Deborah Potts

3.3k total citations
58 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Deborah Potts is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Potts has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Urban Studies, 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Deborah Potts's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (41 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (17 papers) and Local Economic Development and Planning (9 papers). Deborah Potts is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (41 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (17 papers) and Local Economic Development and Planning (9 papers). Deborah Potts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovakia and Zimbabwe. Deborah Potts's co-authors include Robert Stock, Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Christian M. Rogerson, Gina Porter, Fergus Lyon, Janet Henshall Momsen, V. Kinnaird, Shula Marks, T.A.S. Bowyer-Bower and David Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Urban Studies and Geographical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Potts

58 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah Potts United Kingdom 29 979 979 361 353 210 58 2.1k
Carole Rakodi United Kingdom 26 1.1k 1.1× 653 0.7× 381 1.1× 300 0.8× 48 0.2× 91 2.1k
Jo Beall United Kingdom 26 625 0.6× 892 0.9× 231 0.6× 492 1.4× 81 0.4× 78 1.8k
Michael M. Cernea United States 23 460 0.5× 2.2k 2.3× 225 0.6× 836 2.4× 137 0.7× 87 3.3k
Alison Todes South Africa 22 680 0.7× 792 0.8× 236 0.7× 498 1.4× 77 0.4× 79 2.0k
Richard Crook United Kingdom 19 215 0.2× 645 0.7× 372 1.0× 699 2.0× 112 0.5× 57 1.7k
Ann Varley United Kingdom 21 817 0.8× 721 0.7× 214 0.6× 221 0.6× 51 0.2× 50 1.8k
Ben Rogaly United Kingdom 22 265 0.3× 1.3k 1.3× 317 0.9× 265 0.8× 53 0.3× 69 1.9k
Andries du Toit South Africa 23 184 0.2× 626 0.6× 242 0.7× 155 0.4× 86 0.4× 68 2.0k
Anirudh Krishna United States 30 284 0.3× 1.8k 1.8× 679 1.9× 865 2.5× 116 0.6× 71 3.2k
Arjan de Haan Canada 20 246 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 285 0.8× 265 0.8× 41 0.2× 72 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deborah Potts

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All Works

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Potts, Deborah. (2020). Broken Cities: Inside the Global Housing Crisis. Research Portal (King's College London). 1 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (2020). Broken Cities. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks. 30 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (2017). Conflict and Collisions in Sub-Saharan African Urban Definitions: Interpreting Recent Urbanization Data From Kenya. World Development. 97. 67–78. 21 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (2013). Rural-Urban and Urban-Rural Migration Flows as Indicators of Economic Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Do the Data Tell Us?. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 11 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (2012). Urban economies, urban livelihoods and natural resource-based economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: The constraints of a liberalized world economy. Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. 28(2). 170–187. 17 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (2010). Circular Migration in Zimbabwe and Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. Boydell and Brewer eBooks. 93 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (2008). Displacement and livelihoods: the longer term impacts of Operation Murambatsvina. Research Portal (King's College London). 53–64. 15 indexed citations
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Porter, Gina, Fergus Lyon, & Deborah Potts. (2007). Market institutions and urban food supply in West and Southern Africa. Progress in Development Studies. 7(2). 115–134. 31 indexed citations
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Bryceson, Deborah Fahy & Deborah Potts. (2006). African Urban Economies. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 35 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (2006). Rural mobility as a response to land shortages: the case of Malawi. Population Space and Place. 12(4). 291–311. 36 indexed citations
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Porter, Gina, Fergus Lyon, Deborah Potts, & T.A.S. Bowyer-Bower. (2004). Improving market institutions and urban food supplies for the urban poor: a comparative study of Nigeria and Zambia: scoping phase. Literature Review.. 3 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah, et al.. (2003). Moderating to the Max: A Full-tilt Guide to Creative, Insightful Focus Groups and Depth Interviews. 12 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah & T.A.S. Bowyer-Bower. (2003). Eastern and Southern Africa: Development Challenges in a volatile region. Research Portal (King's College London). 13 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah & Shula Marks. (2001). Fertility in Southern Africa: The Quiet Revolution. Journal of Southern African Studies. 27(2). 189–205. 21 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah, et al.. (1998). “Basics are now a luxury”: perceptions of structural adjustment's impact on rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe. Environment and Urbanization. 10(1). 55–76. 53 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah & Robert Stock. (1997). Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation. Geographical Journal. 163(1). 94–94. 70 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah, et al.. (1997). The government must not dictate’: rural‐urban migrants’ perceptions of Zimbabwe's land resettlement programme. Review of African Political Economy. 24(74). 549–66. 10 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah. (1995). Shall We Go Home? Increasing Urban Poverty in African Cities and Migration Processes. Geographical Journal. 161(3). 245–245. 119 indexed citations
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Potts, Deborah, et al.. (1991). High-density Housing in Harare: Commodification and Overcrowding. Third World Planning Review. 13(1). 1–1. 30 indexed citations

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