- Institutt for by- og regionsplanlegging
I am since August 2021 Professor emeritus. From the beginning of 2013 until the end of July 2021 I was Professor in Planning in Urban Regions at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, where I am heading the Research Group on Urban Sustainability from 2013 to 2019. I was heading the doctoral program "Society, Development and Planning" at NMBU from the beginning of 2014 to the beginning of 2016. Prior to my position at NMBU, I was for 15 years Professor in Urban Planning at Aalborg University in Denmark, and before that Research Manager and Researcher for 10 years at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research. My main research areas are sustainable urban development, relationships between urban form and transport, driving forces in urban development, planning theory and philosophy of science. Combining qualitative and quantitative research methods, I have for more than 25 years investigated influences of urban structures on travel behavior, mainly in the Nordic countries, but also in China and Southern Europe. This includes an RCN-funded project investigating influences of residential location on travel, physical activity and health in the four largest Norwegian urban regions, and another project investigating how the location of workplaces within an urban area influences commuting distances and modes. During recent years, I have increasingly investigated possibilities and limitations of ecological modernization strategies to achieve sustainable urban development. Besides, I have made several theoretical contributions concerning the ontological and epistemological presuppositions for research within the field of spatial planning.Google Scholar citations: https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=lg5A7EUAAAAJ&hl=da Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Petter_Naess2 Cristin: https://www.cristin.no/as/WebObjects/cristin.woa/wa/personVis?type=PERSON&pnr=25728&la=no&instnr=192
- By- og regionplanlegging
- Vitenskapsteori
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Liste med publikasjoner fra min forskning. (Cristin)
Books published by publishing firms:
Næss, P. & Price, L. (eds) (2016). Crisis System: A critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy. Abingdon: Routledge (Forthcoming July 2016)
Bhaskar, R., Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (eds) (2012). Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis: Critical realism and the Nordic Contributions. London/New York: Routledge. 225 pages.
Bhaskar, R.; Frank, C.; Høyer, K. G.; Næss, P. & Parker, J. (eds) (2010). Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change. London/New York: Routledge. 258 pages.
Næss, P. (2006). Urban Structure Matters: Residential Location, Car Dependence and Travel Behaviour. New York/London: Routledge. 328 pages.
Næss, P. & Jensen, O. B. (2005). Bilringene og cykelnavet. Boliglokalisering, bilafhængighed og transportadfærd i Hovedstadsområdet. Aalborg: Aalborg University Press. 515 pages.
Næss, P. (1997). Fysisk planlegging og energibruk. Oslo: Tano Aschehoug, 1997. 285 pages.
Scientific journal articles having been subject to referee reviewing:
Næss, P. (2019). ‘Demi-regs’, probabilism and partly closed systems. Forthcoming in Journal of Critical Realism.
Næss, P. (2019). Meta-analyses of built environment effects on travel: No new platinum standard. Journal of Planning Education and Research, published online at DOI 10.1177/0739456X198564.
Næss, P.; Saglie, I.-L. & Richardson, T. (2019). Urban sustainability: is densification sufficient? European Planning Studies, published online at DOI 10.1080/09654313.2019.1604633.
Næss, P.; Tønnesen, A. & Wolday, F. (2019). How and why does intra-metropolitan workplace location affect car commuting? Sustainability, 11, 1196; doi:10.3390/su11041196.
Næss, P.; Strand, A.; Wolday, F. & Stefansdottir, H. (2019). Residential location, commuting and non-work travel in two urban areas of different size and with different center structures. Progress in Planning, 128, pp. 1-36.
Wolday, F.; Næss, P. & Cao, J. (2019). Travel-based residential self-selection: A qualitatively improved understanding from Norway. Cities, 87, pp. 87-102.
Cao, J.; Næss, P. & Wolday, F. (2019). Examining the effects of the built environment on auto ownership in two Norwegian urban regions. Transportation Research Part D, 67, pp. 464-474.
Stefansdottir, H.; Næss, P. & Ihlebæk, C. (2018). Built environment, non-motorized travel and overall physical activity. Travel Behaviour and Society, published online October 2018 at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2018.08.004.
Engebretsen, Ø.; Næss, P. & Strand, A. (2018). Residential location, workplace location and car driving in four Norwegian cities. European Planning Studies, 26(10), pp. 2036-2057.
