| Whole community resilience: An asset-based approach to enhancing adaptive capacity before a disruption RC Freitag, DB Abramson, M Chalana, M Dixon Journal of the American Planning Association 80 (4), 324-335, 2014 | 77 | 2014 |
| Messy urbanism: Understanding the “other” cities of Asia M Chalana, J Hou Hong Kong University Press, 2016 | 67 | 2016 |
| Slumdogs vs. millionaires: balancing urban informality and global modernity in Mumbai, India M Chalana Journal of architectural education 63 (2), 25-37, 2010 | 39 | 2010 |
| Chandigarh: City and periphery M Chalana Journal of Planning History 14 (1), 62-84, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Beyond Le Corbusier and the modernist city: reframing Chandigarh's ‘World Heritage’legacy M Chalana, TS Sprague Planning Perspectives 28 (2), 199-222, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| Untangling the “messy” Asian city J Hou, M Chalana Messy urbanism: Understanding the “other” cities of Asia 1, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| National parks for new audiences: Diversifying interpretation for enhanced contemporary relevance DE Coslett, M Chalana The Public Historian 38 (4), 101-128, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Balancing history and development in Seattle's pike/pine neighborhood conservation district M Chalana Journal of the American Planning Association 82 (2), 182-184, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Of mills and malls: the future of urban industrial heritage in neoliberal Mumbai M Chalana Future Anterior 9 (1), a-15, 2012 | 14 | 2012 |
| Heritage conservation in postcolonial India: Approaches and challenges M Chalana, A Krishna Routledge, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| Diverse approaches to the preservation of built vernacular heritage: case study of post-disaster reconstruction of the Xijie Historic District in Dujiangyan City, China H Kou, M Chalana, J Zhou Journal of Architectural Conservation 26 (1), 71-86, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
| An (Almost) All-American City: The vision and legacy of the Tehran Comprehensive Plan VN Zareh The Emerging Asian City, 139-147, 2012 | 10* | 2012 |
| Making sense of the order in the disorder in delhi’s kathputli colony M Chalana, S Rishi Messy Urbanism: Understanding the “Other” Cities of Asia, 154-174, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| With Heritage So Wild: Cultural Landscape Management in the US National Parks M Chalana University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 2005 | 8 | 2005 |
| Twilight in Delhi: The Failure of Slum Rehabilitation Programs in Creating a Healthier City M Chalana, S Rishi Transforming Distressed Global Communities, 245-264, 2016 | 7 | 2016 |
| ‘All the world going and coming’: the past and future of the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab, India M Chalana Cultural Landscapes of South Asia, 112-130, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| The Pay Streak Spectacle: Representations of Race and Gender in the Amusement Quarters of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition M Chalana The Pacific Northwest Quarterly 100 (1), 23-36, 2008 | 6 | 2008 |
| Integrating preservation and hazard mitigation for unreinforced masonry buildings in Seattle M Chalana, JC Wiser APT bulletin 44 (2-3), p. 43-51, 2013 | 5 | 2013 |
| Managing change: Seattle’s 21st century urban renaissance K Idziorek, M Chalana Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban …, 2019 | 4 | 2019 |
| The future of the recent past: Challenges facing modern heritage from the postcolonial decades in India M Chalana Routledge companion to global heritage conservation, 477-486, 2019 | 4 | 2019 |
