| Adapting to climate change: water management for urban resilience M Muller Adapting cities to climate change, 291-307, 2012 | 375 | 2012 |
| Water governance—An historical perspective on current debates P Woodhouse, M Muller World development 92, 225-241, 2017 | 371 | 2017 |
| Water security in one blue planet: twenty-first century policy challenges for science D Grey, D Garrick, D Blackmore, J Kelman, M Muller, C Sadoff Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2013 | 341 | 2013 |
| Integrated water resources management in practice: Better water management for development R Lenton, M Muller Routledge, 2012 | 259 | 2012 |
| The baby killer; a War on Want investigation into the promotion and sale of powdered baby milks in the third world-2 M Muller | 243 | 1975 |
| Free basic water—a sustainable instrument for a sustainable future in South Africa M Muller Environment and Urbanization 20 (1), 67-87, 2008 | 146 | 2008 |
| The'nexus' as a step back towards a more coherent water resource management paradigm. M Muller Water Alternatives 8 (1), 2015 | 143 | 2015 |
| Water security in South Africa M Muller, B Schreiner, L Smith, B van Koppen, H Sally, M Aliber, ... Development Planning Division. Working Paper Series 12, 2009 | 139 | 2009 |
| Policy review of the means of implementation targets and indicators for the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation J Bartram, C Brocklehurst, D Bradley, M Muller, B Evans NPJ Clean Water 1 (1), 3, 2018 | 130 | 2018 |
| Cape Town’s drought: don’t blame climate change M Muller Nature 559 (7713), 174-176, 2018 | 114 | 2018 |
| Water management, water security and climate change adaptation: early impacts and essential responses C Sadoff, M Muller Global Water Partnership, 2009 | 103 | 2009 |
| The Health of Nations M Muller Faber and Faber, 1982 | 103* | 1982 |
| Built infrastructure is essential M Muller, A Biswas, R Martin-Hurtado, C Tortajada Science 349 (6248), 585-586, 2015 | 88 | 2015 |
| Tobacco and the third world: tomorrow's epidemic? M Muller | 84 | 1978 |
| Understanding the origins of Cape Town’s water crisis M Muller Civil Engineering= Siviele Ingenieurswese 2017 (5), 11-16, 2017 | 81 | 2017 |
| Parish pump politics: the politics of water supply in South Africa M Muller Progress in Development Studies 7 (1), 33-45, 2007 | 73 | 2007 |
| La gestión del agua, la seguridad hídrica y la adptación al cambio climático: efectos anticipados y respuestas esenciales CW Sadoff, M Muller Global Water Partnership, 2010 | 63 | 2010 |
| Fit for purpose: taking integrated water resource management back to basics M Muller Irrigation and drainage systems 24, 161-175, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| Lessons from Cape Town's drought M Muller Nature 559 (7713), 174-176, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
| Inter-basin water sharing to achieve water security: A South African perspective M Muller Director-General, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria. Speech …, 2002 | 43 | 2002 |
