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NOTES ON EDITORS
Marluci MENEZES is a geographer with a master’s
degree and a PhD in Anthropology from New Lisbon
University/Portugal, researcher at the National
Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC), Lisbon
(Portugal). She has been working on a number
of national and international research projects
covering different issues centred on the relationship
between space, society and culture, with several
publications related to the studies carried out. She
is currently studying socio-cultural issues associated
with the dynamics of adaptation to urban transformation
processes, the relationship between tangible,
intangible and digital heritage in conservation and
transmission of cultural heritage. She is member of
COST ACTION TU 1306 CyberParks, C3PLACES (H2020
- n. 693443), E-RIHS.pt, IPERION CH - Integrated
Platform for the European Research Infrastructure
on Cultural Heritage, and DB-Heritage (DataBase
of building materials with historical and heritage
interest - PTDC/EPH-PAT/4684/2014).
Carlos SMANIOTTO COSTA (PhD) holds a diploma
degree in Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Planning and a PhD degree in Urban and Landscape
Planning from the Leibniz University Hannover/Germany.
He lectures Landscape Design and Urban
Ecology in master’s and PhD programmes at the
Lusófona University and is a member of its Interdisciplinary
Research Centre for Education and Development,
where he leads the Experimental Lab on
Education, Space and Memories. Smaniotto Costa has
been working on a number of national and international
research projects covering different issues but
all centred on sustainable urban development and
transforming cities into more liveable spaces. He has
published widely on environmental, social, urban
geography as well as urban planning and design
issues in professional journals in Portuguese, German,
English and Italian. He is one of the initiators and
the chair of the COST Action TU1306 CyberParks.