Næss, P. (2018). Validating explanatory qualitative research: Enhancing the interpretation of interviews in urban planning and transportation research. Applied Mobilities, published online June 2018 at https://doi.org/10.1080/23800127.2018.1464814.
Næss, P.; Peters, S.; Stefansdottir, H. & Strand, A. (2018). Causality, not just correlation: Residential location, transport rationales and travel behavior across metropolitan contexts. Journal of Transport Geography, 69, pp. 181–195.
Ding, C.; Cao, X. & Næss, P. (2018). Applying gradient boosting decision trees to examine non-linear effects of the built environment on driving distance in Oslo. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 110, pp. 107-117.
Wolday, F.; Cao, X. & Næss, P. (2018). Examining factors that keep residents with high transit preference away from transit-rich zones and associated behavior outcomes. Journal of Transport Geography, 66, pp. 224–234.
Næss, P.; Cao, X. & Strand, A. (2017). Which D’s are the important ones? The effects of built environment characteristics on driving distance in Oslo and Stavanger. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 10(1), pp. 945–964.
Ferreira, A.; Bertolini, L. & Næss, P (2017). Immotility as resilience? A key consideration for transport policy and research. Applied Mobilities, 2(1), pp. 16-31, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23800127.2017.1283121.
Xue, J.; Walnum, J.; Aall, C. & Næss, P. (2016). Two Contrasting Scenarios for a Zero-Emission Future in a High-Consumption Society. Sustainability, 9, 20; doi:10.3390/su9010020.
Strand, A. & Næss, P. (2016). Local self-determination, process-focus and subordination of environmental concerns. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 19, pp. 156-167
Næss, P. (2016). Built Environment, Causality and Urban Planning. Planning Theory & Practice, 17(1), pp. 52-71.
Tennøy, A.; Hansson, L.; Lissandrello, E. & Næss, P. (2016). How planners' use and non-use of expert knowledge affect the goal achievement potential of plans: Experiences from strategic land-use and transport planning processes in three Scandinavian cities. Progress in Planning, 109, pp. 1-32.
Næss, P. (2015). Built Environment, Causality and Travel. Transport Reviews, 35 (3), pp. 275-291.
Næss, P. (2015). Critical Realism, Urban Planning and Urban Research. European Planning Studies, 23 (6), pp. 1228-1244.
Nicolaisen, M. S. & Næss, P. (2015). Roads to nowhere: The accuracy of travel demand forecasts for do-nothing alternatives. Transport Policy, 37, pp. 57-63.
Næss, P.; Andersen, J.; Nicolaisen, M. S. & Strand, A. (2015). Forecasting inaccuracies: a result of unexpected events, optimism bias, technical problems, or strategic misrepresentation? Journal of Transport and Land Use, 8(3), pp. 39-55.
Næss, P. & Strand, A. (2015). Traffic forecasting at ‘strategic’, ‘tactical’ and ‘operational’ level: A differentiated methodology is necessary. disP, 51 (2), pp. 41-48.
Næss, P. (2014). Response to Van Wee and Boarnet. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 7 (3), pp. 87-92.
Næss, P. (2014). Tempest in a Teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 7 (3), pp. 57–77.
Næss, P.; Andersen, J.; Nicolaisen, M. S. & Strand, A. (2014). Transport Modelling in the Context of the ‘Predict and Provide’ Paradigm. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 14 (2), pp. 102-121.
Næss, P. (2014): Urban Form, Sustainability and Health: The case of Greater Oslo. European Planning Studies, 22 (7), pp. 1524-1543.
Næss, P.; Hansson, L.; Richardson, T. & Tennøy, A. (2013). Knowledge-based land use and transport planning? Consistency and gap between ‘state-of-the-art’ knowledge and knowledge claims in planning documents in three Scandinavian city regions. Planning Theory & Practice, 14(4), pp. 470-491.
Næss, P. (2013): Residential location, transport rationales and daily-life travel behavior: The case of Hangzhou Metropolitan Area, China. Progress in Planning, 79 (1), pp. 1-50.
Næss, P. (2012). Kritisk realisme og byplanforskning. (Critical realism and urban planning research.) FORMakademisk, 5 (2), Art. 4, pp. 1 – 17.
