| Facing the challenge of shrinking cities in East Germany: The case of Leipzig M Bontje GeoJournal 61 (1), 13-21, 2004 | 481 | 2004 |
| Shrinking cities: Notes for the further research agenda K Großmann, M Bontje, A Haase, V Mykhnenko Cities 35, 221-225, 2013 | 348 | 2013 |
| Creative industries, creative class and competitiveness: Expert opinions critically appraised M Bontje, S Musterd Geoforum 40 (5), 843-852, 2009 | 262 | 2009 |
| Edge cities, European-style: examples from Paris and the Randstad M Bontje, J Burdack Cities 22 (4), 317-330, 2005 | 216 | 2005 |
| Accommodating creative knowledge: A literature review from a European perspective S Musterd, M Bontje, C Chapain, Z Kovács, A Murie AMIDSt, University of Amsterdam, 2007 | 197 | 2007 |
| Responding to tough times: Policy and planning strategies in shrinking cities T Wiechmann, M Bontje European Planning Studies 23 (1), 1-11, 2015 | 189 | 2015 |
| Understanding shrinkage in European regions M Bontje, S Musterd Alexandrine Press, 2012 | 160 | 2012 |
| Dealing with deconcentration: Population deconcentration and planning response in polynucleated urban regions in north-west Europe M Bontje Urban Studies 38 (4), 769-785, 2001 | 119 | 2001 |
| Pathways toward European creative-knowledge city-regions M Bontje, S Musterd, Z Kovács, A Murie Urban Geography 32 (1), 80-104, 2011 | 94 | 2011 |
| Inventive city-regions: Path dependence and creative knowledge strategies M Bontje, S Musterd Routledge, 2016 | 88 | 2016 |
| The changing role of old and new urban centers: The case of the Amsterdam region S Musterd, M Bontje, W Ostendorf Urban geography 27 (4), 360-387, 2006 | 82 | 2006 |
| From suburbia to post-suburbia in the Netherlands: Potentials and threats for sustainable regional development M Bontje Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 19, 25-47, 2004 | 82 | 2004 |
| APlanner's Paradise'Lost? Past, Present and Future of Dutch National Urbanization Policy M Bontje European urban and regional studies 10 (2), 135-151, 2003 | 77 | 2003 |
| Urban shrinkage in parkstad limburg K Elzerman, M Bontje European Planning Studies 23 (1), 87-103, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
| Human capital migration: A longitudinal perspective N Kooiman, J Latten, M Bontje Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 109 (5), 644-660, 2018 | 70 | 2018 |
| Factors driving the regrowth of European cities and the role of local and contextual impacts: A contrasting analysis of regrowing and shrinking cities A Haase, M Bontje, C Couch, S Marcinczak, D Rink, P Rumpel, M Wolff Cities 108, 102942, 2021 | 63 | 2021 |
| The multi‐layered city: the value of old urban profiles M Bontje, S Musterd Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 99 (2), 248-255, 2008 | 63 | 2008 |
| L'épreuve des inégalités H Lagrange PUF, 2015 | 54 | 2015 |
| Shrinkage and housing inequality: Policy responses to population decline and class change MS Hoekstra, C Hochstenbach, MA Bontje, S Musterd Journal of Urban Affairs 42 (3), 333-350, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
| Visionary cities or spaces of uncertainty? Satellite cities and new towns in emerging economies Y Van Leynseele, M Bontje International Planning Studies 24 (3-4), 207-217, 2019 | 42 | 2019 |
