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CURRICULUM VITAE October 2011
Ali Asgary
Emergency Management Program, School of Administrative Studies, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University, 4700, Keele Street., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 Tel. 416 736 2100 Ext. 22879 E-mail: asgary@yorku.ca
ii) Other relevant employment
i) Executive and Editorial positions
ii) Grant and Personnel Committees iii) Journal Referee
iv) Reviewer on External Grants
v) Other reviews
j) Areas of Interest
i) Undergraduate
ii) Graduate
Completed Tannaz Zargarian, Master of Disaster and Emergency Management Program, School of Administrative Studies, York University, 2011. Anjum Imtiaz, Master of Disaster and Emergency Management Program, School of Administrative Studies, York University, 2011. Salma Zahedi, Master of Disaster and Emergency Management Program, School of Administrative Studies, York University, 2011. Issa Bartav, 2007-2008, “Spatial Analysis of Urban Crime: Case of Zahedan” , Department of Geography, Sistan & Balouchestan University. Anna Baka, Master of Disaster and Emergency Management Program, School of Administrative Studies, York University. Soheila Rostami, Master of Disaster and Emergency Management Program, School of Administrative Studies,School of Administrative Studies, York University Benjamin Pantin, Master of Disaster and Emergency Management Program, School of Administrative Studies,School of Administrative Studies, York University Md Abdul Halim, “Vulnerability to Cyclone in Banglidash”, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2008. Jeremy Paulus, “Cross Border Hazard Mitigation Planning: Case of Blue Water Bridge”, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2008. Somayeh Mohammadi, “Post Disaster Physical Planning opportunities: Case of Bam earthquake”, University of Sistan and Baloochestan, 2008. Zahra Asgarizadeh, “Households Preferences for Different Housing Attributed in New Housing Developments: Case of Navab Neighborhood-Tehran”, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2008. Mehdi Ramezanzadeh, “Rural Residents’ Preferences for Flood Mitigation Measures”, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran. Najmodin Rashnu, 2004, “Design and Development of a Decision Support System Using GIS and AHP: Case of Urban Renovation”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Tarbiat Modares University. Khoei Ziba, 2003, “Applications of What-If Planning Support System in Regional Land Use Planning: Case of Abadeh Region”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Tarbiat Modares University. Abbas Pour Eskandar, 2002, “Analysis of Urban Fire Incidents Using GIS, Case of Karaj City”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Akbar Esmaeili, 2002, “Analysis of Park Deficiency in Urban Areas, Case of Tabriz”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Asad Razani, 2002, “Application of a GIS based Planning Support Systems (What-If?) For Sustainable Urban Growth Management”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Pedram Rakhshani, 2002, “Application of Integrated Urban Land Use and Transportation Models in Urban Planning in Iran”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Parvaneh Zandi, 2002, “3D GIS Simulation of Old Urban Areas and Development Scenarios”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Behrad Khalil Khah, 2001, “Designing an Object Oriented GIS for Urban Planning Indices”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Mehdi Mir Shafie, 2001, “Designing Balanced City Districting: Case of Tehran”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Mehdi Jadidi, 2001, “The Role and Place of Fire Safety in Urban Development Plans”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban & Regional Planning. Arezoo Mizban Shaker, 2001, “Modeling the Impact of Density Changes on Urban Transportation”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Naghmeh Behboodi, 2001, “Applications of GIS in Analysis of Historical Cities: Case Study of Bastam Historic City”, Tarbiat Modares University, Archeology. Reza Badr, 2000, “Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Urban Physical Development: Case Study of Namin”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Shams Al-din Safarpour, 2000, “Identification of Road Construction Path Using GIS and Remote Sensing Methods”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Tahereh Karimi, 2000, “Suitability Mapping for Tourism Development in Coastal Urban Areas Using GIS and Remote Sensing”, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Hossein Hosseini, 2000, “Technical and Economic Evaluation of Bafgh Rail Project”, Project and Construction Management. Mahmood Abdullah Zadeh, 2000, “Location Analysis of Fishing Ports Using GIS and Remote Sensing”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Alireza Meraji, 1999, “Virtual Reality and Art”, Tarbiat Modares University, Art Research. Goodarz Freidooni, 1999, “Ranking Rural Development in Kordestan Province in the GIS Environment”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Ali Goli, 1998, “Designing Regional Information Systems Using GIS in the Internet: Case of Takab County”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Gholamreza Mostafa Zadeh, 1997, “Social Ecology of Miandoab City”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. In progress (3) ii) Doctoral Completed (4) Ali Goli, 2002, “Analysis of Transitional Rural Settlements in Iran using Fuzzy Logic”, Tarbiat Modares University. Department of Geography and Rural Planning. Jafar Ghaderi, 2002, “Modeling Home Ownership in Urban Areas of Iran”, Tarbiat Modares University. Department of Economics. Nemat Akbari, 2001, “Spatial Analysis of Social Demand for Higher Education in Iran”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Economics. Ali Hajinejad, 2001, Institutional Analysis of Sistan Regional Development Organization’, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Rural Planning.
Golshani Zahra, 2009-ongoing, “Preferences for Adaptation to Climate Change”, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. iii) Postdoctoral supervision Moeini Mehdi, 2010-ongoing. Alireza Ghaffari, 2008-2009.
