| 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 | 1972 | 2012 |
| Just transitions: Explorations of sustainability in an unfair world M Swilling, E Annecke Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd, 2012 | 437 | 2012 |
| Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth International Resource Panel, ... UNEP/Earthprint, 2011 | 403 | 2011 |
| Valuing green infrastructure in an urban environment under pressure—The Johannesburg case A Schäffler, M Swilling Ecological Economics 86, 246-257, 2013 | 282 | 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 | 230 | 2002 |
| Apartheid city in transition K Shubane Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1991 | 172 | 1991 |
| Consolidating developmental local government: Lessons from the South African experience M Swilling Juta and Company Ltd, 2008 | 152 | 2008 |
| 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 | 123 | 2016 |
| 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 | 122 | 2012 |
| Sustainability and infrastructure planning in South Africa: a Cape Town case study M Swilling Environment and Urbanization 18 (1), 23-50, 2006 | 119 | 2006 |
| 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 | 110 | 2013 |
| 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 | 95 | 2017 |
| 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 | 81 | 2014 |
| Reconceptualising urbanism, ecology and networked infrastructures M Swilling Social Dynamics 37 (1), 78-95, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| State, Resistance, and Change in South Africa PH Frankel, N Pines, M Swilling Croom Helm Limited, 1988 | 75 | 1988 |
| Governing Africa's cities M Swilling Wits University Press, 1997 | 72 | 1997 |
| The United Democratic Front and Township Revolt M Swilling Popular Struggles in South Africa, 90-113, 1988 | 72 | 1988 |
| Economic crisis, long waves and the sustainability transition: An African perspective M Swilling Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 6, 96-115, 2013 | 70 | 2013 |
| Linking complexity and sustainability theories: Implications for modeling sustainability transitions C Peter, M Swilling Sustainability 6 (3), 1594-1622, 2014 | 65 | 2014 |
| My soul I can see’: the limits of governing African cities in a context of globalization and complexity M Swilling, A Simone, F Khan 2003 Governance on the Ground: Innovations and Discontinuities in Cities of …, 2003 | 65 | 2003 |
