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Most cited papers in Local Economic Development and Planning

Local Economic Development and Planning

What are the most cited papers in Local Economic Development and Planning?

The most cited paper in Local Economic Development and Planning is "THE CASE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION: PLACE‐BASED VERSUS PLACE‐NEUTRAL APPROACHES*" (Fabrizio Barca, Philip McCann, Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose, 2012), with 1,588 citations. Next come "An Institutionalist Perspective on Regional Economic Development" (868) and "Tourism routes as a tool for the economic development of rural areas—vibrant hope or impossible dream?" (866).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 107 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	THE CASE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION: PLACE‐BASED VERSUS PLACE‐NEUTRAL APPROACHES* Fabrizio Barca, Philip McCann, Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose · Journal of Regional Science Open access	31 Jan 2012	1,588
2	An Institutionalist Perspective on Regional Economic Development Ash Amin · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	Jun 1999	868
3	Tourism routes as a tool for the economic development of rural areas—vibrant hope or impossible dream? Jenny Briedenhann, Eugenia Wickens · Tourism Management	9 Jun 2003	866
4	Methods of Regional Analysis. Robin Farquharson · South African Journal of Economics	Jun 1961	658
5	Rural-urban interactions: a guide to the literature Cecilia Tacoli · Environment and Urbanization	Apr 1998	523
6	What Kind of Local and Regional Development and for Whom? Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose, John Tomaney · Regional Studies Open access	Dec 2007	434
7	Africa’s urbanisation: Implications for sustainable development Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Paul Amoateng · Cities	26 Apr 2015	419
8	The Emergence of Self-Organizing E-Commerce Ecosystems in Remote Villages of China: A Tale of Digital Empowerment for Rural Development1 Carmen Leong, Shan Ling Pan, Sue Newell et al. · MIS Quarterly	Jun 2016	375
9	Mapping the Bonanza: Geographies of Mining Investment in an Era of Neoliberal Reform Gavin Bridge · The Professional Geographer	Aug 2004	344
10	Tourism as a local development strategy in South Africa Tony Binns, Etienne Louis Nel · Geographical Journal Open access	Sep 2002	291
11	Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa Ineke van Kessel, Gillian Hart · Africa	2004	276
12	The Politics of Local Economic Development Harold L. Wolman, David V. Spitzley · Economic Development Quarterly	May 1996	276
13	Uniting a Divided City; Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg Jo Beall, Owen Cranshaw, Susan M. Parnell · Review of African Political Economy Open access	Mar 2003	261
14	The governance of rural areas: Some emerging research issues and agendas Mark A. Goodwin · Journal of Rural Studies	1998	254
15	Toward a Greater Understanding of Entrepreneurship and Strategy in the Informal Economy Justin Wolfgang Webb, R. Duane Ireland, David J. Ketchen · Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal	Mar 2014	252
16	The continuity and change in mega-urbanization in Indonesia: A survey of Jakarta–Bandung Region (JBR) development Tommy Firman · Habitat International	27 Oct 2008	247
17	Promoting Small and Medium Enterprises with a Clustering Approach: A Policy Experience from Indonesia Tulus Tambunan · Journal of Small Business Management	4 Feb 2005	227
18	The slowing of sub-Saharan Africa's urbanization: evidence and implications for urban livelihoods Deborah Potts · Environment and Urbanization Open access	18 Mar 2009	224
19	African Urbanisation and Urbanism: Implications for risk accumulation and reduction David Dodman, Hayley Leck, Maria Rusca et al. · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Open access	19 Jul 2017	218
20	An institutional model of the development process Patsy Healey · Journal of Property Research	Mar 1992	215
21	Tourism Governance and Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa Pius Siakwah, Regis Musavengane, Llewellyn Leonard · Tourism Planning & Development	16 Apr 2019	196
22	Formalizing the Informal: Understanding the Position of Informal Settlements and Slums in Sustainable Urbanization Policies and Strategies in Bandung, Indonesia Paul Ronald Jones · Sustainability Open access	14 Aug 2017	196