Næss, P. (2012). Urban form and travel behavior: experience from a Nordic context. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 5 (2), pp. 21-45.
Næss, P. & Vogel, N. (2012). Sustainable urban development and the multilevel transition perspective. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 4, pp. 36-50.
Næss, P., Nicolaisen, M. S. & Strand, A. (2012). Traffic forecasts ignoring induced demand: a shaky fundament for cost-benefit analyses.” European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 12 (3), pp. 291-309.
Næss, P. & Strand, A. (2012): What kinds of traffic forecasts are possible? Journal of Critical Realism, 11 (3), pp. 277-295.
Xue, J.; Arler, F. & Næss, P. (2012). Is the degrowth debate relevant to China? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 3(1), pp. 185-206.
Xue, J.; Næss, P.; Yao, Y. & Li, F. (2011). The challenge of sustainable mobility in urban planning and development: a comparative study of the Copenhagen and Hangzhou metropolitan areas. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 3 (2), pp. 185-206.
Næss, P.; Strand, A.; Næss, T. & Nicolaisen, M. (2011). On their road to sustainability? The challenge of sustainable mobility in urban planning and development in two Scandinavian capital regions. Town Planning Review, 82 (3), pp. 287-317.
Næss, P. (2011). The Third Limfjord Crossing– a case of pessimism bias and knowledge filtering. Transport Reviews, 31 (2), pp. 231-249.
Næss, P.; Næss, T. & Strand, A. (2011). Oslo’s farewell to urban sprawl. European Planning Studies, 19 (1), pp.113-139.
Næss, P. (2011). ‘New urbanism’ or metropolitan-level centralization? A comparison of the influences of metropolitan-level and neighborhood-level urban form characteristics on travel behavior. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 4 (1), pp. 25-44.
Næss, P. (2010). Residential location, travel and energy use: the case of Hangzhou Metropolitan Area. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 3 (3), pp. 27-59.
Næss, P. & Andersen, J. A. (2010). Modeller, miljø og manipulation – vidensfiltrering og magt i beslutningsprocessen omkring den ’3. Limfjordsforbindelse’. (Models, the environment and manipulation: knowledge filtering and power in the decision-making process on the Third Limfjord Crossing.) Økonomi og Politik, 83 (2), pp. 20-35.
Næss, P. & Andrade, V. (2010). Housing, mobility and urban sustainability – examples and best practices from contemporary cities. Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, 22 (1/2), pp. 9-20.
Næss, P. (2009). Residential Location, Travel Behavior, and Energy Use: Hangzhou Metropolitan Area Compared to Copenhagen. Indoor and Built Environment, 18 (5), pp. 382-395.
Næss, P. & Høyer, K. G. (2009). The Emperor’s Green Clothes: Growth, Decoupling and Capitalism. Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, 20 (3), pp. 74-95.
Næss, P. (2009). Residential Self-Selection and Appropriate Control Variables in Land Use–Travel Studies. Transport Reviews, 29 (3), pp. 293-324.
Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (2008). Interdisciplinarity, Ecology and Scientific Theory - The Case of Sustainable Urban Development. Journal of Critical Realism, 7 (2), pp. 5-33.
Næss, P. (2008). Rom i planleggingsperspektiv. (Space in a planning perepective.) FORMakademisk, 1 (1), pp. 45-57.
Lassen, C.; Laugen, B. & Næss, P. (2006). Virtual mobility and organizational reality - A critical view on the mobility need in knowledge organisations. Transportation Research Part D, 11 (6), pp. 459-463.
Næss, P. (2006). Unsustainable Growth, Unsustainable Capitalism. Journal of Critical Realism, 5 (2), pp 197-227.
Næss, P.; Flyvbjerg, B. & Buhl, S. (2006). Do road planners produce more 'honest numbers' than rail planners? : an analysis of accuracy in road-traffic forecasts in cities versus peripheral regions. Transport reviews, 26 (5), pp. 537-555.
Næss, P. (2006). Are short daily trips compensated by higher leisure mobility? Environment & Planning B, 33 (2), pp. 197-220.
