Border Fence and Buoy Impact on River Processes

Description

Adriana Martinez, a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a joint appointment in the Department of Geography & GIS and the Department of Environmental Science, will give a talk titled "Rio Grande Border Militarization: and Assessing Border Fence and Buoy Impact on River Processes at Eagle Pass, Texas" as part of the Sustainable Solutions Speaker Series.

Martinez will present the results from her hydrologic study focusing on spatial modeling to examine the impacts of these fence sections on flood regimes at Eagle Pass, Texas, followed by a Q&A session hosted by Rachel Isaacs, coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Environmental Sciences and Policy Program.

Sustainable Solutions Series Overview

The Sustainable Solutions Speaker Series is presented by the Environmental Sciences and Policy and the Energy Policy and Climate programs at Johns Hopkins University. Each talk features scholars and practitioners working to tackle "wicked" environmental, energy, and climate problems. Speakers go through how they leverage technology, policy, the private sector, markets, research, and field work to form innovative and lasting solutions. From water insecurity to climate adaptation, natural resource conflict to energy transitions, and food insecurity to sustainable agriculture, this series features the depth and breadth of Johns Hopkins faculty and the greater community as we work toward a sustainable future.