Nick Devas

1.5k total citations
38 papers, 858 citations indexed

About

Nick Devas is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Urban Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Devas has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 858 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in Urban Studies and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Nick Devas's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (12 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (11 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers). Nick Devas is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (12 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (11 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers). Nick Devas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Kenya. Nick Devas's co-authors include Ursula Grant, Carole Rakodi, Ian Masser, David Korboe, Roy Kelly, Michael Hubbard, Anne Booth, Ian Blore, Richard Batley and Fiona Nunan and has published in prestigious journals such as Land Use Policy, Economic Geography and Cities.

In The Last Decade

Nick Devas

36 papers receiving 674 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nick Devas United Kingdom 15 357 282 267 203 76 38 858
G. Shabbir Cheema United States 12 457 1.3× 115 0.4× 194 0.7× 263 1.3× 58 0.8× 34 856
Mark Pennington United Kingdom 15 181 0.5× 154 0.5× 289 1.1× 367 1.8× 43 0.6× 40 992
Paweł Swianiewicz Poland 15 631 1.8× 112 0.4× 405 1.5× 110 0.5× 73 1.0× 93 934
Diana Conyers United Kingdom 12 258 0.7× 86 0.3× 117 0.4× 159 0.8× 40 0.5× 26 614
Paul Smoke United States 15 738 2.1× 83 0.3× 533 2.0× 223 1.1× 71 0.9× 60 1.1k
Jeffrey R. Crump United States 5 251 0.7× 201 0.7× 136 0.5× 289 1.4× 80 1.1× 8 726
Barrie Needham Netherlands 22 148 0.4× 536 1.9× 547 2.0× 156 0.8× 58 0.8× 58 1.2k
John Bachtler United Kingdom 21 1.1k 3.2× 148 0.5× 793 3.0× 174 0.9× 139 1.8× 129 1.5k
Hubert Heinelt Germany 14 467 1.3× 133 0.5× 101 0.4× 195 1.0× 70 0.9× 86 739
Eran Razin Israel 18 173 0.5× 281 1.0× 187 0.7× 558 2.7× 31 0.4× 54 989

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nick Devas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Devas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nunan, Fiona & Nick Devas. (2014). Accessing Land and Services: Exclusion or Entitlement?. 179–200. 1 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (2014). Urban Governance Voice and Poverty in the Developing World. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 23 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (2012). Municipalities and Finance. 2 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick, et al.. (2008). Financing Local Government. 11 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick, et al.. (2006). Local democracy and the challenges of decentralising the state: An international perspective. Local Government Studies. 32(5). 677–695. 49 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (2005). Metropolitan governance and urban poverty. Public Administration and Development. 25(4). 351–361. 15 indexed citations
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Blore, Ian, et al.. (2004). Municipalities and finance : a sourcebook for capacity building. 13 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (2003). Can city governments in the South deliver for the poor?: A municipal finance perspective. International Development Planning Review. 25(1). 1–29. 14 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick & Roy Kelly. (2001). Regulation or revenues? An analysis of local business licences, with a case study of the single business permit reform in Kenya. Public Administration and Development. 21(5). 381–391. 27 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick, et al.. (2001). Revenue authorities: are they the right vehicle for improved tax administration?. Public Administration and Development. 21(3). 211–222. 54 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (2001). Does City Governance Matter for the Urban Poor?. International Planning Studies. 6(4). 393–408. 52 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (2000). Connections between Urban Governance and Poverty: Analysing the Stage 1 City Case Studies. 1 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Michael, et al.. (1999). Complex management contracts: the case of customs administration in Mozambique. Public Administration and Development. 19(2). 153–163. 5 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (1996). Reshaping government at the local level in Cambodia: with an example of urban water supply in Battambang. Public Administration and Development. 16(1). 31–41. 9 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (1995). Urban relocation policy and practice: Proceedings of an expert meeting on urban relocation. Habitat International. 19(1). 142–143. 1 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (1990). Baróss, Paul and van der Linden, Jan (eds.), "The Transformation of Land Supply Systems in Third World Cities" (Book Review). Third World Planning Review. 12(2). 195–195. 3 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick, et al.. (1989). Keuangan pemerintah daerah di Indonesia. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 64 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (1989). The evolution of urban housing projects in Lesotho. Land Use Policy. 6(3). 203–216. 3 indexed citations
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Devas, Nick. (1983). Financing Urban Land Development for Low Income Housing: An Analysis with Particular Reference to Jakarta, Indonesia. Third World Planning Review. 5(3). 209–209. 15 indexed citations

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