Næss, P. (2006). Cost-benefit analyses of transportation investments: neither critical nor realistic. Journal of Critical Realism, 5 (1), pp. 32-60.
Næss, P. (2006). Accessibility, activity participation and location of activities. Exploring the links between residential location and travel behavior. Urban Studies, 43 (3), pp. 627-652.
Næss, P. (2005). Residential Location Affects Travel Behavior - But How and Why? The case of Copenhagen Metropolitan Area. Progress in Planning, 63 (2), pp. 167-257.
Næss, P. (2004). Prediction, Regressions and Critical Realism. Journal of Critical Realism, 3 (1), pp. 133-164.
Næss, P. (2004). Live and Let Die: The Tragedy of Hardin’s Social Darwinism. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 6 (1), pp. 19-34.
Næss, P. & Jensen, O. B. (2004). Urban Structure Matters, Even in a Small Town. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 47 (1), pp. 35-56.
Næss, P. (2003). Urban Structures and Travel Behavior: Experiences From Empirical Research in Norway and Denmark. European Journal of Transport Infrastructure Research, 3 (3), pp. 155-178.
Næss, P. & Jensen, O. B. (2002). Urban Land Use, Mobility and Theory of Science - Exploring the potential for Critical Realism in empirical research. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 4 (2), pp. 295-311.
Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (2001). Conference tourism: a problem for the environment, as well as for research? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 9 (6), pp. 451 - 470.
Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (2001). The Ecological Traces of Growth: economic growth, liberalization, increased consumption - and sustainable urban development? Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 3 (3), pp. 177-192.
Næss, P. (2001). Urban Planning and Sustainable Development. European Planning Studies, 9 (4), pp. 503-524.
Næss, P.; Mogridge, M. J. H. & Sandberg, S. L. (2001). Wider Roads, More Cars. Natural Resources Forum, 25 (2), pp. 147-155.
Næss, P. & Saglie, I. L. (2000). Surviving between the trenches: Planning research, methodology and theory of science. European Planning Studies, 8 (6), pp. 729 - 750.
Næss, P.; Saglie, I. L.; Glowacki, W. & Dunin-Woyseth, H. (1998). Environmental considerations in physical planning under different Conditions: A Comparison of a Polish and a Norwegian Municipality. Scandinavian Housing & Planning Research, 15 (2), pp. 57-77.
Næss, P.; Sandberg, S. L. & Røe, P. G. (1996). Energy Use for Transportation in 22 Nordic Towns. Scandinavian Housing & Planning Research, 13 (2), pp. 79-97.
Næss, P. & Sandberg, S. L. (1996). Workplace Location, Modal Split and Energy Use for Commuting Trips. Urban Studies, 33 (3), pp. 557-580.
Næss, P. (1995). Central Dimensions in a Sustainable Urban Development. Sustainable Development, 3 (3), 1995, pp. 120-129.
Næss, P.; Røe, P. G. & Larsen, S. L. (1995). Travelling Distances, Modal Split and Transportation Energy in Thirty Residential Areas in Oslo. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 38 (3), pp. 349-370.
Næss, P. (1994). Normative Planning Theory and Sustainable Development. Scandinavian Housing & Planning Research, 11 (3), pp. 145-167.
Næss, P. (1993). Transportation Energy in Swedish Towns and Regions. Scandinavian Housing & Planning Research, 10 (4), pp. 187 – 206.
Næss, P. (1993). Can Urban Development be Made Environmentally Sound? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 36 (3), pp. 309 – 333.
Book chapters and encyclopedia articles (since 2000)
Næss, P. & Saglie, I.-L. (2019). Densification as ecological modernisation: achievements and limitations. Forthcoming as Chapter 1.3 in Davoudi, C.; Blanco, H.; Cowell, R. & Wite, I. (eds.) Companion to Environmental Planning and Sustainability. London and New York: Routledge.
Næss, P. (2017). Housing culture, residential preferences and sustainability. In Skjerven, A. & Reitan, J. B. (eds.) Design for a Sustainable Culture, pp. 69-88. London and New York: Routledge.
Næss, P. (2016). Urban Planning: Residential Location and Compensatory Behaviour in Three Scandinavian Cities. In Santarius, T.; Walnum, H. J. & Aall, C. (eds.). Rethinking Climate and Energy Policies New Perspectives on the Rebound Phenomenon, pp. 181-207. Switzerland: Springer.
