| Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges DJ Lang, A Wiek, M Bergmann, M Stauffacher, P Martens, P Moll, ... Sustainability science 7 (1), 25-43, 2012 | 2455 | 2012 |
| Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth International Resource Panel, ... UNEP/Earthprint, 2011 | 541 | 2011 |
| Just transitions: Explorations of sustainability in an unfair world M Swilling, E Annecke Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd, 2012 | 509 | 2012 |
| Valuing green infrastructure in an urban environment under pressure—The Johannesburg case A Schäffler, M Swilling Ecological economics 86, 246-257, 2013 | 338 | 2013 |
| The size and scope of the non-profit sector in South Africa M Swilling, B Russell Centre for Civil Society, University of Natal, 2002 | 234 | 2002 |
| Apartheid city in transition K Shubane Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South, 1991 | 183 | 1991 |
| Developmental states and sustainability transitions: prospects of a just transition in South Africa M Swilling, J Musango, J Wakeford Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 18 (5), 650-672, 2016 | 168 | 2016 |
| Consolidating developmental local government: Lessons from the South African experience M Van Donk, M Swilling Juta and Company Ltd, 2008 | 157 | 2008 |
| Reshaping urban infrastructure: Material flow analysis and transitions analysis in an urban context M Hodson, S Marvin, B Robinson, M Swilling Journal of Industrial Ecology 16 (6), 789-800, 2012 | 134 | 2012 |
| Betrayal of the promise: how South Africa is being stolen H Bhorat, M Buthelezi, I Chipkin, S Duma, L Mondi, C Peter, M Qobo, ... State Capacity Research Project, 1-72, 2017 | 130 | 2017 |
| Sustainability and infrastructure planning in South Africa: a Cape Town case study M Swilling Environment and Urbanization 18 (1), 23-50, 2006 | 127 | 2006 |
| Assessing global land use: balancing consumption with sustainable supply S Bringezu, H Schütz, W Pengue, M O’Brien, F Garcia, R Sims, ... United Nations Environment Programme, 2014 | 94 | 2014 |
| City-level decoupling: urban resource flows and the governance of infrastructure transitions. A report of the working group on cities of the international resource panel M Swilling, B Robinson, S Marvin, M Hodson, M Hajer United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2013 | 92 | 2013 |
| Reconceptualising urbanism, ecology and networked infrastructures M Swilling Social Dynamics 37 (1), 78-95, 2011 | 86 | 2011 |
| Linking complexity and sustainability theories: Implications for modeling sustainability transitions C Peter, M Swilling Sustainability 6 (3), 1594-1622, 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
| Shadow state: The politics of state capture C Peter, H Friedenstein, H Bhorat, I Chipkin, L Mondi, M Swilling, ... NYU Press, 2018 | 83 | 2018 |
| The guiding logics and principles for designing emergent transdisciplinary research processes: learning experiences and reflections from a transdisciplinary urban case study in … J Van Breda, M Swilling Sustainability Science 14 (3), 823-841, 2019 | 80 | 2019 |
| Multi-scale governance of sustainable natural resource use—challenges and opportunities for monitoring and institutional development at the national and global level S Bringezu, J Potočnik, H Schandl, Y Lu, A Ramaswami, M Swilling, ... Sustainability 8 (8), 778, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| The United Democratic Front and Township Revolt M Swilling Popular Struggles in South Africa, 90-113, 1988 | 77 | 1988 |
| Economic crisis, long waves and the sustainability transition: An African perspective M Swilling Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 6, 96-115, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