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Complete Rezaei Mohammad Reza, 2009-ongoing, “Urban Resiliency: Case of Tehran”, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Farahmand Shekoufeh, 2007, “Modeling Urban Growth in Iran using Spatial Regressions”, Isfahan University. Janali Behzadnasab, 2004, “Spatial-Location Analysis of Communicative Planning Approach in the Development of Rural Areas with Physical Development Plans”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Nader Mehregan, 2004, “Determinant Factors of Capital Accumulation in the Iranian Agricultural Sector”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Economics. Kazemian Gholamreza, 2004, “Defining the Urban Governance and Power Structures with Spatial Organization: Case of Tehran Metropolitan Area”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Lotfali Agheli Kohneh Shahri, 2003, “Calculating the Green GNP and Sustainability of the Iranian GNP”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Economics. Nafiseh Marsoos, 2003, Spatial Analysis of Social Justice in Tehran, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Hosseini Ali, 2003, “Mechanisms for Improving Citizen’s Participation in Preparation of Urban Development Plans: Case of Rasht”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Yekani Fard, A., 2003, “Urban Land Use Planning in Iran”, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Ali Hosseini, -, 2002, “Public Participation in Urban Plannning: Case of Rasht City”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Ali Movahed, 2002, “Spatial Pattern and Analysis of Urban Tourism: Case of Isfahan City”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Ali Badri, 2001, “Evaluating Resettlement after Natural Disasters: Case of Abbar after 1990 Manjil Earthquake”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Alireza Shakibaei, 2001, “Estimating the Informal Economy in Iran and Its causes (A Fuzzy approach)”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Economics. Hassan Izadi, 2001, “Rural-Urban Transformation and Its Role on Rural Development: Case of Fard Province”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Mehdi Moosa Kazemi, 1998, “Evaluating Sustainable Development in Qom’s Development Plan”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Mehdi TaherKhani, 1998, “The Role of Rural Industrial Districts in Rural Development: Case of Markazi Province in Iran”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. In Progress Inactive
Complete Ibrahimi, A., 2006, “Modeling Sirjan Urban Growth with Cellular Automata”, Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghadimi, M., 2005, “Spatial tracking of Rural Poverty Alliviation in Iran”, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Ahmad Gholami, 2002, “Analysis and Investigation of the Evolution Process of Sattelite Settlements: Case of Mohammad Shahr”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Tarbiat Modares Universit. Mostafa Adabkhah, 2002, “Determining Urban Construction Density According to Transportation Network Capacities”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Ahmad Gholami, 2002, “Analysis of Settlement Growth in Metropolitan Regions”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Mahdieh Zangi Abadi, 2002, “Spatial and Location Analysis of Public Libraries with GIS”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Mahmood Ghadiri, 2002, “Application of Urban Land Use Planning Measures in Mitigating Earthquake Risk: Case Study of Tehran District 17” Department of Geography and Remote Sensing, Tarbiat Modares University. Rahim Lahooti Far, 2002, “Housing Planning in Rapidly Developing Cities: Case of Ardebil”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Mohammad Reza Shahrokhi Yeganeh, 2001, Feasibility Study of the Impacts of Information Technology on Reducing the Transportation Problems and Pollution in Tehran”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Tarbiat Modares University. Akbar Dadravan, 2001, “Analysing Tabriz Urban Region: Designing Spatial Development Strategies”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Siavash Yazdan Prast, 2001, “Analysis of Factors Influencing Residents’ Satisfaction of Military Towns”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Mohammad Zeini Vand, 2001, “Rural Environment and Rural Development: Case of Golshahr Rural Areas”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Omid Karami, 2001, “Planning Road Networks for Mitigating Natural Disasters’ Impacts (Using GIS)”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban & Regional Planning. Ali Hosseini, 2001, “Analysis of Educational Land Uses in Tehran 15th District”, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Koorosh Rostami, 2001, “Investigating the Performance of Small Towns Using Network Analysis”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban & Regional Planning. Farhad Almaspour, 2000, “Application of GIS and Network Analysis in Drug Store Location”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Golam Mohammad Soheili, 2000, “Feasibility of Rural Capacities for Integrated Development Planning: Case of Kabkian Rural Areas”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Farshad Ghanad Mohammadi, 1999, “Designing a Decision Support System for Electoral Districts”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Industrial Science. Ghasem Hosseini, 1999, “Rural Environment and Rural Development: Case of Jolgeh Rural Areas”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Choopani Gharib, 1999, “Analysis of Marketing Performance of Rural Cooperative Companies and Its relations with Rural Development”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Mohammad Javad Zeinivand, 1999, “Rural Environment and Rural Development Views: Case of Dareh Shar Rural Areas”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing. Gholamreza Mostafazadeh, 1998, “Ecological Chamges and Spatial Development of Miandoab city”, Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Geography and Remote Sensing.
