| Community driven development, collective action and elite capture in Indonesia A Dasgupta, VA Beard Development and change 38 (2), 229-249, 2007 | 716 | 2007 |
| Learning radical planning: The power of collective action VA Beard Planning Theory 2 (1), 13-35, 2003 | 196 | 2003 |
| Individual determinants of participation in community development in Indonesia VA Beard Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 23 (1), 21-39, 2005 | 170 | 2005 |
| Collective action and community-driven development in rural and urban Indonesia VA Beard, A Dasgupta Urban studies 43 (9), 1451-1468, 2006 | 148 | 2006 |
| Household contributions to community development in Indonesia VA Beard World development 35 (4), 607-625, 2007 | 137 | 2007 |
| Covert planning for social transformation in Indonesia VA Beard Journal of Planning Education and Research 22 (1), 15-25, 2002 | 127 | 2002 |
| Unaffordable and undrinkable: Rethinking urban water access in the global south D Mitlin, VA Beard, D Satterthwaite, J Du | 84 | 2019 |
| Planning and decentralization V Beard, F Miraftab, C Silver Routledge. DOI 10, 9780203928264, 2008 | 82 | 2008 |
| Towards a more equal city: framing the challenges and opportunities VA Beard, A Mahendra, MI Westphal Growth 2015, 2030, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| Community-based planning and poverty alleviation in Oaxaca, Mexico DR Mason, VA Beard Journal of Planning Education and Research 27 (3), 245-260, 2008 | 74 | 2008 |
| Living arrangements and support relationships among elderly Indonesians: Case studies from Java and Sumatra VA Beard, Y Kunharibowo International Journal of Population Geography 7 (1), 17-33, 2001 | 71 | 2001 |
| Water access in global South cities: The challenges of intermittency and affordability VA Beard, D Mitlin World Development 147, 105625, 2021 | 70 | 2021 |
| Seven transformations for more equitable and sustainable cities A Mahendra, R King, J Du, A Dasgupta, VA Beard, A Kallergis, K Schalch | 47 | 2021 |
| Gender, collective action and participatory development in Indonesia V Beard, R Cartmill International Development Planning Review 29 (2), 185-213, 2007 | 41 | 2007 |
| Out of sight, out of mind: Understanding the sanitation crisis in global South cities VA Beard, D Satterthwaite, D Mitlin, J Du Journal of Environmental Management 306, 114285, 2022 | 39 | 2022 |
| Planning, public participation, and money politics in Santa Ana (CA) VA Beard, CS Sarmiento Journal of the American Planning Association 80 (2), 168-181, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
| Untreated and unsafe: solving the urban sanitation crisis in the global south D Satterthwaite, VA Beard, D Mitlin, J Du | 34 | 2019 |
| Commentary: Moving beyond crisis, crossroads, and the abyss in the disciplinary formation of planning VA Beard, V Basolo Journal of Planning Education and Research 29 (2), 233-242, 2009 | 31 | 2009 |
| Introduction: Situating contested notions of decentralized planning in the global South F Miraftab, C Silver, VA Beard Planning and Decentralization, 15-32, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Including the excluded: supporting informal workers for more equal and productive cities in the global south M Chen, VA Beard | 28 | 2018 |