Etienne Nel

3.9k total citations
154 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Etienne Nel is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Urban Studies and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Etienne Nel has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 54 papers in Urban Studies and 45 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Etienne Nel's work include Local Economic Development and Planning (70 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (51 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (45 papers). Etienne Nel is often cited by papers focused on Local Economic Development and Planning (70 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (51 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (45 papers). Etienne Nel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Etienne Nel's co-authors include Tony Binns, Christian M. Rogerson, Trevor Hill, David Bek, Lochner Marais, Sean Connelly, Sarah Mager, Ronald McQuaid, Alan Dixon and Jan Cloete and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Ecology and Society.

In The Last Decade

Etienne Nel

149 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Etienne Nel South Africa	27	939	769	693	409	305	154	2.5k
Nicholas Blomley Canada	38	795 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	1.6k 2.3×	529 1.3×	173 0.6×	96	4.1k
Tony Binns United Kingdom	28	569 0.6×	556 0.7×	897 1.3×	209 0.5×	173 0.6×	168	2.8k
Patrick Bond South Africa	29	692 0.7×	439 0.6×	1.6k 2.3×	434 1.1×	322 1.1×	192	3.2k
Gillian Hart United States	26	819 0.9×	455 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	104 0.3×	248 0.8×	59	2.8k
Alison Todes South Africa	22	498 0.5×	680 0.9×	792 1.1×	260 0.6×	236 0.8×	79	2.0k
Diana Mitlin United Kingdom	31	671 0.7×	1.6k 2.0×	1.3k 1.9×	105 0.3×	541 1.8×	137	3.7k
Jennifer Robinson United Kingdom	31	1.5k 1.6×	3.4k 4.5×	1.8k 2.6×	146 0.4×	489 1.6×	86	5.4k
Mark Purcell United States	29	969 1.0×	1.9k 2.5×	1.6k 2.4×	122 0.3×	177 0.6×	62	4.7k
Helga Leitner United States	26	774 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.9×	36 0.1×	273 0.9×	48	3.0k
Sara Berry United States	26	401 0.4×	349 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	109 0.3×	365 1.2×	68	3.1k

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Alam, Afroz, et al.. (2025). Technology mediated care as infrastructure: the role of social media in supporting international migrants settling in New Zealand small towns. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100141–100141.

Sutherland, Catherine, et al.. (2024). Countering urban binaries within a third space: Durban, South Africa's experience as a counter-city. Cities. 152. 105165–105165. 1 indexed citations

Alam, Ashraful, et al.. (2023). Settling in New Zealand’s Small Towns: Experiences of Minority Ethnic Immigrants. Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale. 24(S6). 1079–1101. 4 indexed citations

Orchiston, Caroline, et al.. (2023). Using the Living Standards Framework to Analyse the Drivers of Social Resilience in a Disaster Management Context. Policy Quarterly. 19(1). 58–66. 3 indexed citations

Nel, Etienne, et al.. (2023). The regional implications of just transition in the world's most coal-dependent economy: The case of Mpumalanga, South Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 4. 17 indexed citations

Alam, Ashraful & Etienne Nel. (2022). Migration, emerging multiculturalism and planning in rural and small town Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Planner. 58(3-4). 132–142. 9 indexed citations

Shackleton, Charlie M., Sheona Shackleton, James Gambiza, et al.. (2010). Livelihoods and Vulnerability in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Southern Africa: Exploring the links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation. CentAUR (University of Reading). 5 indexed citations

Nel, Etienne, et al.. (2008). The global challenge and marginalization. Nova Science Publishers eBooks. 12 indexed citations

Thornton, Alex & Etienne Nel. (2007). The significance of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Peddie, in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Africanus Journal of Development Studies. 37(1). 13–20. 14 indexed citations

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Rogerson, Christian M. & Etienne Nel. (2005). Decentralisation and local initiatives for development : African perspectives. Africa Insight. 35(4). 3. 4 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne. (2005). Globalization and Identity : Dialectics of Flow and Closure, B. Meyer and P. Geschiere : book review. 87(2). 163. 1 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne & Tony Binns. (2002). Decline and response in South Africa's Free State goldfields: Local economic development in Matjhabeng. International Development Planning Review. 24(3). 249–269. 27 indexed citations

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Binns, Tony & Etienne Nel. (2002). Healing the wounds of apartheid: evaluating 'developmental local government' in South Africa's cities. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 420. 90–9. 4 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne & Trevor Hill. (2001). De-industrialisation and Local Economic Development Alternatives in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Geography. 86(4). 356–359. 1 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne, et al.. (2000). An evaluation of community-driven economic development, land tenure, and sustainable environmental development in the Kat River Valley. 3 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne, Trevor Hill, & Tony Binns. (1997). Development from below in the 'New' South Africa: The Case of Hertzog, Eastern Cape. Geographical Journal. 163(1). 57–57. 25 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne, et al.. (1996). Transforming Atlantis, South Africa, through local economic development. GeoJournal. 39(1). 8 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne & Trevor Hill. (1996). Community-Based Rural Development in Hertzog, South Africa. Geography. 81(3). 273–275. 2 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne & Christian M. Rogerson. (1995). Incipient Local Economic Development in the Eastern Cape, 1909-1947. New Contree. 37. 9–9. 6 indexed citations

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Nel, Etienne, et al.. (1993). 'Operation Pipeline' --- Bulawayo's Search for Water. Geography. 78(3). 312–315. 1 indexed citations

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