Jay O’Conner, 2004-2005, Practicum Project: “Disaster and Emergency GIS for City of Brandon”, Brandon University, Dept. of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies,. Jennifer Brinkworth, 2004-2005, Practicum Project: “Emergency Shelter, Brandon EcoDome”, Brandon University, Dept. of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies. Scott Dykastra, 2004-2005, Practicum Project “Disaster and Emergency Plan for Shure-Guro ”, , Brandon University, Dept. of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies. Ryan Wainwright, 2004-2005, Student Practicum Project: “Disaster and Emergency Plan for Shure-Guro ”, Brandon University, Dept. of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies. m) Research Funding (last seven years) i) External 2010-10-18 Coastal Community’s Preferences for Local Climate Change Mitigation Measures (Using Choice Experiment and Virtual World Technology), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 6000 $, 2010. 2008- SSHRC, $120,000, Crisis Management: Case of School Shooting, Collaborator. 2007 GEOIDE (Geomatics for Informed Decisions – Center of Excellence), $ 160,000. Real-time Multi-Criteria Spatial Decision Support Systems: Improving Fire Response in Canadian Communities, 2 grantees, Principle Investigator. 2007 PerCARN, $ 299,455 Development of a Rule-Based Structural Fire Threat Assessment System for Canadian Fire Departments, Co-investigator. 2007 SSHRC, $ 35000, Determinants of Business Continuity Planning in Canada: Estimating Business’ Willingness to Pay for Power Outage Mitigation and Preparedness Using Stated Choice Analysis, Principle Investigator. 2006 NSERC, $ 400,000. Real-time oil spill detection using Laser-Induced Fluorescence LIDAR, Internet-based Temporal-GIS, and Mobile Emergency Asset Management, 3 grantees, Co-applicant. 2004 Public Safety, Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), $ 25000, Integrated Disaster Cost/Loss Data Tracking in Canada, Principle Investigator. 2002 Center for Urban Planning Studies (Iran), $ 60,000, “Designing Metropolitan Management System for the Iranian Metropolitan Areas”, Principle Investigator. 2001 Ministry of Agriculture (Iran), 150’000, Estimating Productivity of Rural Industries in Iran, Ministry of Agriculture, Principle Investigator. 2001 Center for Urban Planning Studies, Urban Fire Incidents and Natunal Fire Education Plan, $ 18,500.00, Principle Investigator. 2001 Iranian Housing Foundation, $ 12000, Transitory Rural Settlements, Principle Investigator. 2000 Iranian Agriculture Bank, Location Analysis and Location Model for the Iranian Agriculture Bank Branches and its Application, 2000 Ministry of Roads and Transportation, $ 20,000 , Guidelines for Social, Economic, and Environmental Impact Assessment of Road and Rail Projects”, Principle Investigator. 2000 Urban Planning Studies Centre, 30’000, Fire Station Location and Site Selection Models for the Iranian Cities, Center for Urban Planning Studies, 2000, Principle Investigator 2000 Sistan Region Development Organization, 7’500, Current and the Future Role and Place of Sistan Regional Development, Organization, Principle Investigator. 1999 Iranian Fisheries Company, 7500.00, Designing Regional Indexes for Fisheries Development Activities, Principle Investigator.
2011-10-14 Academic Innovation Fund, $7000, “Developing a Business Continuity Planning Toolkit for Canadian Small Businesses.”, Principle Investigator. 2011 York University Faculty Association, $2,400, “Development of an Agent Based Virtual Learning Emergency Operations Centre”, Principle Investigator. 2011 SSHRC Small Grant, $1000, “Investigating the Communication and Coordination Failures of the Early Warning System in Pakistan: Case of the Summer 2010 Flood”, Principle Investigator. 2008 Knowledge Mobilization Incentive Grant, $4000, Developing Brampton Business Continuity Network, in partnership with city of Brampton. 2006 SSHRC Small Grant, 2,700.00, “Measuring Canadian National Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies Using an Input-Output Analysis”, Principle Investigator. 2006 Atkinson Research Grant, $ 1500, “Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Canadian Technological Disasters”, Principal Investigator. 2005 Brandon University Outreach, $ 500, “BRANDON ECO-DOME/EMERGENCY SHELTER PROJECT”, Principle Investigator. 2003 Brandon University Research Committee (BURC), $ 4000, “Institutionalization of Post Disaster Reconstruction Experiences”, Principle Investigator.
2007 SSHRC Travel Grant, $ 1200.00, Second International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction Large Scale Disaster Management, 27-29 November 2007, Taipei, Taiwan. 2007 Atkinson Travel Funds, $ 1209.00, Second International Conference on Integrated Natural Disaster Management, “In Search for Principles of Emergency Management”, Feb. 13-14, Tehran, Iran. 2006, Atkinson Travel Funds, 1552.00, Third International Conference on early Warning. Households Willingness to Pay for Early Warning Systems, Bonn, Germany. 2006 SSHRC Travel Grant, $ 1886.00, Third International Conference on Post-disaster Reconstruction: Meeting Stakeholder Interests, 17-19 May 2006, Florence, Italy.
Asgary Ali, 2010, “ISO 31000 Risk Management Manual”, Noore-elm Publication, Tehran, Iran. (in Persian) Asgary Ali, 2010, “Spatial Statistics Analysis: ArcGIS Spatial Statistics”, Noore-elm Publication, Tehran, Iran. (in Persian, in Press) Hamid Saremi and Ali Asgary, 2004, “Arcview GIS Extensions”, Tehran, Iran. Ali Asgary, Asad Razani, and Pedram Rakhshani, “Urban Land Use Planning: Systems and Models, Noore-Elem Publication, 2002, Hamadan, Iran. Asgary Ali and Ashrafzadeh Hamid, 1990, “The role and Place of Cooperative Companies in Foreign Trade”, Institute for Trade Studies and Research, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, 1988, “Pricing, Price Determination and Price Control”, Institute for Trade Studies and Research, Tehran, Iran. Rafati, M., Asgary Ali, and Ashrafzadeh Hamid, 1993, “Exchange Rate: From Multi Rates to Single Rates”, Institute for Trade Studies and Research, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali and Ashrafzadeh Hamid, 1989, “The role and Place of Cooperative Companies in Internal Trade”, Institute for Trade Studies and Research, Tehran, Iran. (in Persian)
Asgary Ali, 2011, “International Standards in Disaster and Emergency”, in Encyclopedia of Humanitarian Assistance, Sage Publication. Asgary Ali, 2011, “National Standards in Disaster and Emergency”, in Encyclopedia of Humanitarian Assistance, Sage Publication. Asgary Ali, 2006, “Theorizing Disaster and Emergency Management”, in “Tsunami and Disaster Management”, Edited by Raj Kumar and D.K. Srivastava, Thomson Publications, Hong Kong. Asgary Ali, 2003, “Role of Rural Regions in National Development”, Iranian Institute for Rural Development, Tehran, Iran.
