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D-Index
32
Citations
4431
World Ranking
7318
National Ranking
1161

Best Publications

  • The slowing of sub-Saharan Africa's urbanization: evidence and implications for urban livelihoods:

    Deborah Potts

  • ‘Restoring Order’? Operation Murambatsvina and the Urban Crisis in Zimbabwe

    Deborah Potts

  • Shall we go home? Increasing urban poverty in African cities and migration processes.

    Deborah Potts

  • Circular Migration in Zimbabwe and Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa

    Deborah Potts

  • The urban informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa: from bad to good (and back again?)

    Deborah Potts

  • Whatever Happened to Africa's Rapid Urbanisation?

    Deborah Potts

  • Rural-urban linkages in contemporary Harare: why migrants need their land.

    Deborah Potts;Chris Mutambirwa

  • Challenging the Myths of Urban Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence from Nigeria

    Deborah Potts

  • Counter-urbanisation on the Zambian Copperbelt? Interpretations and Implications:

    Deborah Potts

  • Capital Relocation in Africa: The Case of Lilongwe in Malawi

    Deborah Potts

  • African urban economies: viability, vitality or vitiation?

    Deborah Potts

  • Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation

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  • “Basics are now a luxury”: perceptions of structural adjustment's impact on rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe

    Deborah Potts;Chris Mutambirwa

  • Urban Unemployment and Migrants in Africa: Evidence from Harare 1985–1994

    Deborah Potts

  • Worker-peasants and farmer-housewives in Africa: the debate about 'committed' farmers, access to land and agricultural production.

    Deborah Potts

  • THE STATE AND THE INFORMAL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN URBAN ECONOMIES: REVISITING DEBATES ON DUALISM

    Deborah Potts

  • Cities, society and social perception: A Central African perspective

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  • Debates about African urbanisation, migration and economic growth: what can we learn from Zimbabwe and Zambia?

    Deborah Potts

  • Urban data and definitions in sub-Saharan Africa: Mismatches between the pace of urbanisation and employment and livelihood change:

    Deborah Potts

  • Geography in a changing South Africa : progress and prospects

    Deborah Potts;Christian Rogerson;Jeffrey McCarthy

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