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Educational Background
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College of Natural & Social Sciences
Ali Modarres
Professor
Email: amodarr@calstatela.edu
Biography
Ali Modarres is the Chair of the Department of
Geography and Urban Analysis at California
State University,
Los Angeles.
He specializes in urban geography and his primary research and publication
interests are community development and planning. He has published in
the areas of urban development, transportation planning, environmental
equity, social geography, immigration, and race and ethnicity as they relate
to the issues of access and the role of public policy in creating
disadvantaged communities.
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Selected
Recent Publications
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2009
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Immigrants Are ‘Greening’ our Cities, How About Giving
them a Break? New
Geography
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2009
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The ‘Next’ Californians: A Gendered Perspective on the
Integration of Immigrants and Their Children. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/publications/associatedirector.html
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2009
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In Search of
Digital Equity: Assessing the Geography of Digital Divide in California (Full
Report) http://www.scribd.com/doc/11233703/In-Search-of-Digital-Equity
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2009
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In Search of
Digital Equity: Assessing the Geography of Digital Divide in California (Policy
Brief) http://www.scribd.com/doc/10189035/Digital-Divide-Brief-Final
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2008
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“California in Flux:
Demographic Trends in the State.” Racial and Ethnic Politics in California, Vol.
3. Berkeley
Public Policy Press. pp. 11-33.
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2008
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Commuting Patterns in Multi-Centered Urban Settings:
The Case of Southern California. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/Transportationbriefuly08.pdf
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2008
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Non-Profit Organizations as Facilitators of Immigrant
Integration in Los Angeles County,
California. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/PBI_Policypaper_Jan08_immigrantintegration.pdf
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2007
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“Community
Banking and Economic Development: Lessons from Los Angeles.” Community Development Journal, 42(2):
222-236. Co-authored with Greg Andranovich and Gerry Riposa.
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2007
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“Immigration,
Gender, and the American Dream.” Theory and Policy, No. 2. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/Immigration-Genderupdated.pdf
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2007
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In The Name Of ‘Community.’ http://www.planetizen.com/node/25996
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2006
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City and Environment. Co-Author: Christopher Boone. Temple University
Press.
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2006
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“Urbanization and the Revolution: An Introduction to the
Special Issue.” Cities, 23(6):
405-406.
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2006
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Modernizing Yazd: Selective
Historical Memory and the Fate of Vernacular Architecture. Mazda
Publishers, Inc.
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2006
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Technology and the
Geography of Inequality in Los
Angeles. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/CTF_Report.pdf
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2006
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“Alienation, Resistance, and Transnationalism.”
Theory and Policy, No. 1. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/TheoryandPolicyI.pdf
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2006
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“Immigrants on the Move: The Changing Landscape of
Immigration in California and the U.S.”
Policy Paper, No. 4, Pat Brown
Institute, California. Co-authored with J. Kitson. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/stateofimmigration3.pdf
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2006
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“Toward an Immigration Policy Debate.” Policy Brief, No. 3, Pat Brown
Institute, California.
Co-authored with J. Kitson. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/PolicyBrief-3.pdf
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2006
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Facing the Transportation Question. http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/documents/publications/PolicyBrief-2.pdf
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2005
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"Left Behind by the Market: Investigating the
Social Structure of American Poverty," Electronic
Journal of Sociology.
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2004
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"Neighborhood Integration: Temporality and Social
Fracture." Journal of Urban Affairs, 26(3): 351-377.
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2003
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“Polycentricity and Transit Service.” Transportation
Research Part A, 37(10): 841-864.
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2003
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"From Gold
Mountain to
Globalization." The New Face of Asia Pacific America:
Numbers, Diversity and Change in the 21st Century. San
Francisco: AsianWeek with UCLA's Asian American Studies
Center Press. pp.
23-28.
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2003
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"The Dialectic of Development in U.S. Urban Policies:
An Alternative Theory of Poverty." Cities, 20(1): 41-49.
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2002
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"Persistent Poverty and the Failure of Area-Based
Initiatives in the U.S."
Local Economy, 17(4): 289-302
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2002
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"Flexible Retailing: Gap Inc. and the Multiple Spaces
of Shopping in the United
States." Tijdschrift
Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
(The Dutch Journal of Economic and Social Geography), 93(1): 83-99.
Co-Author: Sallie Marston.
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1999
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"Creating a Toxic Neighborhood in Los Angeles County:
A Historical Examination of Environmental Inequity." Urban Affairs
Review, 35(2): 163-187. Co-author: Christopher G. Boone.
