Alan Mabin

1.5k total citations
56 papers, 751 citations indexed

About

Alan Mabin is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Mabin has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 751 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Urban Studies, 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 20 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Alan Mabin's work include Legal Issues in South Africa (20 papers), South African History and Culture (19 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (15 papers). Alan Mabin is often cited by papers focused on Legal Issues in South Africa (20 papers), South African History and Culture (19 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (15 papers). Alan Mabin collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Alan Mabin's co-authors include Susan Parnell, Robin Bloch, Vanessa Watson, Alan Gilbert, Keith Beavon, Philip Harrison, Sophie Oldfield, Gordon Pirie, Alison Todes and Alan Lester and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Progress in Human Geography and International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

In The Last Decade

Alan Mabin

51 papers receiving 613 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Mabin South Africa	13	410	375	232	155	84	56	751
Sophie Oldfield South Africa	13	283 0.7×	231 0.6×	80 0.3×	125 0.8×	37 0.4×	33	542
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou South Africa	14	229 0.6×	297 0.8×	112 0.5×	154 1.0×	29 0.3×	43	511
Patrick McAuslan United Kingdom	13	233 0.6×	138 0.4×	148 0.6×	113 0.7×	18 0.2×	38	624
Keith Beavon South Africa	12	165 0.4×	145 0.4×	91 0.4×	92 0.6×	28 0.3×	32	417
Amin Y. Kamete Sweden	17	523 1.3×	480 1.3×	21 0.1×	139 0.9×	134 1.6×	52	802
Edésio Fernándes United Kingdom	11	430 1.0×	121 0.3×	61 0.3×	92 0.6×	10 0.1×	40	598
Ambreena Manji United Kingdom	13	99 0.2×	172 0.5×	94 0.4×	127 0.8×	53 0.6×	47	583
Lungisile Ntsebeza South Africa	13	91 0.2×	353 0.9×	209 0.9×	83 0.5×	79 0.9×	23	651
James Heitzman United States	11	331 0.8×	233 0.6×	12 0.1×	237 1.5×	147 1.8×	25	723
Lionel Cliffe United Kingdom	21	84 0.2×	521 1.4×	58 0.3×	201 1.3×	209 2.5×	66	924

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20 of 20 papers shown

Freund, Bill & Alan Mabin. (2023). Housing for the people, housing for the needy: Public housing across continents. Transformation. 112(1). 35–67.

Mabin, Alan. (2021). Sprawl Politics: Comparing the City Regions of Paris (France) and Gauteng (South Africa). disP - The Planning Review. 57(3). 119–137. 1 indexed citations

Mabin, Alan. (2020). A Century of South African Housing Acts 1920–2020. Urban Forum. 31(4). 453–472. 5 indexed citations

Mabin, Alan. (2015). Tshwane and spaces of power in South Africa. International Journal of Urban Sciences. 19(1). 29–39. 3 indexed citations

Mabin, Alan, et al.. (2013). Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities. Social Dynamics. 39(2). 167–190. 68 indexed citations

Mabin, Alan, Alison Todes, Azza M. Karam, et al.. (2010). The revitalisation of planning education in Africa: a review of planning education at the Catholic University in Beira, Mozambique. 17(3). 128–143. 5 indexed citations

Harrison, Philip & Alan Mabin. (2006). Security and Space: Managing the Contradictions of Access Restriction in Johannesburg. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 33(1). 3–20. 12 indexed citations

Oldfield, Sophie, Susan Parnell, & Alan Mabin. (2004). Engagement and reconstruction in critical research: negotiating urban practice, policy and theory in South Africa. Social & Cultural Geography. 5(2). 285–299. 24 indexed citations

Mabin, Alan. (2001). Contested Urban Futures: Report on a Global Gathering in Johannesburg, 2000. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 25(1). 180–185. 7 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan. (1998). Race, class and the changing division of labour under apartheid. Urban Forum. 9(2). 301–304. 9 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan, et al.. (1997). Low-income rental housing: are South African cities different?. Environment and Urbanization. 9(1). 133–147. 3 indexed citations

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Parnell, Susan & Alan Mabin. (1995). Rethinking urban South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies. 21(1). 39–61. 83 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan. (1994). Visiting our Urban past: The Kimberley mine and pilgrims rest museums. New Contree. 36. 11–11. 2 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan. (1993). Capital, coal and conflict: The genesis and planning of a company town at Indwe. New Contree. 34. 11–11. 3 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan. (1991). THE IMPACT OF APARTHEID ON RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Antipode. 23(1). 33–46. 14 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan, et al.. (1990). PREPARING TO NEGOTIATE THE LAND QUESTION. Transformation. 58–74. 4 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan. (1990). Limits of urban transition models in understanding South African urbanisation. Development Southern Africa. 7(3). 311–322. 38 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan. (1986). . Journal of Historical Geography. 12(1). 74–80. 11 indexed citations

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Mabin, Alan & Susan Parnell. (1984). The question of working class home ownership. Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town). 1 indexed citations

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Beavon, Keith & Alan Mabin. (1975). The Lösch System of Market Areas: Derivation and Extension. Geographical Analysis. 7(2). 131–152. 19 indexed citations

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