Andrea Cattaneo
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Andrea Cattaneo
@andrcatt.bsky.social
Engineer turned economist, working on agrifood systems & dabbling with geospatial analysis.
I lead FAO's State of Food and Agric. flagship report (SOFA). Formerly @IFPRI and @OECD
Interests: #RuralUrban #Resilience #FoodSystems #Geography
Views my own
9/ 🎥 Tutorial video: How to get into the City-Region Explorer panel and leverage FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform functionalities
youtu.be/g7l9T85yG_0
The City-Region Explorer integrated with the Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform. Video 5.
YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
8/ 🎥 Tutorial video: Aggregated Analytics in the City-Region Explorer
youtu.be/7ZBBTlj7J00
Aggregated Analytics in the City-Region Explorer. Video 4
YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
7/ 🎥 Tutorial video: The City-Region Explorer Explained with the City of Toulouse (France)
youtu.be/JGDavYI5j1Q
The City-Region Explorer Explained with the City of Toulouse (France). Video 3
YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
6/ 🎥 Tutorial video: Navigating the City-Region Explorer
youtu.be/u7b5y6lrrcc
Navigating the City-Region Explorer. Video 2
YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
5/ 🎥 Watch the tutorial video:
Welcome to the City-Region Explorer!
youtu.be/nbVvUNLP6s4
Welcome to the City-Region Explorer! Video 1 Intro
YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
4/ The City-Region Explorer is great for researchers and practitioners.
Some tutorials: 4️⃣videos on functionalities of the Explorer panel, and 1️⃣video on its embedding in the FAO's geospatial platform. Check them out below.

@patrickwebb.bsky.social ‪@waiterich.bsky.social‬ @isavagneron.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
3/The City-Region Explorer can replicate all figures & tables published in our @NatCities paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Users can go beyond replication and examine countries not highlighted in our paper.

@DavidUbilava.bsky.social @willmasters.bsky.social@robertfinger.bsky.social
Worldwide delineation of multi-tier city–regions - Nature Cities
This study uncovers the surprising interconnectedness of urban centers globally, finding that 3.2 billion individuals can access multiple urban tiers ranging from towns to large cities within an hour’...
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
2/ The City-Region Explorer 👇https://data.apps.fao.org/cityregions

Examine 30,000 urban centers classified into four tiers—towns, small, intermediate, and large cities—as well as their interconnections and surrounding areas. No geospatial expertise needed.
Example: Toulouse, France.👇
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hi Will. Great stuff. Fio and I were study mates back in Pavia when we were doing electrical engineering together. Have not seen him in a while. Need to find an excuse to visit Tufts. :-)
May 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM