Title
Associate Professor

Department
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning


Email
kzhill@berkeley.edu

Phone
(434) 466-4808


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Research Expertise and Interest
landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, urban ecology, surface hydrology, groundwater, sea level rise, climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, adaptation to flooding

Research Description
Kristina Hill is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning.? She?studies?changes in?environmental conditions as a result of urbanization and climate change, and develops urban design approaches,?infrastructure strategies, and habitat conservation strategies?that allow coastal regions to?adapt?to?increased extent or frequency of?flooding. In her work, she?partners with local communities and government agencies. Most of her current partners are in the San Francisco Bay Area, but she has also recently worked in Denmark, coastal Virginia, and New Zealand. She has made it a priority to work with low-income communities and communities of color, because they are often disproportionately impacted by sea level rise. She is a member of the State of California's Sea Level Rise Task Force.