| Developing and testing the Urban Sustainable Development Goal’s targets and indicators–a five-city study D Simon, H Arfvidsson, G Anand, A Bazaz, G Fenna, K Foster, G Jain, ... Environment and Urbanization 28 (1), 49-63, 2016 | 256 | 2016 |
| Perceptions and responses to urban flood risk: Implications for climate governance in the South CE Fatti, Z Patel Applied Geography 36, 13-22, 2013 | 154 | 2013 |
| Institutional dynamics and climate change adaptation in South Africa IC Koch, C Vogel, Z Patel Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 12, 1323-1339, 2007 | 150 | 2007 |
| Local responses to global sustainability agendas: learning from experimenting with the urban sustainable development goal in Cape Town Z Patel, S Greyling, D Simon, H Arfvidsson, N Moodley, N Primo, C Wright Sustainability science 12, 785-797, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Co-producing urban knowledge: experimenting with alternatives to ‘best practice’for Cape Town, South Africa Z Patel, S Greyling, S Parnell, G Pirie International Development Planning Review 37 (2), 187-203, 2015 | 80 | 2015 |
| Environmental justice in South Africa: Tools and trade‐offs Z Patel Social dynamics 35 (1), 94-110, 2009 | 77 | 2009 |
| Scalar politics and local sustainability: rethinking governance and justice in an era of political and environmental change M Lawhon, Z Patel Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 31 (6), 1048-1062, 2013 | 68 | 2013 |
| CityLab reflections and evolutions: nurturing knowledge and learning for urban sustainability through co-production experimentation C Culwick, CL Washbourne, PML Anderson, A Cartwright, Z Patel, W Smit Current opinion in environmental sustainability 39, 9-16, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| Organising for co-production: Local interaction platforms for urban sustainability B Perry, Z Patel, YN Bretzer, M Polk Politics and Governance 6 (1), 189-198, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
| Of questionable value: The role of practitioners in building sustainable cities Z Patel Geoforum 37 (5), 682-694, 2006 | 46 | 2006 |
| Rethinking sustainable development in the post-apartheid reconstruction of South African cities Z Patel Local Environment 5 (4), 383-399, 2000 | 45 | 2000 |
| Tackling wicked problems and tricky transitions: change and continuity in Cape Town's environmental policy landscape A Davison, Z Patel, S Greyling Local Environment 21 (9), 1063-1081, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| Building just and sustainable cities through government housing developments C Culwick, Z Patel Environment and Urbanization 32 (1), 133-154, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
| Urban sustainability disjunctures in Cape Town: learning the city from the inside and out S Greyling, Z Patel, A Davison Local Environment 22 (sup1), 52-65, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Understandings of urban regeneration, heritage and environmental justice at constitution hill, Johannesburg CD van der Merwe, Z Patel Urban Tourism in the Developing World, 293-306, 2017 | 25 | 2017 |
| The role of engaged scholarship and co-production to address urban challenges: a case study of the Cape Town Knowledge Transfer Programme SM Miszczak, Z Patel South African Geographical Journal= Suid-Afrikaanse Geografiese Tydskrif 100 …, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
| South Africa's three waves of environmental policy:(Mis) aligning the goals of sustainable development, environmental justice and climate change Z Patel Geography Compass 8 (3), 169-181, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| Reconstituting geography for the 21st century N Castree, A Leszczynski, JA Stallins, T Schwanen, Z Patel Environment and Planning F 1 (1), 3-6, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| United and divided responses to complex urban issues: insights on the value of a transdisciplinary approach to flooding risk C Culwick, Z Patel Area 49 (1), 43-51, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| Falling through the net: sustainability in Clermont Township, Durban C Oelofse, Z Patel South African Geographical Journal 82 (2), 35-43, 2000 | 19 | 2000 |