2021.03.26 G. Mathias Kondolf.mp4

PROF. G. MATHIAS KONDOLF 

Professor of Environmental Planning
Co-Director Global Metropolitan Studies
University of California Berkeley

The Social Connectivity of Urban Rivers: Integrating Social and Natural Science in River Restoration

G. Mathias “Matt” Kondolf is Professor of Environmental Planning and Geography, and Co-Director of the Global Metropolitan Studies program at the University of California Berkeley, where he teaches river restoration, environmental planning, environmental science, and hydrology.  Trained as a geologist, hydrologist, and fluvial geomorphologist, his research focuses on human-river interactions, including managing flood-prone lands, urban rivers, river restoration, sustainable management of reservoirs and regulated rivers; his publications have received over 17,000 citations.  Matt advises governments and non-governmental organizations, serving two terms on the Environmental Advisory Board to the Chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, and providing expert testimony before the US Congress, California legislature, California Water Resources Control Board, US Supreme Court, International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (the Hague). Matt was a fellow at the Collegium of Lyon (Institute for Advanced Study) 2017-2018.