Elena Ridolfi

Elena is an Urban and Environmental Planner. She got a Joint Ph.D. in Geography (Autonomous University of Barcelona - UAB, Spain) and Territorial Planning and Public Policy (University IUAV of Venice, Italy) in 2014. Her research focused on governance issues of the water cycle in Mediterranean tourist coastal cities; urban water cycle, urban metabolism, Urban Political Ecology, urbanization processes, water governance, and the relationship between water and the city. Interested on these research topics Elena has worked with international research institutions such as UNESCO and EEA. In 2012 she was visiting researcher at Cranfield University (UK) working in the European project TRUST on urban water governance and is now collaborating on a Spanish National Project on water resources in tourist environments. She holds a BSc in Urban Science and territorial Planning (2006, IUAV University), a European joint master's degree in Urban planning and Environmental policies (2008, IUAV University), and a MSc in Regional and population studies (2008, UAB University). She is now adjunct Professor at the University CETT-UB (Barcelona).