Course Description
Flood Risk Management, LDARCH 119
This course explains fundamental concepts in flood risk management, summarizes the history of flood management in California, the US, and globally, and tracks the development of state-of-the art approaches to assessing flood risk, equity implications, and utilizing nature-based solutions to sustainably manage floods. The course is offered at both the upper-division undergraduate (LA119) and graduate (LA229) levels. Lectures are the same for both undergrad and grad courses, but there are separate discussion sections and requirements.
Key Information
Credit: 4.5 quarter units /
3 semester units credit
UC Berkeley, Landscape Arch & Env Plan
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
General Education: satisfies the L&S Social Science breadth requirement
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (See your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
Unit Credit
UC San Diego:
Unit Credit
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Cruz:
Unit Credit
More About The Course
This course explains fundamental concepts in flood risk management, summarizes the history and governance of flood management in California, the US, and globally, and tracks the development of state-of-the art approaches to assessing flood risk, equity implications, and utilizing nature-based solutions to sustainably manage floods. The course covers not only on flood modeling and engineering, but also integrates cross-cutting themes such as equity, demographic trends, floodplain geomorphology, ecology, climate change, law, and governance.
The course draws upon faculty across the UC system, as well as the agency and practitioner community. Collectively, the instructors have broad experience working directly with federal, state and local agencies on flood risk management issues, so the course content is well grounded in the realities of building, monitoring, and maintaining flood defense levees, emergency response to flooding, and efforts to limit land use on flood-prone lands.
Course Creator
G Mathias Kondolf
G. Mathias “Matt” Kondolf is Professor of Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, where he teaches river restoration, environmental planning, and hydrology. He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and Chief Diversity Officer for the College of Environmental Design. A fluvial geomorphologist, his research focuses on human-river interactions, including managing flood-prone lands, urban rivers, and river restoration. His 3 books and >200 papers have received over 20,000 citations. Matt served two terms on the Environmental Advisory Board to the Chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, and has provided expert testimony before the US Congress, California legislature, California Water Resources Control Board, US Supreme Court, International Court of Arbitration, and International Court of Justice (the Hague).
G. Mathias “Matt” Kondolf is Professor of Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, where he teaches river restoration, environmental planning, and hydrology. He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and Chief Diversity Officer for the College of Environmental Design. A fluvial geomorphologist, his research focuses on human-river ...G. Mathias “Matt” Kondolf is Professor of Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, where he teaches river restoration, environmental planning, and hydrology. He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and Chief Diversity Officer for the College of Environmental Design. A fluvial geomorphologist, his research focuses on human-river interactions, including managing flood-prone lands, urban rivers, and river restoration. His 3 books and >200 papers have received over 20,000 citations. Matt served two terms on the Environmental Advisory Board to the Chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, and has provided expert testimony before the US Congress, California legislature, California Water Resources Control Board, US Supreme Court, International Court of Arbitration, and International Court of Justice (the Hague).
