Dadang Utomo
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate
Urban Planning
Biography
Dadang Utomo (Tom) is a recipient of the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) scholarship. Prior to starting his PhD, he served as a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Regional and Urban Planning at Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. In 2013, he obtained his Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Queensland. His research interest focuses on urban transport and mobility.
Thesis
Motivations of informal transport workers in Banjarmasin's inland waterway transport sector
Limited research has been made to understand informal transport from the perspective of the workers despite their critical role in the provision of urban mobility. This research looks at filling that gap by understanding the motivations of informal transport workers (ITWs), i.e., the drivers, of inland waterway transport (IWT) in Banjarmasin, Indonesia. Their motivations will be understood as the factors that influence their participation and persistence and, in turn, how their motivations shape the functioning and sustainability of the city’s river transport sector.