Asgary, A., and Penfold G., 2011, Willingness to Donate to Victims of a Hypothetical Future Earthquake Disaster in Vancouver, International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2 (16). Mehregan N., Asgary A., and Rezaei M., 2011, “Disasters and employment changes: impacts of the Bam earthquake on employment structure using shift-share analysis”, Disasters, doi:10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01268.x. Asgary A., Rezvani M., and Mehregan N., 2011, LOCAL RESIDENTS’ PREFERENCES FOR SECOND HOME TOURISM DEVELOPMENT POLICIES: A CHOICE EXPERIMENT ANALYSIS., TOURISMOS: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF TOURISM Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 31-51. Paulus, Jeremy and Asgary, Ali (2010) "Enhancing Border Security: Local Values and Preferences at the Blue Water Bridge (Point Edward, Canada)," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol. 7 (1), Article 77. Asgary Ali, Ghaffari Alireza, and Levy Jason, 2010, “Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Structural Fire Incidents and Their Causes: A Case of Toronto, Canada”, Fire Safety Journal, 45 (1), 44-57. Asgary Ali, 2010, “Spatial Patterns and Distribution of Disasters in the OIC Member Countries”, Arab World Geographers, 12 (1,2). Asgary Ali, Sadeghi Alireza, and Levy, Jason, 2009, “INTELLIGENT SECURITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FOR MODELING FIRE CRITICAL INCIDENTS: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE SECURITY”, J Syst Sci Syst Eng, 1861-9576 Asgary Ali, Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Structural Fire Incidents and Their Causes: A Case of Toronto, Canada, Fire Safety Journal, 2010, 45 (1), 44-57. Bagheri, Ali, Darijani, Musa, Asgary, Ali, and Morid, Saeid, 2010, “Crisis in Urban Water Systems during the Reconstruction Period: A System Dynamics Analysis of Alternative Policies after the 2003 Earthquake in Bam-Iran, Water Resource Management, 0920-4741, 1573-1650. Asgary A., Halim A., 2009, “Measuring Peoples’ Preferences for Cyclone Vulnerability Reduction Measures in Bangladesh”, Journal of Disaster Prevention and Management, Accepted. Asgary Ali and Levy Jason, 2009, “A review of the Implications of Prospect Theory for Natural Hazards and Disaster Planning”, International Journal of Environmental Research, 3 (3), 370-394. Rafiean M., Asgary A., Asgarizadeh, Z., 2010, “Using a choice experiment to measure the socio-environmental costs of large Urban Redevelopment Projects: Case of Tehran Urban Redevelopment Project”, International Journal of Environmental Research (under review). Habibbi, K., Pourahmad, A., Meshkini A., Asgary A., Nazari-Adli, S., 2008, “Determining structural and Physical Vulnerability Factors in Old Urban Areas of Zanjan Using GIS and Fuzzy Logic”, Honarhaye Ziba Journal, 33: 27-36. Asgary A., Badri A. Rafiean M., and Hajijejad A., 2008, “Utilizing Post-Disaster Development Opportunities after Bam Earthquake and the Role of Stakeholders”, Journal of Humanities, 15(2); 33-52. Asgary Ali, Levey Jason and Mehregan Nader, 2007, “Estimating Willingness to Pay for a Hypothethical Earthquake Early Warning System”, Environmental Hazards 7, 312-320.. Asgary, A., Klosterman, R. and Razani, A., 2007, “Sustainable Urban Growth Management Using What-If?”, International Journal of Environmental Research, 1(3): 218-230. Haji-Nejad Ali, Asgary Ali, Asgharpour Hossein, and Mohammadzadeh Parviz, 2007, Rural Industrial Productivity in Sistan and Baloochestan Province”, Geography and Development Journal, 4(8): 1-18. Levy, J.K., Hartmann, J., Li, K.W., An, Y. & Asgary, A. (2007) Multi-criteria Decision Support Systems for Flood Hazard Mitigation and Emergency Response in Urban Watersheds, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 43(2):1-13. Akbari, N., Asgary, A., and Farahmand, S., 2006, “City Size Distribution in Urban System of Iran”, Quarterly Journal of the Economic Research, 6(4), 83-104. Goli Ali and Asgary Ali, 2006, “Fuzzy Logic Applications in Rural-Urban Definitions: Case of Tehran Province”, Modares Humanities Journal, 10(2): 139-158. Asgary Ali and Kazemian Gholamreza, 2006, “An Analysis of Current Metropolitan Areas of Iran”, Urban Management Quarterly, 5(18): 6-21. Badri S.A., Asgary A., Eftekhari, AR., and Levy J., 2006, “Post Disaster Resettlement, Development and Change: 12 Years after Manjil Earthquake”, Disasters, 30 (4): 451-468. Bagheri A., Asgary A., Rafiean M., and Levy J., 2006. “Measuring Urban Water System Performance: A Fuzzy Inference Model Approach”, Journal of the American Water Works Association, 98(11): 84-92. Asgary Ali, Rafieian Mojtaba and Khoei Ziba, 2006 “Applying What-If Planning Support System for Regional Land Use Planning”, Environment Journal, Tehran University. Burns C., Asgary A., and Levy J., (2005), “Operator support for ageing nuclear critical infrastructure systems: integrating ecological interface design with prospect theory, Int. J. Critical Infrastructures, 4(1): 299-311. Asgary Ali, (2005), “What Emergency Managers Need to Know about Prospect Theory”, Emergency Management Canada, 1(4): 37-40. Asgary A, Hajinejad A, Asgharpour H, and Mohammadzadeh P., 2005, “Productivity of Rural Industries in Iran”, Quarterly Journal of the Economic Research, 14 (4):33-57. Sadeghi Hossein, Asgary Ali, and Agheli L.,(2005) “Applying Fuzzy Logic to the Estimation of Environmental Degradation Trends in Iran”, Iranian Economic Review, 10(13): 45-64. Goli A., and Asgary A., and Eftekhari AR, (2005), “Spatial Analysis of Transitory Rural Settlements with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Case