Johnston, R(onald) J(ohn)

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JOHNSTON, R(onald) J(ohn)

JOHNSTON, R(onald) J(ohn). British, b. 1941. Genres: Geography. Career: Monash University, Australia, teaching fellow, 1964, sr. teaching fellow, 1965, lecturer, 1966; University of Canterbury, New Zealand, lecturer, 1967-69, sr. lecturer, 1969-72, reader, 1972-74; University of Sheffield, professor of geography, 1974-92; University of Essex, vice-chancellor, 1992-95; University of Bristol, professor of geography, 1995-. Institute of British Geographers, secretary, 1982-85, president, 1990; editor: Environment and Planning A, and Progress in Human Geography. Publications: (co) Retailing in Melbourne, 1969; Urban Residential Patterns, 1971; (ed.) Urbanization in New Zealand, 1973; Spatial Structures, 1973; (ed.) Society and Environment in New Zealand, 1974; The World Trade System, 1976; The New Zealanders, 1976; (co-ed.) Social Areas in Cities, 3 vols., 1976-78; (co) Geography and Inequality, 1977; Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Geography, 1978; (coed.) Geography and the Urban Environment (annual), 1978; (with P.J. Taylor) Geography of Elections, 1979; Political, Electoral and Spatial Systems, 1979; Geography and Geographers, 1979, 5th ed., 1997; City and Society, 1980; The American Urban System, 1982; Geography and the State, 1982; Philosophy and Human Geography, 1983; Residential Segregation: The State and Constitutional Conflict in American Urban Areas, 1984; The Geography of English Politics, 1985; On Human Geography, 1986; Bellringing, 1986; A Nation Dividing?, 1988; Environmental Problems, 1989; An Atlas of Bells, 1990; A Question of Place, 1991; Nature, State and Economy, 1996; The Boundary Commissions, 1999; From Votes to Seats, 2001. Address: School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, England. Online address: [email protected]