Deborah Potts

Best Publications

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

  Deborah Potts

  360
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• ‘Restoring Order’? Operation Murambatsvina and the Urban Crisis in Zimbabwe

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  326
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• Shall we go home? Increasing urban poverty in African cities and migration processes.

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  316
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• Circular Migration in Zimbabwe and Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa

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  272
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• The urban informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa: from bad to good (and back again?)

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  237
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• Whatever Happened to Africa's Rapid Urbanisation?

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  201
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• Rural-urban linkages in contemporary Harare: why migrants need their land.

  Deborah Potts;Chris Mutambirwa

  191
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• Challenging the Myths of Urban Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence from Nigeria

  Deborah Potts

  189
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• Counter-urbanisation on the Zambian Copperbelt? Interpretations and Implications:

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  179
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• Capital Relocation in Africa: The Case of Lilongwe in Malawi

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  145
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• African urban economies: viability, vitality or vitiation?

  Deborah Potts

  119
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• 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

  116
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• Urban Unemployment and Migrants in Africa: Evidence from Harare 1985–1994

  Deborah Potts

  113
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• Worker-peasants and farmer-housewives in Africa: the debate about 'committed' farmers, access to land and agricultural production.

  Deborah Potts

  102
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• THE STATE AND THE INFORMAL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN URBAN ECONOMIES: REVISITING DEBATES ON DUALISM

  Deborah Potts

  100
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• Cities, society and social perception: A Central African perspective

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  98
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• Debates about African urbanisation, migration and economic growth: what can we learn from Zimbabwe and Zambia?

  Deborah Potts

  91
  Citations

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

  Deborah Potts

  88
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• Geography in a changing South Africa : progress and prospects

  Deborah Potts;Christian Rogerson;Jeffrey McCarthy

  25
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