Study: North West Region of Iran”, Modares Human Sciences Journal, 8(4): 147-174. Asgary, Ali, (2004), “Planning and Disaster Management Education in Canada”, Plan-Canada, 44(3): 44-47. Asgary Ali, and Esmaeili Akbar, 2004, “Using GIS in Determining the Functional Areas of Urban Services”, Shahrnegar, 28: 1-7. Asgary A., Willis K.G., Taghvaei A.A., and Rafiean M., (2004), "Estimating Rural Households Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance", European Journal of Health Economics, 5(3): 209-215. Asgary Ali, Taghvaei Ali Akbar and Rostami M., (2003), “Analysis of Settlement Systems through Social Network Analysis, Journal of Humanities, 10(1): 1-16. Asgary, Ali, and Hajinejad Ali. 2003 “Institutional Approach in Regional Development. Geographical Research Journal. Outman 2003. Asgary Ali and Ghaderi Jafar, (2002), “Hedonic Price Housing Model of Urban Housing in Iran”, Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2(4): 91-109. Eftekhari A.R., Asgary Ali, and Taherkhani Mahdi, 2002, “Industrial Districts and Rural Development: A case Study of Markazi Province”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, XII(2):47-60. Asgary Ali, and Akbari Nemat, (2002), “A Review on Applied Spatial Econometrics”, Research Bulletin of Isfahan University, 12 (1&2):93-122. Asgary Ali and Mehregan, (2002), “Estimating Visitors’ Willingness to Pay for Urban Cultural Heritage, Using Contingent Valuation Method, (CVM)”, Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 1(2): 93-116. Asgary Ali, and Rafiean Mojtaba, (2002), “Designing an information system for historical evaluation of urbanization in Iran”, Modares Journal of Art, 1(1): 54-71. Asgary Ali, and Ghaderi Jafar, (2002), “Modeling Housing Ownership in Urban Areas”, Research Bulletin of Isfahan University, Autumn 2002. Asgary Ali (2001), “The Role of Cities in National Productivity and Growth”, Quarterly Journal of Urban Management, No. 8. Asgary Ali, (2001), “What If? Planning Support System”, Quarterly Journal of Urban Management, No. 7. Asgary, Ali, (2001), “Spatial Patterns of Poverty in Iran”, Iranian Economic Review, 5(1): 24-33. Asgary A., Willis K.G., and Hosseini, (2000), “The Impacts of Caspian Sea Level Rise on the Housing Market”, Journal of Humanities, 7(4):1-8. Asgary Ali, (2000), “International Associations in Urban & Regional Planning”, Quarterly Journal of Urban Management, No. 5. Asgary Ali, and Willis K.G., (1997), “Estimating the Benefits of Construction Measures to Mitigate Earthquake Risk”, Environment & Planning B, Planning and Design, 24:613-624. Willis K.G., and Ali Asgary, (1997), “The Impact of Earthquake Risk on the Housing Markets: Evidence from Tehran Real Estate Agents”, Journal of Housing Research, 8(1): 107-124. Asgary Ali and Willis K.G., (1997), “Households’ Behavior in Response to Earthquake Risk: An Assessment of Alternative Theories”, International Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management, 21(4). Asgary, Ali, (1996), “Estimating Households’ Willingness to Pay for Earthquake Insurance”, Insurance Quarterly, 11(43), autumn 1996. Asgary Ali, 1993, “Export and Growth: Causes and Effects”, Monthly Commercial Review, 77. Asgary Ali, 1992, “The Role of Cooperative Companies in Distribution of Commodities”, Monthly Journal of Commerce Investigations, 77. Asgary, Ali, 1992, “Investigating the Regional Inflation in Iran during 1982-1990”, Monthly Commercial Review, No. 61. 6-28. Asgary Ali, 1991, “The Impacts of New Exchange Rate Policy on Government’s Budget”, Monthly Commercial Review, 56. Asgary Ali, 1991, “Inflation and Distribution of Commodities”, Monthly Commercial Review, 51. Asgary Ali, and Komijani Akbar, (1991), “Structure and Performance of Interest Free Loan Funds and Their Place in the Financial and Banking System of Iran”. Economic Research Journal, No. 44, 1-35. Asgary Ali, 1990, “The Role of Cooperative Companies in Foreign Trade”, Monthly Commercial Review, 46. Asgary Ali, 1990, “Structural Changes in Domestic Trade”, Monthly Commercial Review, 38. Asgary Ali, 1990, “A Review of Terms of Trade and Its Changes in Iran”, Monthly Commercial Review, 36.
Asgary Ali, 2009, Book Review: “Review of Homeland Security and Private Sector Business: Corporations' Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection”, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: 6(1): 1-4. Asgary Ali, 2006, Book Review: “The Economics of Natural Hazards” edited by Howard Kunreuther & Adam Rose, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 49(6): 947 – 954. Asgary Ali, 1996, Book Review: “Risks and Opportunitie s, Managing Environmental, Conflict and Change” by Valerie Brown, David Ingle Smith, Rob Wiseman”, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 39(2): 303-305.
Asgary, Ali, 2011, Lessons from Urban Economic Development Plans of the first Decade of the 21st century, The First Iranian Urban Economics Conference, Mashhad, Iran, Nov. 23-24. Asgary Ali and Kong Albert, 2011, DEVELOPMENT OF AN AGENT-BASED VIRTUAL LEARNING EMERGENCY SIMULATION CENTRE, ICEMT, Budapest, Hungary, 23-25 May 2011 Asgary A., 2011, “Students' Perceptions of Campus Emergency Preparedness: A Survey of York University”, 2011 College and University Safety Association Conference, June 16-18, Nanaimo, BC. Asgary, A., Kong A., 2010, “Automated Intelligent Emergency Assessment of GTA Pipeline Events”, Proceedings of the 2010 8th International Pipeline Conference (IPC2010), September 27–October 1, 2010 , Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Paper no. IPC2010-31006 pp. 413-419: doi:10.1115/IPC2010-31006.