Næss, P. (2016). Inaccurate and biased: cost-benefit analyses of transport infrastructure projects. Chapter 4 in Næss, P. & Price, L. (eds). Crisis System: A critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy, pp. 48-68. Abingdon: Routledge.
Næss, P. (2016). The illusion of green capitalism. Chapter 10 in Næss, P. & Price, L. (eds). Crisis System: A critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy, pp. 173-191. Abingdon: Routledge.
Næss, P. & Xue, J. (2016). Housing standards, environmental sustainability and social welfare. Chapter 8 in Næss, P. & Price, L. (eds). Crisis System: A critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy, pp. 130-148. Abingdon: Routledge.
Næss, P. & Price, L. (2016). Introduction. Chapter 1 in Næss, P. & Price, L. (eds). Crisis System: A critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy, pp. 1-7. Abingdon: Routledge.
Næss, P. (2015). Residential location and travel behavior. Chapter 8 in Pinho, P. & Silva, C. (eds.) Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure, pp. 151-186. Farnham: Ashgate.
Næss, P. (2015). The explanatory qualitative-quantitative method. Chapter 6 in Pinho, P. & Silva, C. (eds.) Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure, pp. 101-120. Farnham: Ashgate.
Torres, M., Næss, P.; Reis, J. P.; Sousa, F. & Pinho, P. (2015). People, places and travel patterns in Copenhagen and Oporto. Chapter 4 in Pinho, P. & Silva, C. (eds.) Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure. Farnham: Ashgate.
Silva, C.; Næss, P. & Reis, J. P. (2015). Empirical evidences on motivations for travel. Chapter 3 in Pinho, P. & Silva, C. (eds.) Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure. Farnham: Ashgate.
Næss, P. (2015). Residential location and travel: Hangzhou and Copenhagen compared to studies in cities worldwide. In Hickman, R., Givoni, M., Bonilla, D. & Banister, D. (eds.). An International Handbook on Transport and Development, pp. 118-135. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Næss, P. (2015). Byplanlægning, klimahensyn og bæredygtighed. In Arler, F.; Moesgaard, M. & Risgaard, H. (eds.) Bæredygtighed Værdier, regler og metoder, pp. 245-263. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Næss, P. (2015). Kompaktbyen og bærekraftig transport. In Hanssen, G. S.; Hofstad, H. & Saglie, I.-L. (eds). Kompakt byutvikling – muligheter og utfordringer, pp. 134-146. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Næss, P.; Saglie, I.-L. & Thorén, A.-K. H. (2015). Ideen om den kompakte byen i norsk sammenheng. In Hanssen, G. S.; Hofstad, H. & Saglie, I.-L. (eds). Kompakt byutvikling – muligheter og utfordringer, pp. 36-47. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Hanssen, G. S.; Hofstad, H. & Saglie, I.-L; Næss, P. & Røe, P. G. (2015). Hvorfor studere den kompakte byen? In Hanssen, G. S.; Hofstad, H. & Saglie, I.-L. (eds). Kompakt byutvikling – muligheter og utfordringer, pp. 13-25. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Næss, P. (2013). The Third Limfjord Crossing: A Case of Pessimism Bias and Knowledge Filtering (book version). In Te Brömmelstroet, M. & Bertolini, L. (eds): Transport Models in Urban Planning Practices: Tensions and Opportunities in a Changing Planning Context, pp. 93-111. London/New York: Routledge
Næss, P. (2013). Transport rationales – the link between residential location and travel behavior. In Gerike, R.; Huelsmann, F. & Roller, K. (eds): Strategies for Sustainable Mobilities: Opportunities and Challenges, pp. 39-61. Farnham: Ashgate.
Næss, P. (2012). Bærekraft og klimahensyn i planlegging. (Sustainability and climate considerations in planning.) In Årsæther, N.; Falleth, E.; Kristiansen, R. & Nyseth, T. (eds.): Utfordringer for norsk planlegging - kunnskap, bærekraft, demokrati, pp. 146-166. Kristiansand: Høyskoleforlaget.
