| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Role of informal sector recycling in waste management in developing countries | Habitat International | 2006 | 650 |
| 2 | The application of urban sustainability indicators – A comparison between various practices | Habitat International | 2011 | 536 |
| 3 | Assessment on the urbanization strategy in China: Achievements, challenges and reflections | Habitat International | 2018 | 390 |
| 4 | Study of green areas and urban heat island in a tropical city | Habitat International | 2005 | 384 |
| 5 | Sustainable urban form for Chinese compact cities: Challenges of a rapid urbanized economy | Habitat International | 2008 | 376 |
| 6 | Critical review of the research on the management of prefabricated construction | Habitat International | 2014 | 361 |
| 7 | Urban villages under China's rapid urbanization: Unregulated assets and transitional neighbourhoods | Habitat International | 2010 | 357 |
| 8 | Effects of land use transitions due to rapid urbanization on ecosystem services: Implications for urban planning in the new developing area of China | Habitat International | 2014 | 354 |
| 9 | Urban form and climate change: Balancing adaptation and mitigation in the U.S. and Australia | Habitat International | 2009 | 346 |
| 10 | Assessment of residential satisfaction in newly designed public low-cost housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Habitat International | 2010 | 344 |
| 11 | Evolution and assessment on China's urbanization 1960–2010: Under-urbanization or over-urbanization? | Habitat International | 2013 | 339 |
| 12 | Truths and myths about community participation in post-disaster housing projects | Habitat International | 2007 | 327 |
| 13 | Greening cities – To be socially inclusive? About the alleged paradox of society and ecology in cities | Habitat International | 2017 | 313 |
| 14 | Linking ecological degradation risk to identify ecological security patterns in a rapidly urbanizing landscape | Habitat International | 2018 | 312 |
| 15 | The influence of land use on the urban heat island in Singapore | Habitat International | 2007 | 310 |
| 16 | Investigating the awareness and application of sustainable construction concept by Malaysian developers | Habitat International | 2010 | 308 |
| 17 | Sustainable urban expansion and transportation in a growing megacity: Consequences of urban sprawl for mobility on the urban fringe of Beijing | Habitat International | 2010 | 301 |
| 18 | A review of recent studies on sustainable urban renewal | Habitat International | 2014 | 299 |
| 19 | Drivers for green building: A review of empirical studies | Habitat International | 2017 | 292 |
| 20 | The mitigation–adaptation dichotomy and the role of spatial planning | Habitat International | 2009 | 268 |
| 21 | Combining climate change adaptation and mitigation measures at the local level | Habitat International | 2009 | 260 |
| 22 | China's floating population and their settlement intention in the cities: Beyond the Hukou reform | Habitat International | 2007 | 259 |
| 23 | Implementation challenges to the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings: Towards the goals of sustainable, low carbon cities | Habitat International | 2012 | 255 |
| 24 | The trends, promises and challenges of urbanisation in the world | Habitat International | 2016 | 244 |
| 25 | Critical analysis of green building research trend in construction journals | Habitat International | 2016 | 243 |
| 26 | The new urbanization policy in China: Which way forward? | Habitat International | 2015 | 242 |
| 27 | Economic Development and Agricultural Land Loss in the Pearl River Delta, China | Habitat International | 1999 | 240 |
| 28 | Identifying the critical factors for green construction – An empirical study in China | Habitat International | 2013 | 235 |
| 29 | Differentiation of rural development driven by industrialization and urbanization in eastern coastal China | Habitat International | 2009 | 233 |
| 30 | Sustainable construction practice and contractors’ competitiveness: A preliminary study | Habitat International | 2011 | 228 |
| 31 | Urban land tenure policy options: titles or rights? | Habitat International | 2001 | 227 |
| 32 | Seeking good governance in participatory-GIS: a review of processes and governance dimensions in applying GIS to participatory spatial planning | Habitat International | 2003 | 216 |
| 33 | Cultivated land protection policies in China facing 2030: Dynamic balance system versus basic farmland zoning | Habitat International | 2017 | 213 |
| 34 | One decade of urban housing reform in China: Urban housing price dynamics and the role of migration and urbanization, 1995–2005 | Habitat International | 2011 | 211 |
| 35 | Land use dynamics in peri-urban areas and their implications on the urban growth and form: the case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Habitat International | 2005 | 201 |
| 36 | A ladder of community participation for underdeveloped countries | Habitat International | 1996 | 197 |
| 37 | Partnerships for solid waste management in developing countries: linking theories to realities | Habitat International | 2004 | 197 |
| 38 | Economic transition, spatial development and urban land use efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China | Habitat International | 2017 | 192 |
| 39 | The development and redevelopment of urban villages in Shenzhen | Habitat International | 2011 | 190 |
| 40 | Public green space inequality in small towns in South Africa | Habitat International | 2010 | 187 |
| 41 | Built-up land efficiency in urban China: Insights from the General Land Use Plan (2006–2020) | Habitat International | 2016 | 184 |
| 42 | Planning for sustainable urbanisation in fast growing cities: Mitigation and adaptation issues addressed in Dhaka, Bangladesh | Habitat International | 2009 | 177 |
| 43 | A system dynamics model for the sustainable land use planning and development | Habitat International | 2009 | 171 |
| 44 | Exploring the challenges to industrialized residential building in China | Habitat International | 2014 | 171 |
| 45 | Role of construction in economic development: Review of key concepts in the past 40 years | Habitat International | 2011 | 170 |
| 46 | Promoting and implementing urban sustainability in China: An integration of sustainable initiatives at different urban scales | Habitat International | 2018 | 170 |
| 47 | Rural restructuring at village level under rapid urbanization in metropolitan suburbs of China and its implications for innovations in land use policy | Habitat International | 2018 | 168 |
| 48 | Prefabrication and barriers to entry—a case study of public housing and institutional buildings in Hong Kong | Habitat International | 2006 | 166 |
| 49 | Why sustainable construction? Why not? An owner's perspective | Habitat International | 2015 | 165 |
| 50 | Factors influencing the success of PPP at feasibility stage – A tripartite comparison study in Hong Kong | Habitat International | 2012 | 163 |
