All Stories

  1. Historicising the informal/formal dialectic: A reflection on the conceptualisation of informality versus the history of ‘informal’ economic activities

    Article • Dialogues in Human Geography, July 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Deborah Potts

  2. Situating the BRICS Phenomenon within the Histories and Cultures of Southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Southern African Studies, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Deborah Potts

  3. Debates about defining urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and Kenya are explained

    Article • World Development, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Deborah Potts

  4. Employment data suggest issues with urban definitions in some African countries

    Article • Urban Studies, July 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Deborah Potts

  5. Response to arguments about African urbanization trends

    Article • Urban Studies, July 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Deborah Potts

  6. Comparative analysis of urban livelihoods over 70 years in southern African and BRIC countries

    Article • Journal of Southern African Studies, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Deborah Potts

  7. Debates aboutAfrican urbanisation, migration and economic growth: what can we learn fromZimbabwe andZambia?

    Article • Geographical Journal, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Deborah Potts

  8. Urban economies, urban livelihoods and natural resource-based economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: The constraints of a liberalized world economy

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, November 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Deborah Potts

  9. Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa

    Article • September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Deborah Potts

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

    Article • World Development, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Deborah Potts

  11. MAKING A LIVELIHOOD IN (AND BEYOND) THE AFRICAN CITY: THE EXPERIENCE OF ZIMBABWE

    Article • Africa, October 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Deborah Potts

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

    Article • Environment and Urbanization, April 2009, SAGE Publications

    Dr Deborah Potts

  13. Edited volume with chapters investigating the factors affecting African urban economies

    Article • January 2006, Nature

    Dr Deborah Potts

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

    Article • Development and Change, September 2000, Wiley

    Dr Deborah Potts