Laı̈la Smith
Impact in
- Urban Studies top 2%
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Public Administration top 10%
Papers in
- Law 5
- Legal Issues in South Africa 5
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- Urban and Rural Development Challenges 4
- Co-authors
- Susan Hanson (1 shared paper)David A. McDonald (1 shared paper)Ian Goldman (2 shared papers)Christopher Adams (1 shared paper)Stephen Taylor (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Urban Studies (2 papers)Urban Forum (2 papers)Geoforum (2 papers)Journal of Asian and African Studies (1 paper)DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesSouth Korea
In The Last Decade
Laı̈la Smith
11 papers receiving 317 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 66
- Urban Studies 104
- Public Administration 29
- Political Science and International Relations 150
- Law 46
- Ocean Engineering 60
Countries citing papers authored by Laı̈la Smith
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Fields of papers citing papers by Laı̈la Smith
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Co-authors
The 5 scholars most cited alongside Laı̈la Smith, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | 116 | |
| 2 | 2003 | 75 | |
| 3 | 2004 | 55 | |
| 4 | 2018 | 37 | |
| 5 | 2001 | 23 | |
| 6 | 2019 | 19 | |
| 7 | 2007 | 17 | |
| 8 | 2011 | 14 | |
| 9 | 2003 | 6 | |
| 10 | Urban political ecology of water in Cape Town, South Africa | 2010 | 2 |
| 11 | 2020 | 1 |
About Laı̈la Smith
Laı̈la Smith is a scholar working on Law, Urban Studies, Management Science and Operations Research, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management, having authored 11 papers that have together received 365 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Legal Issues in South Africa (5 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers), Public-Private Partnership Projects (2 papers), Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 papers), South African History and Culture (2 papers), Evaluation and Performance Assessment (2 papers), Human Rights and Development (1 paper) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Urban Studies (104 citations), Public Administration (29 citations), Political Science and International Relations (150 citations), Law (46 citations) and Ocean Engineering (60 citations). Laı̈la Smith has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Susan Hanson, David A. McDonald, Ian Goldman, Christopher Adams and Stephen Taylor. Their work appears in journals such as Urban Studies, Urban Forum, Geoforum, Journal of Asian and African Studies and DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals).
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