Title
Assistant Professor

Department
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning


Faculty URL
https://ced.berkeley.edu/people/danielle-rivera

Research Group
http://www.just-environments.org

Email
dzrivera@berkeley.edu


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Research Expertise and Interest
environmental justice, environmental and climate justice, urban planning, urban design, Puerto Rico, Borderlands

Research Description
Danielle Zoe Rivera?is an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning in the College of Environmental Design. Rivera's?research?examines movements for environmental and climate justice. Her current work?uses community-based?research?methods to address the impacts of climate-induced disasters affecting low-income communities throughout South Texas and Puerto Rico. Rivera teaches on environmental planning and?design,?community engagement, and environmental justice. Her work has been published by the?Journal of the American Planning Association, Environment and Planning, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. She holds a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining the University of California Berkeley, Rivera taught Environmental Design at the University of Colorado Boulder.