| A discussion of resilience and sustainability: Land use planning recovery from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand W Saunders, J Becker International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 4 (1), 73-81, 2015 | 187 | 2015 |
| Land-use planning for natural hazards in New Zealand: the setting, barriers,‘burning issues’ and priority actions BC Glavovic, WSA Saunders, JS Becker Natural hazards 54, 679-706, 2010 | 137 | 2010 |
| Innovative land use planning for natural hazard risk reduction: A consequence-driven approach from New Zealand WSA Saunders, M Kilvington International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 18, 244-255, 2016 | 94 | 2016 |
| Guidelines for assessing planning policy and consent requirements for landslide prone land W Saunders, PJ Glassey GNS Science, 2007 | 50 | 2007 |
| Risk modelling as a tool to support natural hazard risk management in New Zealand local government MH Crawford, K Crowley, SH Potter, WSA Saunders, DM Johnston International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 28, 610-619, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Strengthening linkages between land-use planning and emergency management in New Zealand W Saunders, J Forsyth, D Johnston, J Becker Australian Journal of Emergency Management, The 22 (1), 36-43, 2007 | 44 | 2007 |
| Progress toward implementing the Sendai framework, the Paris agreement, and the sustainable development goals: Policy from Aotearoa New Zealand WSA Saunders, S Kelly, S Paisley, LB Clarke International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 11 (2), 190-205, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| Local government and disaster G O’Brien, G Bhatt, W Saunders, JC Gaillard, B Wisner Handbook of hazards and disaster risk reduction, 629-640, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
| Evaluating land use and emergency management plans for natural hazards as a function of good governance: a case study from New Zealand W Saunders, E Grace, J Beban, D Johnston International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 6, 62-74, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |
| Risk-based land use planning for natural hazard risk reduction W Saunders, JG Beban, M Kilvington GNS Science, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| It's our fault: better defining earthquake risk in Wellington R Van Dissen, P Barnes, J Beavan, J Cousins, G Dellow, ... University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, 2010 | 25 | 2010 |
| Disposal of debris following urban earthquakes: guiding the development of comprehensive pre-event plans D Johnston, L Dolan, W Saunders, R Van Schalkwyk, C Killeen, ... Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, Wellington, 2009 | 25 | 2009 |
| Realising the potential of land-use planning to reduce hazard risks in New Zealand BC Glavovic, WSA Saunders, JS Becker Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies 1, 1-14, 2010 | 24 | 2010 |
| National planning and disaster A Lavell, JC Gaillard, B Wisner, W Saunders, D van Niekerk Handbook of hazards and disaster risk reduction, 617-628, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
| Disaster risk reduction and land use planning: Opportunities to improve practice J Garrido, WSA Saunders IAEG/AEG Annual Meeting Proceedings, San Francisco, California, 2018-Volume …, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| Communities and Climate Change: Vulnerability to rising seas and more frequent flooding J Stephenson, C Orchiston, W Saunders, S Kerr, A MacMillan, ... Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| Setting the scene: the role of iwi management plans in natural hazard management W Saunders GNS Science, Te Pū Ao 10, G26D2V, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| Challenges and opportunities for economic evaluation of disaster risk decisions N Smith, C Brown, G McDonald, M Ayers, R Kipp, W Saunders Economics of disasters and climate change 1 (1), 111-120, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| Putting R (isk) in the RMA: Technical Advisory Group recommendations on the Resource Management Act 1991 and implications for natural hazards planning W Saunders, JG Beban GNS Science, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| Innovative land-use planning for natural hazard risk reduction in New Zealand WSA Saunders WSA Saunders, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
