| Creeping conformity: How Canada became suburban, 1900-1960 R Harris University of Toronto Press, 2004 | 382 | 2004 |
| Unplanned suburbs: Toronto's American tragedy, 1900 to 1950 R Harris JHU Press, 1999 | 372 | 1999 |
| A double irony: the originality and influence of John FC Turner R Harris Habitat International 27 (2), 245-269, 2003 | 215 | 2003 |
| Changing suburbs: foundation, form and function R Harris, P Larkham Routledge, 2003 | 179 | 2003 |
| Meaningful types in a world of suburbs R Harris Suburbanization in global society, 15-47, 2010 | 176 | 2010 |
| The silence of the experts:“Aided self-help housing”, 1939–1954 R Harris Habitat International 22 (2), 165-189, 1998 | 158 | 1998 |
| The geography of North American cities and suburbs, 1900-1950: A new synthesis R Harris, R Lewis Journal of Urban History 27 (3), 262-292, 2001 | 149 | 2001 |
| Slipping through the cracks: The origins of aided self-help housing, 1918-53 R Harris Housing Studies 14 (3), 281-309, 1999 | 146 | 1999 |
| A mixed message: the agents and forms of international housing policy, 1945–1973 R Harris, C Giles Habitat international 27 (2), 167-191, 2003 | 130 | 2003 |
| Constructing a fault (y) zone: Misrepresentations of American cities and suburbs, 1900–1950 R Harris, R Lewis Annals of the Association of American Geographers 88 (4), 622-639, 1998 | 128 | 1998 |
| Housing and economic development: The evolution of an idea since 1945 R Harris, G Arku Habitat International 30 (4), 1007-1017, 2006 | 126 | 2006 |
| Residential segregation and class formation in the capitalist city: A review and directions for research R Harris Progress in Human Geography 8 (1), 26-49, 1984 | 114 | 1984 |
| The myth of the promised land: the social diffusion of home ownership in Britain and North America R Harris, C Hamnett Annals of the Association of American Geographers 77 (2), 173-190, 1987 | 90 | 1987 |
| The local culture of property: A comparative history of housing tenure in Montreal and Toronto M Choko, R Harris Annals of the Association of American Geographers 80 (1), 73-95, 1990 | 77 | 1990 |
| Housing as a tool of economic development since 1929 G Arku, R Harris International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 29 (4), 895-915, 2005 | 66 | 2005 |
| Self-building in the urban housing market R Harris Economic Geography 67 (1), 1-21, 1991 | 60 | 1991 |
| The urban geography of low‐income housing: Cairo (1947–96) exemplifies a model R Harris, M Wahba International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 26 (1), 58-79, 2002 | 56 | 2002 |
| The end justified the means: Boarding and rooming in a city of homes, 1890-1951 R Harris Journal of Social History, 331-358, 1992 | 53 | 1992 |
| The rise of housing in international development: The effects of economic discourse R Harris, G Arku Habitat International 31 (1), 1-11, 2007 | 50 | 2007 |
| Cities as the industrial districts of housebuilding M Buzzelli, R Harris International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 30 (4), 894-917, 2006 | 44 | 2006 |