Asgary A., 2010, “Small Disaster, Big Lessons: Impacts of Toronto Sunrise Propane Explosion on Local Businesses and Households”, International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2010, Davos, Switzerland May 30 - June 3, 2010. Asgary Ali, 2010, “Households Willingness to Pay for Disaster and Emergency Management: Some Evidence from Canada”, International Research Committee on Disasters Researchers Meeting Tuesday, July 13 -July 14, 2010, Broomfield, Colorado. Golshani, Z., Asgary, A., A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Global Natural Disasters. IVth World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Chicago, June 9–12, 2010 Asgary Ali, 2010, “Small Disaster, Big Lessons: Impacts of Toronto Sunrise Propane Explosion on Local Businesses and Households”, International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2010, Davos, Switzerland May 30 - June 3, 2010. Asgary Ali, 2010, “Spatial Patterns and Distribution of Disasters in the Organization of the Islamic Conference Member Countries”, Proceedings of the 4th Congress of the Islamic World Geographers, University of Sistan & Baloochestan, April 14-17th, Zahedan, Iran. Asgary Ali, 2009, “Willingness to pay for Enhancing Local Disaster and Emergency Management Services: Case of Greater Toronto Residents”, 04-06 Nov 2009, London, U.K. Asgary Ali, 2009, “Using Real Time Virtual Environments for Disaster Simulations and Exercises”, 8th International symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, October 15-16, Incheon, South Korea. Asgary Ali, 2009, “The value and importance of incorporating virtual school emergency exercises”, 6th Annual Summit on Emergency & Disaster Planning for Colleges, Universities and K-12 Schools, 6-7 October, Toronto, Canada. Asgary Ali, Sadeghi Naini Ali, and Jason Levy, 2009, “Modeling Loss and No-Loss Fire Incidents Using Artificial Neural Network: Case of Toronto” 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology for Humanity, 24-25 September, Toronto, Canada. Asgary Ali, Kong Albert, and Jason Levy, 2009, “Fuzzy-JESS Expert System for Indexing Business Resiliency” 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference-Science and Technology for Humanity, 24-25 September, Toronto, Canada. Asgary A., and Ghaffari A., 2009, “Spatial Autoregressive Modeling of Predicting Property Damaged in Fire Events”, International ESRI User Conference”, San Diego, California, July 13 to July 17. Asgary A., Ghaffari A., and Kong A., 2009, “Enhancing Emergency Response to Oil and Gas Pipeline Incidents Using a Fuzzy Jess Method” 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Lethbridge, June 23-25. Asgary A., Ghaffari A., and Kong A., 2009, “Use of Web-services for Emergency Response tom Oil and Gas Pipeline incidents” 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Lethbridge, June 23-June 25. Asgary Ali, 2009, “Conducting Emergency Management Exercises in Virtual Environments”, Virtual World Best Practices in Education Conference, Second Life Virtual Environment, March 27-29. Asgary Ali, 2009, “Applications of the Virtual Environments in Disaster and Emergency Management”, 4th International Disaster Management Conference, Tehran, March 1 and 2, 2009. Asgary Ali, 2009, “Business Resiliency”, 4th International Disaster Management Conference, Tehran, March 1 and 2, 2009. Asgary Ali, 2008, “Emergency Management & the Second Life Virtual Environment”, 56th IAEM Annual Conference, Kansas, 15th to 20th November. Asgary A., 2008, “Top 10 IT technologies of the 2009: Their Applications for Emergency Management”, Conference on Location Based Systems and Integrated Urban Management, Tehran, November 2008. Asgary A. and Mallick Sanjoy, 2008, “Spatial analysis of oil and gas related accident data to develop a framework for risk assessment and contingency planning”, International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, September 29-October 3. Asgary Ali, (2008), “Spatial Analysis of Fire Incidents”, 2008 OAFC Conference, Toronto, Ontario, April 27 to 30. Asgary Ali, (2008), “Small Businesses, IT and Business Continuity Planning”, 2008 meeting of the Academy of Business and Information Technology, Monroeville Radisson Hotel, Monroeville, USA, May 1, 2, and 3. Asgary Ali, (2008), “Expanding Emergency Management Education to non Emergency Management Disciplines: Emergency Management as an Elective Course”, Homeland Security Education Summit, Washington D.C., March 2008. Asgary Ali, (2008), “Civil Defense and Emergency Management: Similarities and Differences and the Need for Integration”, First Civil Defense Conference, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, July 13-14t. Asgary Ali, (2008), “Managing Winter Snow Storms in Urban Areas”, 3rd International Conference on Integrated Natural Disaster Management, February 18-19, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2007), “In search for Principles of Emergency Management”, 2nd International Conference on Integrated Natural Disaster Management, February 13-14, Tehran, Iran. Rafeian Mojtaba and Asgary Ali, (2007), “An Analysis of Temporary Resettlement After Bam Earthquake”, 2nd International Conference on Integrated Natural Disaster Management, February 13-14, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2007), “Emergency Management for Ports” 3rd Conference on Ports Safety and Security, February 13-14, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2006), “The Role of the Canadian Private Sector in Emergency Relief and Reconstruction”, Fourteenth Annual CANCAPS Conference Canada in Asia Pacific: Balancing Economics and Diplomacy December 1-3, 2006, York University, Toronto, Ontario Asgary Ali, (2006), “Disaster and Emergency Management Education through an Elective Undergraduate Course”, Second International Conference in Disaster Education, Madid, Spain. Mamdoohi Amir Reza, Asgary Ali, Sharif Zadegan, Mohammad Hossien, and Ebrahimi Ahmad Reza, 2006, “Applying SDSS Using the Technique of CA to Urban Planning and Management: the Case of Sirjan City”, The international conference on problem solving techniques strategies and Techniques, Tehran, Iran. Asgary, A. and Levy, J.K. (2006) “Advances in Technological Disaster Analysis: Case Studies of Canadian Technological Disasters”, 16th World Conference on Disaster Management,(Toronto, June 18-21, 2006). Asgary Ali, Badri Ali, Rafiean Mojtaba, and Hajinejad Ali, (2006), “Lost and Used Post Disaster Development Opportunities in