Isabel Maria Henriques Martinho da Silva
Assistant Professor
Isabel Martinho da Silva graduated in Landscape Architecture from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1988. She has a Master in Landscape Architecture, a PhD in Renewable Natural Resources, with a minor in Environmental Psychology, all from the University of Arizona, USA. She worked as a landscape designer and planner for several years in private practice. Since 2004, she is an assistant professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Porto, Portugal, where she teaches several courses and supervises many master and PhD students. She is also a PhD researcher at the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of the University of Porto. She has developed research in landscape change , sustainable design of public space, urban agriculture and her current research interests are landscape change, landscape rehabilitation, sustainable design of public space, and public perception.