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Date
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Selected
Recent Presentations
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2009
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“Polycentric Urban Form and the Future of Planning: The
Case of Southern California.” City Futures
2009 – An International Conference on Globalism and Urban Change, Madrid, Spain.
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2009
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“Producing Places: From Daniel Burnham to Rem Koolhaas.” Annual
Conference of the Urban Affairs Association. Chicago, Illinois.
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2009
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“Health and Access to Healthcare in East Los Angeles and
West San Gabriel Valley:
Examining the Role of Public Transportation.” A workshop for the Health Policy Outreach
Center. Los Angeles, California.
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2009
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“Global Migration and the Challenge of Development.”
Culture of Peace Distinguished Speaker Series. Santa Monica, California.
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2008
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“Role of Non-Profit Organizations in Immigrant Integration
in Los Angeles
County.” A Conference
on Immigrant Integration and the American Future: Lessons From and For California. University of Southern
California, Los
Angeles.
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2008
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“Social and Economic Impacts of Urban Renewal Programs
in the U.S.” Beijing
Normal University, China.
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2008
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Community-Based Organizations and the Integration of
Immigrants in the United States
and Sweden.”
Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association. Baltimore, Maryland.
Co-Presenter: Göran Cars.
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2008
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“Notes Towards the Construction of a New Suburbanism.” A Suburban World?:
Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis. Reston, Virginia.
Co-Author and Co-Presenter: Andrew Kirby.
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2008
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“Health and Access to Healthcare in East Los Angeles and
West San Gabriel Valley.”
A workshop presentation for non-profit organizations and members of the
Health Policy Outreach Center (HPOC). Los
Angeles, California.
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2007
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“Demography and the Changing Social Geography of Los Angeles
Metropolitan Area.” Peking
Normal University.
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2007
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“The Challenges of Transportation Planning in
Polycentric Cities: The Case of Los
Angeles.” Peking University.
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2007
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“Shaping the Immigration Debate in a Post-Industrial
World.” At The State of Immigrant Rights: Reflections on 2007, Manhattan Beach, California.
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2007
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“Global Migration and the Rise of the Service Economy.”
Global Connections speaker series. Santa Monica College, California.
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2007
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“Cities and Immigrant.” 19th Annual Envisioning California Conference: Immigration in California. Los Angeles, California.
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2007
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“Immigration and Integration in The United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden: An
Institutional and Structural Assessment.” Annual meetings of the Urban
Affairs Association. Seattle,
Washington.
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2007
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“From Immigration to Integration Policies: The Role of
Community Based Organizations in a Multicultural Metropolitan Area.” Annual
meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, California.
Co-Presenter: J. Kitson
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2006
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“Immigration Matters: Regional, National, and
International Contexts.” Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California.
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2006
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“U.S.
and European Strategies to Promote Social and Economic Integration.” Annual
Conference of Urban Affairs Association, Montreal, Canada.
Co-presenters: Göran Cars and Ali Madanipour.
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2005
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“Between Poverty and Homeownership: Multiple Images of
Immigrant Communities in Los
Angeles.” Annual Conference of Urban Affairs
Association. Salt Lake City.
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2005
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“Debunking the Immigration Myth.” Embracing the Spirit
of Philanthropy. 32nd Annual Conference of Southern
California Grantmakers. Los Angeles.
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2004
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“Workplaces and Transit Service in Los Angeles County.”
California
Policy Issues Annual Conference. Los
Angeles.
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2004
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"Local Context for Understanding Poverty and
Segregation." Annual Conference of Urban Affairs Association.
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2003
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"Degrees of Separation: Inheriting an Unequal
World." United Nations World Summit
on the Information Society: Digital Divide, Global Development. Geneva, Switzerland.
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2003
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“Migrating North, Looking South.” Presented at the Seminario Permanente Sobre Migracion Internacional. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte,
Tijuana, Baja California (COLEF).
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2003
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"The Changing Face of Poverty and Its Policy
Discontent." Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association.
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2003
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"Utopia and Dystopia: A Search for Everyday Life in
Los Angeles."
Society for Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery.
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2002
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"Urban Planning and Nationalism: Social
Construction of Identity in Central Iran."
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.
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2001
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"Space-Based Economic Development? Views from Los Angeles."
Area-Based Initiatives in Urban Policy. Europeans Urban Research
Association.
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Geography 1990
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
MLA Landscape Architecture 1985
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
BLA Landscape Architecture 1983
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
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