**About the Special Issue Editor**

**Thomas Panagopoulos** (Dr.) is a professor of landscape architecture with specialization in landscape restoration. He received his MSc in renewable natural resources in 1992 and Ph.D. in forestry and natural environment in 1995. He is currently a member of the Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-Being, and a member of the coordinating body of the Ph.D. program in innovation and land management. He was the department head of landscape architecture and the 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 for projects with total approved funding of over 8 million euros. This is the result of his research strategy, which crosses numerous disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic transdisciplinary approach to science, and his multicultural background in fostering research at an international level. He has vast experience working in many European and private projects. Currently, he is coordinating research for BIODES, improving life in a changing urban environment through biophilic design; RESTORE, rethinking sustainability towards a regenerative economy; TrailGazerBid, enhancing natural and cultural assets to stimulate economic development; Euroguadiana, European laboratory of transborder governance. He has also helped many cities develop their sustainability plan. From 2011 to 2017, he was on the executive board of UNISCAPE (the Network of Universities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention).
