Biography

Elena Ridolfi, Phd. is Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Responsible and Sustainable Tourism and lecturer and researcher within the Research Group on Tourism, Culture and Territory at CETT-UB. She holds a joint-PhDs in Geography, Urban planning and Public policy. Her thesis examined the role of water management in coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea. She was also invited as a researcher by several institutions such as the European Environment Agency (Spain) and the Cranfield University (UK) in the framework of European projects. Her current research and projects focus on sustainable local development and environmental governance.

Publications related to tourism (general)

• • Ridolfi, Elena; Saurí, David; Ippolito, Achille; Sarantakou, Efthymia; Salvati, Luca. (2017). An urban political ecology approach to local development in fast-growing, tourism-specialized coastal cities. Tourismos. 12. 171-204.

 

• • Luca Salvati; Elena Ridolfi; David Saurí Pujol; Pere Serra Ruiz (2016) Latent sprawl, divided Mediterranean landscapes: urban growth, swimming pools, and the socio-spatial structure of Athens, Greece. Pages 296-312 Vol. 37, Iss. 2

 

• • L. Salvati; E. Ridolfi; I. Zambon; P. Serra; D. Sauri. Swimming pools as indicator of urban sprawl: An exploratory analysis in a mediterranean city. International Journal of Environmental Research. 2015;9(4):1325-1332.

 

• • Saurí, D., March, H. y Ridolfi, E. (2014). Cambio climático y recursos hídricos en las zonas turísticas del litoral mediterráneo español. Dins F. López Palomeque y G. Cànoves Valiente (eds): Turismo y Territorio: Innovación, renovación y desafíos (p. 723-733). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanc.

 

• • Ridolfi, E. 2014. Exploring the Urban Hydrosocial Cycle in Tourist Environments. Investigaciones Geográficas, 61, 17- 38.

 

• • Ridolfi, E., 2014. The hydrosocial cycle governance in tourist coastal cities: the paradigmatic case of the heritage town of Venice, Italy. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in the section ""Critical Approaches to Urban Water Governance"" Tampa, Florida, April 8-12, 2014.