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D-Index
46
Citations
9544
World Ranking
3606
National Ranking
1731

Overview

Manuel Pastor is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans across several fields primarily within engineering and environmental science. The main areas of focus include civil and structural engineering, computational mechanics, and management, monitoring, policy, and law. Pastor's work also extends into mechanics of materials and sociology and political science, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to complex engineering and environmental problems.

Themes prevalent in Pastor's research cover landslides and related hazards, fluid dynamics simulations and interactions, and numerical methods in engineering. Additional topics of work include dam engineering and safety, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, advanced numerical methods in computational mathematics, and geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics.

Their recent publications illustrate a diverse interest in both practical and theoretical aspects of engineering and environmental science. Notable recent papers include:

  • Just transition: Framing, organizing, and power-building for decarbonization (2022), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • A depth integrated, coupled, two-phase model for debris flow propagation (2021), published in Acta Geotechnica
  • Stress-Particle Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics: An application to the failure and post-failure behaviour of slopes (2020), published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Two-phase SPH numerical study of pore-water pressure effect on debris flows mobility: Yu Tung debris flow (2021), published in Computers and Geotechnics
  • Enabling an equitable energy transition through inclusive research (2022), published in Nature Energy

Manuel Pastor frequently publishes in several journals, with multiple contributions to Computers and Geotechnics and Acta Geotechnica. Other common publication venues include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, and the International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.

Collaborative efforts are a significant aspect of Pastor's work. Frequent co-authors include Miguel Martín Stickle, Diego Manzanal, Saeid Moussavi Tayyebi, Miguel Molinos, and Pedro Navas, each with numerous joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

In addition to journal articles, Pastor has authored books published by New York University Press eBooks and The New Press eBooks, including titles such as South Central Dreams (2021) and Charging Forward (2024).

Best Publications

  • Which Came First? Toxic Facilities, Minority Move-In, and Environmental Justice

    Manuel Pastor;Jim Sadd;John Hipp

  • Environmental Justice and Southern California’s “Riskscape” The Distribution of Air Toxics Exposures and Health Risks among Diverse Communities

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Manuel Pastor;James Sadd

  • Environmental Justice and Regional Inequality in Southern California: Implications for Future Research

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Manuel Pastor;Carlos Porras;James Sadd

  • Regions That Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together

    Manuel Pastor;Peter Dreier;J. Eugene Grigsby;Marta Lopez-Garza

  • The effects of IMF programs in the Third World: Debate and evidence from Latin America

    Manuel Pastor

  • Capital flight from Latin America

    Manuel Pastor

  • The Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Health of Everyone: The Relationship Between Social Inequality and Environmental Quality

    Lara Cushing;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Madeline Wander;Manuel Pastor

  • The Air is Always Cleaner on the Other Side: Race, Space, and Ambient Air Toxics Exposures in California

    Manuel Pastor;Rachel Morello-Frosch;James L. Sadd

  • Is there environmental racism ? The demographics of hazardous waste in Los Angeles County : Research on the environment

    J. T. Boer;M. Pastor;J. L. Sadd;L. D. Snyder

  • This Could Be the Start of Something Big

    Manuel Pastor Jr.;Chris Benner;Martha Matsuoka

  • “Every Breath You Take... ”: The Demographics of Toxic Air Releases in Southern California

    James L. Sadd;Manuel Pastor;J. Thomas Boer;Lori D. Snyder

  • This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Reshaping Metropolitan America

    Manuel Pastor Jr.;Chris Benner;Martha Matsuoka

  • Ambient air pollution exposure and full-term birth weight in California

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Bill M Jesdale;James L Sadd;Manuel Pastor

  • The climate gap: environmental health and equity implications of climate change and mitigation policies in California—a review of the literature

    Seth B. Shonkoff;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Manuel Pastor;James Sadd

  • The origins and sustainability of Mexico's free trade policy

    Manuel Pastor;Carol Wise

  • Playing It Safe: Assessing Cumulative Impact and Social Vulnerability through an Environmental Justice Screening Method in the South Coast Air Basin, California

    James L. Sadd;Manuel Pastor;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Justin Scoggins

  • Who's Minding the Kids? Pollucion, Public Schools, and Environmental Justice in Los Angeles

    Manuel Pastor;James L. Sadd;Rachel Morello-Frosch

  • Waiting to Inhale: The Demographics of Toxic Air Release Facilities in 21st-Century California*

    Manuel Pastor;James L. Sadd;Rachel Morello-Frosch

  • State Policy, Distribution and Neoliberal Reform in Mexico

    Manuel Pastor;Carol Wise

  • Estimating the Effects of Informal Economic Activity: Evidence from Los Angeles County

    Enrico A. Marcelli;Manuel Pastor;Pascale M. Joassart

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel Morello-Frosch
Rachel Morello-Frosch University of California, Berkeley
Robert D. Bullard
Robert D. Bullard Texas Southern University
Fred Lurmann
Fred Lurmann University of Southern California
John Wilson
John Wilson University of Southern California
Michael Jerrett
Michael Jerrett University of California, Los Angeles
Jennifer Wolch
Jennifer Wolch University of California, Berkeley
John R. Hipp
John R. Hipp University of California, Irvine
Nicholas Freudenberg
Nicholas Freudenberg City University of New York
Barbara A. Israel
Barbara A. Israel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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