Future Shorelines: Ideas from Around the World on Coping with Rising Seas

How should the Bay Area cope with rising sea levels? Dr. Kristina Hill, UC Berkeley Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, brings fascinating and exciting ideas from around the world.

Dr. Hill has worked on how water systems can help salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a new approach to managing water in New Orleans, and how the movements of coastal sand can contribute to protecting coastal communities in the Netherlands. The author of Ecology and Design Frameworks for Learning, she is working on a book on adapting urban waterfronts to climate change. Before coming to Berkeley, she obtained her PhD from Harvard and taught at MIT, the University of Washington at Seattle, and the University of Virginia.

Bay Currents talks on natural history and environmental issues are sponsored by Friends of Five Creeks fall-spring. Talks are free, but seating is limited. Refreshments 7 PM, talks promptly at 7:30 PM. See website for full schedule and to sign up for email notices.