Landscape Urbanism and Green Infrastructure

Abstract

Sustainability and Well-Being and a member of the coordinating body of the PhD program in innovation and land management. He was the department head of landscape architecture and master's degree director at the University of Algarve, Portugal. He is a reviewer and member of the editorial board of several reputed international journals on sustainability and environmental management. He has acted as a principal investigator, co-principal investigator, and investigator in projects with a total of approved funding of over 8 million euros. This is a result of his research strategy that crosses many disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic transdisciplinary approach to science, and his multicultural background in fostering research at an international level.Further, he has vast experience in working in many European and private projects. Currently, he is coordinating the projects: BIODES "Improving life in a changing urban environment through biophilic design"; RESTORE: Rethinking sustainability towards a regenerative economy; and TrailGazerBid Enhancing natural and cultural assets to stimulate economic development. He has also helped many cities to develop their sustainability plan. From 2011 to 2017, he was in the executive board of the UNISCAPE (the Network of Universities for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention).