Adapting Cities to Floods

Starts: November 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Location: Watermen's Hall, Classroom A/B
Contact: [[thartley,Troy Hartley]]

Summary

Dr. Kristina Hill of the University of Virginia will explore how communities can adapt their water systems to climate change.

Full Description

Virginia Sea Grant and the VIMS Graduate School are pleased to announce the next Visiting Scholar Seminar in our regular series. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 11th, at  3 pm in  Classroom  A/B of Watermen's Hall. A reception will follow in the lobby. Virginia Sea Grant will web-cast the seminar from the VASG home page at www.vims.edu/seagrant

Title

Adapting Cities to Floods

Speaker

Dr. Kristina Hill, Associate Professor
Director of Landscape Architecture Program
University of Virginia

Background

Dr. Hill is a geologist-turned-landscape architect, who considers how communities adapt to climate change, particularly their water systems.  Her recent publications address the connections between urban design, infrastructure design, and water systems as social and ecological drivers. Learn more about Dr. Hill.