Bam Reconstruction”, I-Rec conference on Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Meeting the Stakeholders needs, May 17-18, Florence, Italy. Asgary Ali, Goli Ali, and Afsah-Hosseini, Fatemeh, (2006), “Applications of GIS in Debris Management ”, First Conference on GIS Applications in Disaster Management, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, and Mehregan Nader, (2006), “Estimating Households’ Willingness to Pay for Early Warning Systems”, Third Early Warning Conference, 27-29 March, Bonn, Germany. Asgary Ali, (2005), “Theorizing Disaster and Emergency Management and the Governance Reform, International Conference on Issues Relating to Disaster Management: Challenges for Governance Reform in Asia, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong to be held at Hong Kong during 4-5 March 2005. Levy, J.K., Hipel, K.W. & Asgary, A. (2005) Disaster Planning and Management with Dynamic AHP. Eighth International Symposium of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, July 7-10, 2005, Creative Decision Foundations (Editors J.K. Levy and R. Saaty). July 7-10, 2005, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. ISSN 1556-830X (for the CD version of ISAHP2005 Proceedings only). Asgary Ali, 2005, “Disaster Analyst: A GIS Based Disaster Analysis Tool”, Westman GIS User Conference, Brandon, March 11. Asgary Ali, (2005), “Disaster Cost/Loss Data: Current Issues and Future Challenges”, 2nd Toulouse-Montreal Conference: The Law, Economics and Management of Large-Scale Risks, 30 September-October 1, 2005, Montreal. Asgary Ali, Razani Asad, (2005), “Institutional Gaps in Transfer of Experiences in Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction”, The International Conference on Geohazards, Natural Disasters and Methods of Confronting with Them, September 27-29. Tabriz. Asgary Ali, and Esmaeli Akbar, (2005), “Strategic Planning and Its Applications in Emergency Management”, The International Conference on Geohazards, Natural Disasters and Methods of Confronting with Them, September 27-29. Tabriz. Asgary Ali, (2005), “A Typology of Community Development Theories”, Community Development Conference, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2004), “Privatization of Urban Services: Needs, Methods, Obstacles and Solutions”, First Conference on Municipalities and Urban Economy, June 2004, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2003), “Planning Intersection: Theorizing Planning in Iran”, Congress on Rural Development, June 2003, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2003), “Prospect Theory and Its Applications in Disaster and Emergency Management”, Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management, Kyoto, July 3-5, Japan. Asgary Ali, (2002), “Incorporating Environmental Degradation Into Input-Output Tables Using Fuzzy Logic”, Forth International Conference on Input-Output Techniques, Montreal, Canada. Asgary Ali, (2002), “Rural Households Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance”, ARIA Annual Meeting Evolution in Risk and Insurance: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, September 2002, Montreal, Canada. Asgary Ali, (2001), “The Role of Regional and Local Institutions in Regional and Local Development”, Conference on New Approach in Regional Development, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2001), “Developments in Planning Theory and the Iranian Urban Planning System”, Oxford Planning Theory Conference, Oxford. England. Asgary, Ali, (2000), “Quality of Life Mapping System”, Second International Conference on Quality of Life in Cities, Singapore. Asgary Ali, (2001), “Applications of GIS in Urban Crime Analysis and Designing Tehran’s Crime Analysis System”, Conference on Tehran Cultural and Anti-Cultural Development, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, and Jadidi, Mehdi, (2001), “The Role and Place of Fire Safety in Urban Development Plans” Conference on Safety and Fire Prevention Engineering, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2000), “Public Education and Urban Fire Mitigation”, Fifth Congress of Urban Mayors and Managers, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (2000), “Response of Institutional Approach to Regional Economic Development Challenges”, Seminar on the Iranian Economic Challenges for the Next Decade, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, and Rafiean, Mojtaba, (2000), “Senior Citizens and Spatial Changes in Urban Spaces”, First International Conference on Senior Citizens in Iran, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali and Jadidi Mehdi, (2000), “Urban Planning and Fire Incidents”, Conference of Fire Engineering and Planning, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1999), “Urban Planning Education in Iran: Past, Present and the Future”, Fifth International Congress of Asian Planning Schools, Seoul, Korea. Asgary Ali, and Goli Ali, (1999), “Iranian Regional Information Systems”, 10th Iranian Geographical Congress, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1998), “Methods of Assessing the Impacts of Environmental and Planning Factors on Urban Land Prices and Their Applications”, Conference on Land and Urban Development, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1998), “Employment and Poverty During Economic Stabilization: Case study of Iran ”, International Conference on Earning Inequality, Unemployment and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa, Biblos, Lebanon. Asgary, Ali, (1998),”Investigating the Trends in Economic Growth of Hamadan Province Using Shift-Share Analysis in the GIS Environment”, Seminar on Economic and Commercial Capabilities of Hamadan Province, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran. Asgary, Ali, (1998), “Lessons from Communicative Planning Theory for Development Planning”, First Conference for the Third Five-Year Iranian Development Plan, Planning and Budget Organization, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1998), “A Decision Support Systems for Management of Natural Hazards Risks within the GIS Environment”, International Symposium on Information Technology and Natural Hazards’ Risk Management, 4-6 February, Bangkok, Thailand. Aasgary Ali, (1998), “Ocean Friendly Urban Planning”, International Planning Congress: Water, Integrated Planning for Sustainable Future, Azarous, Portugal. Asgary Ali, and Hosseini Seyed Ali, (1997), “Private Paper Recycling Units in Tehran”, National