitan Governance, Melbourne, Australia, 2 September 2015.

• Workshop on Science Communication at the National Museum for Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan, 31 July 2015.

• Where Next for Metropolitan Governance, presentation to the Expert Forum hosted by Victoria Local Governance Association, Melbourne, Australia, 23 July 2015.

• UN Global Compact City Scan, presentation to the Ghangzhou City Delegation hosted at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 21 July 2015.

• Environmental Challenges for City Development, presentation to the Tianjing Government Leaders Programme hosted by RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 9 June 2015.

• Higa C., Barrett, B.F.D., and Ellis, R.A. (2009) Learning across the Asia Pacific Region – Student experience of video-conferencing and online learning, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA), Honolulu, USA June 22, 2009.

• Barrett, B.F.D and Higa, C. (2006) Evaluation of a Multi-Institution Pilot Distance Learning Course of the Asia Pacific Initiative: An Advanced Seminar in International Environmental Studies, paper presented at E-Learn 2006, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education, 13-18 October 2006, Honolulu, USA.

• van Ginkel. H. and Barrett, B.F.D., (2006) Sharing Knowledge: Role of E-learning in Creating the Global Learning Space, UNU OL10 - June 2006, paper presented at the ISPRS Technical Commission VI Symposium on "Elearning and the Next Steps for Education, University of Tokyo, 25-30 June 2006.

• Barrett, B.F.D., (2005) University Collaboration to Promote Open Learning Methodologies: Experience in Africa, Central America and Asia, UNU OL9, June 2005. Paper presented at the Social Science Humanities Forum 2005 organized by the Gulf Research Centre, United Arab Emirates.