Professor
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, Univ of California, Berkeley, California, United States
G. Mathias Kondolf is a fluvial geomorphologist, Professor of Environmental Planning, Co-Director of the Global Metropolitan Studies program at the University of California Berkeley and fellow at the Collegium, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Lyon (France). He has recently developed new research areas on the social connectivity of urban rivers, analysing the city-river relationships over time and current urban river revitalization efforts; the social life of the sediment balance, examining river-basin impacts of dams on downstream rivers and deltas from both geomorphological and environmental history perspectives; and strategic dam planning for improved tradeoffs between hydropower generation and environment. He has advised governments and non-governmental organizations on sustainable management of rivers around the world, providing expert testimony before the US Congress, the California legislature, California Water Resources Control Board, the US Supreme Court, the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (the Hague), and in other fora.
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Muddy Waters in Jackson, Mississippi: How Can Flood Risks Best Be Reduced?
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
