Andrea Colantonio

LEAD URBAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

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Andrea is a lead urban development specialist at the European Investment Bank, responsible for the financing of urban development projects. Prior to this Andrea was at the London School of Economics, leading projects for major European cities on integrated urban development, institutional governance, sustainability policy, planning and evaluation methods. 

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He holds a PhD in Economic Geography and is the main author of Transforming Urban Economies: Policy Lessons from European and Asian Cities (2013); Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability: Best Practice from European Cities (2010); and Urban Tourism and Development in the Socialist State: Havana during the Special Period (2006).