| The Oxford handbook of megaproject management B Flyvbjerg Oxford University Press, 2017 | 313 | 2017 |
| The water question in feminism: water control and gender inequities in a neo-liberal era R Ahlers, M Zwarteveen Gender, Place and Culture 16 (4), 409-426, 2009 | 232 | 2009 |
| Informal space in the urban waterscape: Disaggregation and co-production of water services R Ahlers, F Cleaver, M Rusca, K Schwartz Water Alternatives 7 (1), 1-14, 2014 | 229 | 2014 |
| Assessing the usefulness of the water poverty index by applying it to a special case: Can one be water poor with high levels of access? V Komnenic, R Ahlers, P Van Der Zaag Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 34 (4-5), 219-224, 2009 | 142 | 2009 |
| Fixing and nixing: The politics of water privatization R Ahlers Review of radical political economics 42 (2), 213-230, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
| Framing hydropower as green energy: assessing drivers, risks and tensions in the Eastern Himalayas R Ahlers, J Budds, D Joshi, V Merme, M Zwarteveen Earth System Dynamics 6 (1), 195-204, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
| The human right to water: moving towards consensus in a fragmented world J Gupta, R Ahlers, L Ahmed Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 19 (3), 294-305, 2010 | 107 | 2010 |
| Opposing currents: The politics of water and gender in Latin America V Bennett, S Dávila-Poblete, N Rico University of Pittsburgh Pre, 2005 | 103 | 2005 |
| Private equity, public affair: Hydropower financing in the Mekong Basin V Merme, R Ahlers, J Gupta Global Environmental Change 24, 20-29, 2014 | 102 | 2014 |
| Unleashing entrepreneurs or controlling unruly providers? The formalisation of small-scale water providers in Greater Maputo, Mozambique R Ahlers, V Perez Güida, M Rusca, K Schwartz The Journal of Development Studies 49 (4), 470-482, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| The question of inclusion and representation in rural South Africa: challenging the concept of water user associations as a vehicle for transformation JS Kemerink, LE Méndez, R Ahlers, P Wester, P van der Zaag Water Policy 15 (2), 243-257, 2013 | 71 | 2013 |
| Adapting generic models through bricolage: Elite capture of water users associations in peri-urban Lilongwe M Rusca, K Schwartz, L Hadzovic, R Ahlers The European Journal of Development Research 27, 777-792, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| Institutional dysfunction and challenges in flood control: a case study of the Kosi flood 2008 RK Shrestha, R Ahlers, M Bakker, J Gupta Economic and Political Weekly, 45-53, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Contested water rights in post-apartheid South Africa: The struggle for water at catchment level JS Kemerink, R Ahlers, P Van der Zaag Water SA 37 (4), 585-594, 2011 | 64 | 2011 |
| (In) formality: the meshwork of water service provisioning K Schwartz, M Tutusaus Luque, M Rusca, R Ahlers Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 2 (1), 31-36, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |
| Ambitious development on fragile foundations: Criticalities of current large dam construction in Afghanistan R Ahlers, L Brandimarte, I Kleemans, SH Sadat Geoforum 54, 49-58, 2014 | 51 | 2014 |
| Financialization, water governance, and uneven development R Ahlers, V Merme Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 3 (6), 766-774, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| The myth of ‘healthy’competition in the water sector: The case of small scale water providers R Ahlers, K Schwartz, VP Guida Habitat International 38, 175-182, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
| Gender dimensions of neoliberal water policy in Mexico and Bolivia: Empowering or disempowering R Ahlers Opposing currents: The policy of water and gendering Latin America, 53-71, 2005 | 36 | 2005 |
| Large dam development: from trojan horse to pandora’s box R Ahlers, M Zwarteveen, K Bakker | 30 | 2017 |
