| Uniting a divided city: Governance and social exclusion in Johannesburg J Beall, O Crankshaw, S Parnell Routledge, 2014 | 582 | 2014 |
| Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities: a global assessment T Elmqvist, M Fragkias, J Goodness, B Güneralp, PJ Marcotullio, ... Springer, 2013 | 402 | 2013 |
| (Re) theorizing cities from the Global South: Looking beyond neoliberalism S Parnell, J Robinson Urban Geography 33 (4), 593-617, 2012 | 325 | 2012 |
| Planning for cities in the global South: a research agenda for sustainable human settlements S Parnell, E Pieterse, V Watson Progress in Planning 72 (2), 233-241, 2009 | 278* | 2009 |
| The ‘right to the city’: institutional imperatives of a developmental state S Parnell, E Pieterse International journal of urban and regional research 34 (1), 146-162, 2010 | 227 | 2010 |
| Rethinking urban South Africa S Parnell, A Mabin Journal of Southern African Studies 21 (1), 39-61, 1995 | 219 | 1995 |
| Democratising local government: the South African experiment S Parnell, E Pieterse Democratising local government: the South African experiment, 2002 | 183 | 2002 |
| Africa's Urban Revolution S Parnell, E Pieterse Zed, London, 2014 | 182* | 2014 |
| Africa's Urban Revolution S Parnell, E Pieterse Zed, 2014 | 182* | 2014 |
| The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South S Parnell, S Oldfield Routledge, 2014 | 172 | 2014 |
| Consolidating Developmental Local Government: Lessons from the South African Experience E van Donk, Mirjam, Pieterse, S Swilling, Mark, Parnell Consolidating developmental local government: lessons from the South African …, 2008 | 164* | 2008 |
| Defining a global urban development agenda S Parnell World Development 78, 529-540, 2016 | 157 | 2016 |
| Developmental local government and post-Apartheid poverty alleviation S Parnell, E Pieterse Africanus 29, 61-84, 1999 | 140* | 1999 |
| Sub-Saharan African urbanisation and global environmental change S Parnell, R Walawege Global Environmental Change 21, S12-S20, 2011 | 138 | 2011 |
| Consolidating Developmental Local Government: Lessons from the South African Experience M Swilling, E Pieterse, S Parnell Cape Town: UCT Press, 2008 | 138* | 2008 |
| Consolidating Developmental Local Government: Lessons from the South African Experience VD Mirjam, M Swilling, E Pieterse, S Parnell Cape Town: UCT Press, 2008 | 138* | 2008 |
| Development and urban policy: Johannesburg's city development strategy S Parnell, J Robinson Urban Studies 43 (2), 337-355, 2006 | 128 | 2006 |
| Local government, poverty reduction and inequality in Johannesburg J Beall, O Crankshaw, S Parnell Environment and Urbanization 12 (1), 107-122, 2000 | 119 | 2000 |
| Global environmental change: conceptualising the growing challenge for cities in poor countries S Parnell, D Simon, C Vogel Area 39 (3), 357-369, 2007 | 114 | 2007 |
| A global outlook on urbanization KC Seto, S Parnell, T Elmqvist Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Challenges and …, 2013 | 112 | 2013 |