23	Place leadership and regional economic development: a framework for cross-regional analysis Andrew Beer, Sarah Ayres, Terry L. Clower et al. · Regional Studies Open access	4 Apr 2018	190
24	Persistent Polarisation Post-Apartheid? Progress towards Urban Integration in Cape Town Ivan Nicholas Turok · Urban Studies	Dec 2001	190
25	Pro-Poor local economic development in South Africa: The role of pro-poor tourism Christian M. Rogerson · Local Environment	2006	188
26	The changing urban-rural interface of African cities: definitional issues and an application to Kumasi, Ghana Dávid Simon, Duncan McGregor, Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah · Environment and Urbanization	Oct 2004	184
27	Urbanization and development in sub-Saharan Africa Ambe J. Njoh · Cities	23 Apr 2003	182
28	‘Black Economic Empowerment’, Business and the State in South Africa Stefano Ponte, Simon John Roberts, Lance van Sittert · Development and Change	Sep 2007	180
29	Local economic development Karl Birkhölzer · Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit	May 1999	180
30	Local Economic Development: A Review and Assessment of its Current Status in South Africa Etienne Louis Nel · Urban Studies	Jun 2001	178
31	Capacity building: Facilitating citizen participation in local governance Michael Cuthill, John Fien · Australian Journal of Public Administration Open access	Dec 2005	177
32	Rural nonfarm employment in developing countries in an era of globalization Thomas Reardon, Kostas Stamoulis, Prabhu Pingali · Agricultural Economics	Dec 2007	174
33	Roads to Poverty Reduction? Exploring Rural Roads' Impact on Mobility in Africa and Asia Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Annabel Bradbury, Trevor Bradbury · Development Policy Review	18 Jun 2008	170
34	Land Use Change, Spatial Interaction, and Sustainable Development in the Metropolitan Urban Areas, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia Batara Surya, Despry Nur Annisa Ahmad, Harry Hardian Sakti et al. · Land Open access	24 Mar 2020	167
35	World City Syndrome: Neoliberalism and Inequality in Cape Town David A. McDonald	18 Oct 2007	165
36	Jurnal Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota Johan Woltjer · Jurnal Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota Open access	Apr 2014	163
37	Migration and Urbanisation in Francophone West Africa: An Overview of the Recent Empirical Evidence Cris Beauchemin, Philippe Bocquier · Urban Studies	Oct 2004	161
38	Global Cities in the South: Deepening social and spatial polarisation in Cape Town Charlotte Lemanski · Cities	21 Apr 2007	156
39	Marxisms, Modernities, and Moralities: Development Praxis and the Claims of Distant Strangers Stuart Corbridge · Environment and Planning D Society and Space	Aug 1993	155
40	Differentiating networked services in Cape Town: Echoes of splintering urbanism? Sylvy Jaglin · Geoforum	4 Aug 2008	154
41	A review of spatial planning in Ghana's socio-economic development trajectory: A sustainable development perspective Issahaka Fuseini, Jaco Kemp · Land Use Policy	14 May 2015	154
42	The Ethiopian developmental state Christopher Clapham · Third World Quarterly	2 Jun 2017	153
43	Performance of tourism partnerships: a focus on York Marcjanna M. Augustyn, Tim Knowles · Tourism Management	Aug 2000	153
44	The spatial formation of the South African City Ron Davies · GeoJournal	1981	153
45	Spatial inequalities and policies in South Africa: Place-based or people-centred? Alison Todes, Ivan Nicholas Turok · Progress in Planning	7 Apr 2017	152
46	Governing Post Apartheid Spatiality: Implementing City Improvement Districts in Cape Town Faranak Miraftab · Antipode	Sep 2007	152
47	South Africa in a comparative study of industrialization Stanley Trapido · The Journal of Development Studies	Apr 1971	152
48	An integrated approach to assess the impacts of tourism on community development and sustainable livelihoods M. Cather Simpson · Community Development Journal	25 Jul 2007	149
49	Urban growth and strategic spatial planning in Johannesburg, South Africa Alison Todes · Cities	11 Sep 2011	149
50	Local institutions and local economic development: the Local Enterprise Partnerships in England, 2010- Andy Pike, David W. Marlow, Andrew McCarthy et al. · Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society Open access	26 Jan 2015	148

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