Gene Desfor

496 total citations
19 papers, 327 citations indexed

About

Gene Desfor is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gene Desfor has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 327 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Urban Studies, 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gene Desfor's work include Urban Planning and Governance (5 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (5 papers) and Maritime Ports and Logistics (4 papers). Gene Desfor is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (5 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (5 papers) and Maritime Ports and Logistics (4 papers). Gene Desfor collaborates with scholars based in Canada. Gene Desfor's co-authors include Roger Keil, Susannah Bunce, Gerda R. Wekerle and Stefan Kipfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Transport Geography, Cities and Geoforum.

In The Last Decade

Gene Desfor

17 papers receiving 296 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gene Desfor Canada 11 140 75 73 52 50 19 327
Ute Lehrer Canada 8 259 1.9× 115 1.5× 47 0.6× 54 1.0× 31 0.6× 16 407
Ian Smith United Kingdom 11 249 1.8× 131 1.7× 47 0.6× 27 0.5× 26 0.5× 19 444
David Bole Slovenia 14 115 0.8× 124 1.7× 49 0.7× 46 0.9× 30 0.6× 45 422
Peter Hall 5 110 0.8× 59 0.8× 40 0.5× 51 1.0× 26 0.5× 5 310
Raphaël Fischler Canada 11 178 1.3× 97 1.3× 57 0.8× 25 0.5× 36 0.7× 22 354
Claude Chaline 11 98 0.7× 99 1.3× 48 0.7× 38 0.7× 15 0.3× 45 330
Victor R. Savage Singapore 12 52 0.4× 172 2.3× 44 0.6× 32 0.6× 29 0.6× 36 331
Peter Brand Colombia 5 96 0.7× 85 1.1× 43 0.6× 64 1.2× 20 0.4× 14 258
Jessica Ferm United Kingdom 11 208 1.5× 60 0.8× 48 0.7× 24 0.5× 17 0.3× 23 360
Nurwati Badarulzaman Malaysia 11 84 0.6× 117 1.6× 30 0.4× 39 0.8× 45 0.9× 42 350

Countries citing papers authored by Gene Desfor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gene Desfor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gene Desfor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gene Desfor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gene Desfor based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gene Desfor. Gene Desfor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Desfor, Gene, et al.. (2022). Nature and the City. University of Arizona Press eBooks.
2.
Desfor, Gene, et al.. (2011). Reshaping Toronto's Waterfront. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 19 indexed citations
3.
Desfor, Gene, et al.. (2010). Introduction: Fixity and Flow of Urban Waterfront Change. 17–30. 3 indexed citations
4.
Desfor, Gene, et al.. (2008). Urban Expansion and Industrial Nature: A Political Ecology of Toronto's Port Industrial District. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 32(3). 586–603. 11 indexed citations
5.
Bunce, Susannah & Gene Desfor. (2007). Introduction to “Political ecologies of urban waterfront transformations”. Cities. 24(4). 251–258. 69 indexed citations
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Desfor, Gene. (2007). Port City Relations: Global Spaces of Urban Waterfront Development. York University Digital Library (York University).
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Desfor, Gene, Roger Keil, Stefan Kipfer, & Gerda R. Wekerle. (2006). From Surf to Turf: no Limits to Growth in Toronto?. Studies in Political Economy. 77(1). 131–155. 14 indexed citations
8.
Desfor, Gene, et al.. (2004). Flexible urban governance. The case of Copenhagen's recent waterfront development. European Planning Studies. 12(4). 479–496. 80 indexed citations
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Keil, Roger & Gene Desfor. (2003). Ecological Modernisation in Los Angeles and Toronto. Local Environment. 8(1). 27–44. 35 indexed citations
10.
Desfor, Gene & Roger Keil. (2000). Every river tells a story: the Don River (Toronto) and the Los Angeles River (Los Angeles) as articulating landscapes. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 2(1). 5–23. 15 indexed citations
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Desfor, Gene & Roger Keil. (2000). Every river tells a story: the Don River (Toronto) and the Los Angeles River (Los Angeles) as articulating landscapes. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 2(1). 5–23. 11 indexed citations
12.
Desfor, Gene & Roger Keil. (1999). Contested and polluted terrain. Local Environment. 4(3). 331–352. 11 indexed citations
13.
Keil, Roger & Gene Desfor. (1996). Making local environmental policy in Los Angeles. Cities. 13(5). 303–313. 7 indexed citations
14.
Desfor, Gene. (1993). Restructuring the Toronto Harbour Commission: land politics on the Toronto waterfront. Journal of Transport Geography. 1(3). 167–181. 14 indexed citations
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Desfor, Gene, et al.. (1989). A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE WATER-FRONTIER : PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN TORONTO. Geoforum. 20(4). 10 indexed citations
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Desfor, Gene, et al.. (1989). A political economy of the waterfrontier: Planning and development in Toronto. Geoforum. 20(4). 487–501. 16 indexed citations
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Desfor, Gene. (1988). Planning Urban Waterfront Industrial Districts. Urban History Review. 17(2). 77–91. 7 indexed citations
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Desfor, Gene. (1975). Binary station choice models for a rail rapid transit line. Transportation Research. 9(1). 31–41. 3 indexed citations
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Desfor, Gene. (1973). BINARY STATION CHOICE MODELS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MARKET AREAS FOR THE SUBURBAN STATIONS ON THE LINDENWOLD HIGH SPEED-LINE.. 2 indexed citations

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