Næss, P. (2011). Economic growth, urban development and environmental sustainability/Crescita economica, sviluppo urbano e sostenibilità ambientale. In Moccia, F. D (ed.): Abitare la Città Ecologica/Housing ecocity, pp. 48-77. Naples: CLEAN.
Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (2011). Introductory Perspectives. In Bhaskar, R., Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (eds): Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis: Critical realism and the Nordic Contributions, pp. 1-8. London/New York: Routledge.
Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (2011). From Ecophilosophy to Degrowth. In Bhaskar, R., Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (eds): Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis: Critical realism and the Nordic Contributions, pp. 200-223. London/New York: Routledge.
Næss, P. (2011). Den tætte by. (The dense city.) In Holten-Andersen, J.; Christensen, T. H.; Hansen, S. F. & Holten-Andersen, K. (eds): Modvækst (Degrowth), pp. 127-143. Højbjerg: Hovedland, 2011.
Nielsen, P. & Næss, P. (2011). Vækst og stagnation i kapitalismen. (Growth and stagnation in capitalism.) In Holten-Andersen, J.; Christensen, T. H.; Hansen, S. F. & Holten-Andersen, K. (eds): Modvækst (Degrowth), pp. 205-221. Højbjerg: Hovedland, 2011.
Næss, P. (2010). The dangerous climate of disciplinary tunnel vision. In Bhaskar, R.; Frank, C.; Høyer, K. G.; Næss, P. & Parker, J. (eds): Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change, pp. 54-84. London/New York: Routledge, 2010.
Næss, P. (2010). Journey to Work. In Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Thousand Oaks/London/New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Næss, P. (2009). Up-front assessment of needs.” In Samset, K.; Sunnevåg, K. & Williams, T. (eds): Making essential choices with scant information. Front-end decision-making in major projects, pp. 85-105. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Næss, P. (2009). Nyliberalisme i byplanlægningen. (Neoliberalism in urban planning.) In Lundkvist, A. (ed.): Dansk nyliberalisme, pp. 231 – 264. Copenhagen: Frydenlund Publishers.
Næss, P. (2008). Gender differences in the influences of urban structure on daily-life travel. In Priya, T. & Cresswell, T. (eds.): Gendered Mobilities, pp. 173-192. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Næss, P. (2008). Væksten må stoppes. (The Growth Must Be Stopped.) In Nielsen, P. (ed.): Brudflader - Økonomi og Samfund 2008, pp. 119-134. Copenhagen: Frydenlund Publishers. (Also published in the journal Rødt!, no. 1/2008.)
Næss, P. (2007). Urban and Regional Planning. In Hartwig, M. (ed.): A Dictionary of Critical Realism. London/New York: Routledge.
Høyer, K. G. & Næss, P. (2007). Ecology. In Hartwig, M. (ed.) (2007): A Dictionary of Critical Realism. London/New York: Routledge.
Næss, P. (2006). Cost-benefit-analyser, tal og usikkerhed. (Cost-benefit analyses, numbers and uncertainty) In Nielsen, P. (ed.): Økonomi og Samfund 2007, pp. 202-216. Copenhagen: Frydenlund.
Næss, P. (2005). Byplanlægning og energiforbrug. (Urban planning and energy use.) In Arler, F. (ed.): Humanøkologi: Miljø, teknologi og samfund. Aalborg: Aalborg University Press.
Næss, P. (2004). Planlægning, prædiktion og videnskabsteori. (Planning, prediction and theory of science.) In Christensen, J. (ed.): Vidensgrundlag for handlen, pp. 149-186. Aalborg: Aalborg University Press, 2004.
Næss, P. (2000). Bærekraftig utvikling – hva kan arealplanleggerne gjøre? (Sustainable development – what can land use planners do?) In Fiskaa, H. and Skjeggedal, T. (eds.): Planlegging og bærekraftig utvikling, pp. 1-31. Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag.
Næss, P. (2000). Fysisk planlegging og bæredyktighet. (Physical planning and sustainability.) In Naturrådet (2000): Dansk naturpolitik – i bæredygtighedens perspektiv, pp. 132-147. Copenhagen: Danish Nature Council.
Mine publikasjoner
PhD-veiledning, PhD-kurs i vitenskapsteori, forelesninger i masterkurs APL 360 (regional planlegging)