Geography

Geography

Dr Doug Johnston

Position

Transport, Southeast Asia

Qualifications

M.A., Ph.D.(Cant.)

Contact Details

Room:311
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7917
Fax: +64 3 364 2907
doug.johnston@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal address: Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand

Research

My research is primarily focused on rural transport in developing countries, seeking to answer the question “What effects do transport conditions have on the lifestyles and livelihoods of rural households?”. Fieldwork has been concentrated so far on land transport in Kabupaten Garut (Indonesia) and river transport in Sarawak, Malaysia. In addition, I have an interest in the broader aspects (spatial and temporal) of socio-economic change in Southeast Asia and in the effects, in turn, of such change on transport systems.

Involved in the following research projects:

Teaching

Selected Publications

  • Johnston D C, 1985, Transport improvement and rural change: Why is the relationship so poorly understood?, in Proceedings of the Pacific Science Association Fifth Intercongress, Manila, 1985, pp 164-168.
  • Pearce D G and Johnston D C, 1986, Travel within Tonga, Journal of Travel Research, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1986, pp 13-17.
  • Johnston D C, 1989, Investment in transport: The case of roads in New Zealand, in Welch R (ed), Proceedings of the Fifteenth New Zealand Geography Conference, New Zealand Geographical Society, Conference Proceedings Series No. 15, pp 139-145.
  • Johnston D C, 1989, Transport in rural development: Toward a specification of the relationship, in Panduranga Rao D. (ed), 1989, Dimensions of Rural Transportation, New Delhi, Inter-India Publications, pp.I161-I174.
  • Fielding G J and Johnston D C, 1992, Restructuring land transport in New Zealand, Transport Reviews, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1992, pp 271-289.
  • Johnston D C, 1993, Planning rural transport for the twenty-first century: Some pointers from Indonesia, in Yeung Yue-Man (ed), 1993, Pacific Asia in the 21st Century: Geographical and Developmental Perspectives. Hong Kong, Chinese University Press, pp 233-256.
  • Johnston D C, 1993, Transport geography: Are we missing the bus?, in Whitaker W (ed), Proceedings of the Seventeenth New Zealand Geography Conference, 1993, pp 500-504.
  • Johnston D C and Kissling C C, 1993, Transport, in Tourism Resource Consultants, 1993, The Second Tourism Master Plan Study, Sarawak, (A report to the State Government of Sarawak, Malaysia), pp 144-151.
  • Johnston D C, 1998, Daily transport patterns in Garut District, Indonesia, in Dennis R (ed), 1998, Rural transport and accessibility: A synthesis, Geneva, International Labour Office.
  • Johnston D C, 2000, Transport geography and the meaning of life, in Roche M, McKenna M and Hesp P (eds), Proceedings: Twentieth New Zealand Geographical Society Conference, Palmerston North 1999, pp 163-166.
  • Johnston D C, forthcoming, These roads were made for walking? Provision and use of public transport services in rural Indonesia, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.
  • Johnston D C, forthcoming, River transport in Sarawak: A victim of the RAMV syndrome? in Abdul Rahim Md Nor (ed), Transport in Malaysia, Bangi, Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
  • Kingham S, Zant T and Johnston D C, 2004, The impact of the minimum driver licensing age on mobility in New Zealand, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol 12, 4, pp 301-314.
  • Johnston D C, 2006, Modernisation, globalisation and socio-economic change in Sarawak, Malaysia: The need for sub-natural spatial analysis, in Goh Kim-chuan and Serkon Yongvanit (eds), Change and Development in Southeast Asia in an era of globalisation, Singapore, Prentice Hill, pp 47-64.
  • Buchanan N, Barnett R, Kingham S, Johnston D, 2006, The effect of urban growth on commuting patterns in Christchurch, New Zealand, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol 15, 5, pp 342-354.