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Deborah Potts

Observed names: D H Potts, D Potts, D. Potts, DEBORAH POTTS, Deborah Potts (19288321), Dr Deborah Potts, Potts, D, Potts, D H, Potts, Deborah, Potts, Deborah Helen
ORCID: 0000-0002-0221-4497
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-0221-4497
OpenAlex ID: A5075027993
The slowing of sub-Saharan Africa's urbanization: evidence and implications for urban livelihoods
2009 · Deborah Potts · Environment and Urbanization · 229
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‘Restoring Order’? Operation Murambatsvina and the Urban Crisis in Zimbabwe
2006 · Deborah Potts · Journal of Southern African Studies · 228
Shall We Go Home? Increasing Urban Poverty in African Cities and Migration Processes
1995 · Deborah Potts · Geographical Journal · 184
The urban informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa: from bad to good (and back again?)
2008 · Deborah Potts · Development Southern Africa · 158
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Challenging the Myths of Urban Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence from Nigeria
2012 · Deborah Potts · World Development · 142
Circular Migration in Zimbabwe and Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa
2010 · Deborah Potts · Boydell and Brewer eBooks · 141
Counter-urbanisation on the Zambian Copperbelt? Interpretations and Implications
2005 · Deborah Potts · Urban Studies · 135
Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation
1997 · Deborah Potts, Robert Stock · Geographical Journal · 117
Urban data and definitions in sub-Saharan Africa: Mismatches between the pace of urbanisation and employment and livelihood change
2017 · Deborah Potts · Urban Studies · 116
Rural‐urban linkages in contemporary Harare: why migrants need their land
1990 · Deborah Potts, Chris Mutambirwa · Journal of Southern African Studies · 108
Capital Relocation in Africa: The Case of Lilongwe in Malawi
1985 · Deborah Potts · Geographical Journal · 107
The State and the Informal in Sub-saharan African Urban Economies: Revisiting Debates on Dualism
2007 · Deborah Potts · 102
Cities, society and social perception: A Central African perspective
1988 · Deborah Potts · Cities · 97
"Basics are now a luxury": perceptions of structural adjustment's impact on rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe
1998 · Deborah Potts, Chris Mutambirwa · Environment and Urbanization · 79
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Worker-peasants and Farmer-housewives in Africa: The Debate about 'Committed' Farmers, Access to Land and Agricultural Production
2000 · Deborah Potts · Journal of Southern African Studies · 76
Geography in a Changing South Africa: Progress and Prospects
1995 · Deborah Potts, Christian Rogerson, et al. · Geographical Journal · 76
Urban Unemployment and Migrants in Africa: Evidence from Harare 1985–1994
2000 · Deborah Potts · Development and Change · 74
Broken Cities
2020 · Deborah Potts · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks · 67
Whatever Happened to Africa's Rapid Urbanisation?
2012 · Dr Deborah Potts · Research Portal (King's College London) · 64
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African Urban Economies
2006 · Bryceson, Deborah Fahy, Potts, Deborah · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 60
Debates about A frican urbanisation, migration and economic growth: what can we learn from Z imbabwe and Z ambia?
2015 · Deborah Potts · Geographical Journal · 58
Fertility in Southern Africa: The Quiet Revolution
2001 · Deborah Potts, Shula Marks · Journal of Southern African Studies · 55
Viewpoint: What do we know about urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa and does it matter?
2012 · Deborah Potts · International Development Planning Review · 51
Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America
1995 · Deborah Potts, Janet H. Momsen, et al. · Geographical Journal · 51
Market institutions and urban food supply in West and Southern Africa
2007 · Gina Porter, Fergus Lyon, et al. · Progress in Development Studies · 49
Works count: 100
Citation count: 3,233
H-index: 31
I10-index: 46
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