John Handley

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

John Handley is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Handley has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Handley's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (5 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (4 papers). John Handley is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (5 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (4 papers). John Handley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Slovakia. John Handley's co-authors include Jeremy Carter, Angela Connelly, Gina Cavan, Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Simon Guy, A. Roland Ennos, Joe Ravetz, Susannah Gill, Sarah Lindley and Robert Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Landscape and Urban Planning, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

John Handley

23 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Climate change and the city: Building capacity for urban ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Climate change and the city: Building capacity for urban adaptation
    2014 457 citations Jeremy Carter, Gina Cavan et al. Progress in Planning profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Handley United Kingdom 13 768 407 326 253 153 24 1.3k
Jeremy Carter United Kingdom 14 707 0.9× 272 0.7× 309 0.9× 297 1.2× 174 1.1× 41 1.3k
Richard Smardon United States 19 567 0.7× 582 1.4× 254 0.8× 195 0.8× 149 1.0× 100 1.3k
Kerstin Krellenberg Germany 19 679 0.9× 452 1.1× 194 0.6× 275 1.1× 132 0.9× 33 1.2k
Judy Bush Australia 19 710 0.9× 535 1.3× 275 0.8× 155 0.6× 142 0.9× 55 1.2k
Abigail M. York United States 23 937 1.2× 358 0.9× 225 0.7× 263 1.0× 161 1.1× 66 1.6k
Edward McMahon United States 8 423 0.6× 360 0.9× 214 0.7× 130 0.5× 92 0.6× 24 826
McKenna Davis Germany 5 840 1.1× 563 1.4× 334 1.0× 133 0.5× 164 1.1× 15 1.2k
Efrén Feliú Spain 11 728 0.9× 494 1.2× 481 1.5× 197 0.8× 95 0.6× 20 1.2k
İan Mell United Kingdom 21 889 1.2× 862 2.1× 397 1.2× 147 0.6× 142 0.9× 63 1.5k
Zoé A. Hamstead United States 15 878 1.1× 841 2.1× 290 0.9× 229 0.9× 76 0.5× 18 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by John Handley

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Handley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by John Handley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by John Handley. The network helps show where John Handley may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Handley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Handley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Handley 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 John Handley. John Handley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Connelly, Angela, Jeremy Carter, Adam Barker, et al.. (2023). What approaches exist to evaluate the effectiveness of UK-relevant natural flood management measures? A systematic map. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 12–12. 6 indexed citations
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Handley, John, et al.. (2021). Place leadership revisited: partnerships in environmental regeneration in North West England, 1980–2010: a practitioner perspective. Voluntary Sector Review. 12(1). 99–121. 4 indexed citations
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Dennis, Matthew, David H. Barlow, Gina Cavan, et al.. (2018). Mapping Urban Green Infrastructure: A Novel Landscape-Based Approach to Incorporating Land Use and Land Cover in the Mapping of Human-Dominated Systems. Land. 7(1). 17–17. 68 indexed citations
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Barker, Adam, et al.. (2018). Systems, habitats or places: evaluating the potential role of landscape character assessment in operationalising the ecosystem approach. Landscape Research. 43(7). 1000–1012. 6 indexed citations
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Connelly, Angela, Jeremy Carter, John Handley, & Stephen Hincks. (2018). Enhancing the Practical Utility of Risk Assessments in Climate Change Adaptation. Sustainability. 10(5). 1399–1399. 41 indexed citations
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Carter, Jeremy, et al.. (2017). Adapting cities to climate change – exploring the flood risk management role of green infrastructure landscapes. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 61(9). 1535–1552. 75 indexed citations
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Carter, Jeremy, Gina Cavan, Angela Connelly, et al.. (2014). Climate change and the city: Building capacity for urban adaptation. Progress in Planning. 95. 1–66. 457 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carter, Jeremy, Angela Connelly, John Handley, & Sarah Lindley. (2012). European cities in a changing climate:exploring climate change hazards, impacts and vulnerabilities. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 4 indexed citations
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Kaźmierczak, Aleksandra, Gina Cavan, Jeremy Carter, John Handley, & Simon Guy. (2010). Deep green or white hot? : the future of Oxford Road corridor in Manchester, UK. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations
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Gill, Susannah, et al.. (2008). Characterising the urban environment of UK cities and towns: A template for landscape planning. Landscape and Urban Planning. 87(3). 210–222. 166 indexed citations
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Ling, Chris D., John Handley, & J. S. Rodwell. (2007). Restructuring the post-industrial landscape: A multifunctional approach. Landscape Research. 32(3). 285–309. 48 indexed citations
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Cavan, Gina, John Handley, Jonathan Aylen, et al.. (2006). Climate change and the visitor economy in the uplands. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2(3). 170–173. 1 indexed citations
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Handley, John. (2005). Telebomb: The Truth Behind the $500-Billion Telecom Bust and What the Industry Must Do to Recover.
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McEvoy, Darryn, Joe Ravetz, & John Handley. (2004). Managing the Flow of Construction Minerals in the North West Region of England. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 8(3). 121–140. 11 indexed citations
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Pauleit, Stephan, et al.. (2003). Promoting the Natural Greenstructure of Towns and Cities: English Nature's Accessible Natural Greenspace Standards Model. Built Environment. 29(2). 157–170. 43 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert & John Handley. (2001). Landscape Dynamics and the Management of Change. Landscape Research. 26(1). 45–54. 68 indexed citations
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Handley, John, et al.. (2001). The Application of Environmental Impact Assessment to Land Reclamation Practice. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 44(6). 765–782. 13 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert & John Handley. (1999). Urban Waterfront Regeneration in the Mersey Basin, North West England. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 42(4). 565–580. 27 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert, John Handley, & Sue Kidd. (1999). Sustainable Development and Institutional Design: The Example of the Mersey Basin Campaign. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 42(3). 341–354. 18 indexed citations

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