
Manuel Pastor
Expert on sustainable development and social, economic and environmental justice in urban areas
Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Contact at: (213) 740-5604 or mpastor@college.usc.edu
Expertise:
- environmental justice
- regional inclusion
- economic and social conditions in low-income urban communities
- demographic change
- community empowerment
- sustainable development
- Latinos in the urban U.S.
- economic inequality
- macroeconomic issues in Latin America
- economic reform in Cuba and Mexico
Additional Information:
- Director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) at USC's Center for Sustainable Cities
- Co-author of Staircases or Treadmills: Labor Market Intermediaries and Economic Opportunity in a Changing Economy (2007), Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America (2002) and Regions That Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together (2000)
- Investigator or co-investigator in funded research, including "Building Resilient Regions" (MacArthur, 2007-2009); "Just Growth" (Ford Foundation, 2007-2009); "Air Pollution and Environmental Justice" (California Air Resources Board, 2005-2008); and "Building Partnerships to Improve Social, Economic, and Educational Outcomes in Communities across CA" (W.K. Kellogg, 2005-2008)
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http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/faculty/faculty_display.html?Person_ID=1013240
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