Seminar on Solid Waste Management, Isfahan, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1997), “Assessing The Benefits of Planning Measures to Reduce Risks: Case of Natural Hazard Induced Risks”, 33rd World Planning Congress, Ogaki-Japan, 17-20 September 1997. Asgary Ali, (1997), “Impacts of Tehran Metro on the Housing Market”, Second Transportation Engineering Conference, Tehran Traffic Control Co. Tehran, Iran. Asgary, Ali, (1997), “Assessing the Economic Benefits of Landslides Hazards Zoning Maps”, International Institute for Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Second Iranian Seminar on Landslides, Tehran, Iran. Asgary, Ali, (1996), “The Impacts of Caspian Sea Level Rise on the Coastal Cities”, International Conference on Integrated Management and Sustainable Development in Coastal Zones. Rimouski, Canada. Asgary, Ali, (1995), “Earthquake in the Internet: Towards a Global Earthquake Network”, International Workshop on Harnessing the Communication Revolution: Creation of a Global Disaster Network, Beijing, China. Willis K.G., and Asgary Ali, (1995), “Impacts of Earthquake Hazards on the Housing Market”, Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali and Beygi-Saki Afsaneh, (1995), “Communication Planning Theory: A Mediation Approach in Planning: Case of Risk Communication”, 30th International Congress of International Society of City and Regional Planners, Sydney, Australia. Asgary, Ali, (1994), “Earthquake Preparedness Planning: Using System Dynamic Modeling for Evaluating Construction Policy”, Proceedings of the 11th Interschool Conference, University of York. York, England. Asgary Ali, (1994), “System Dynamic Modeling for Urban Earthquake Risk Estimation”, World Conference on Natural Hazard Reduction, Yokohama, Japan. Asgary, Ali, (1993), “Public Administration and Strategic Environmental Assessment for Sustainable Development”, International Conference of Public Administration and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Labor, October 31, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1993), “Limitations of Planning Measures for Reducing Earthquake Hazards”, International Seminar on Planning and Design in Seismic Risk Areas, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. Asgary, Ali (1993), “Earthquake, Health and Well Being of People: A Case Study of Iranian City Regions”, 29th Congress of International Society of City and Regional Planners, Glasgow, Scotland. Asgary Ali, (1992), “The Role of Regional Accounting in Regional Planning”, Regional Accounting Seminar, Hamadan, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1992), “Budget Policies and Imbalance Regional Growth”, Cities and People Conference, Tabriz, Iran. Asgary Ali, (1991), “Economic Roles of Cities in Hamadan Provinces”, Hamadan in 2020 Seminar, Hamadan, Iran. vi) Major invited contributions and/or technical reports Technical reports Asgary Ali et al., 2002, “Estimating the Productivity of Rural Industries in Iran, Ministry of Agriculture, Iran. Asgary Ali et al., 2001, “Urban Fire Incidents and National Fire Education Plan”, Center for Urban Planning Studies, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, et al., 2004, “Transitory Rural Settlements in Iran”, Iranian Housing Foundation, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, et al., 2001, “Location Analysis and Location Model for the Iranian Agriculture Bank Branches and its Application Iranian Agriculture Bank Using GIS”, Agriculture Bank of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, et al., 2000, “Guidelines for Social, Economic, and Environmental Impact Assessment of Road and Rail Projects”, Ministry of Roads and Transportation, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali and Hajinejad Ali, 2000, “Current and the Future Role and Place of Sistan Regional Development”, Sistan Region Development Organization. Zabol, Iran. Asgary Ali and Ghomashchi Vahid, 1999, “Designing Regional Indexes for Fisheries Development Activities”, Iranian Fisheries Company, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, 1998, “Feasibility Analysis of GIS Applications in the Iranian Fisheries Company”, Iranian Fisheries Company, Tehran, Iran. Asgary Ali, 1997, “Modeling Rural Resettlement after Natural Disasters”, Iranian Housing Foundation, Tehran, Iran. vii) Other publications (e.g., workshops presented, other publications) Choice Experiment Method and its Applications in Urban and Regional Studies, Workshop, The First Iranian Urban Economics Conference, Mashhad, Iran, Nov. 23-24, 2011. Aghent Based Modeling and its Applications in Urban & Regional Studies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Nov. 26th, 2011. Spatial Statistics in ArcGIS, 4th Congress of the Islamic World Geographers, University of Sistan & Baloochestan, April 15th, 2011, Zahedan, Iran. Using Virtual World for Disaster and Emergency Management Training and Exercise, Workshop, International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2010, Davos, Switzerland June 4, 2010. Strategic Vulnerability Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies to Volcanic Eruptions, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, June 17 2010, Table top emergency exercise developed and conducted by me for researchers and professionals involved in ENSUR Project. Vulcano Isola Volcano Emergency Table Top Exercise, Vulcano Island, Italy, May 21 2010. I developed and conducted the exercise for emergency management experts and officials . Virtual World, Virtual City, and Virtual Planning and Design, Islamic Azad University, Dubai, UAE. April 11, 2010. I was invited to present this topic for Urban Planning and Architecture faculty and students. Virtual World, Virtual City, and Virtual Planning and Design, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. April 18, 2010. I was invited to present this topic for Urban Planning and Design faculty and students. GIS as a Tool for Disaster Management, University of Geneva, Swiss, April 2010. This was a 3 hour lecture presented for participants of the professional certificate in Geological Hazards and Risks Management. Disaster and Emergency Management, University of Geneva, Swiss, February 2010. This was a 3 hour lecture presented for participants of the professional certificate in Geological Hazards and Risks Management. First International Virtual emergency Exercise, York University Disaster and Emergency Virtual Lab in Second Life, May 5 and &, 2009. |