Cultural landscape and sustainability: possible connections and subsidies for public policies and planning of tourism

Abstract

This study sets out to establish a conceptual perspective on cultural landscape, especially from the Cultural Geography frame of reference. The social organization of the world expresses subjective and material processes. A cultural landscape refers, thus, to the 'content' of an area covering a human community and its actions, a certain set of natural circumstances and the changes reflected on the environment. The notion of sustainability in tourism is added to the analysis. Different dimensions of sustainability are focused, highlighting the possible contribution of cultural landscape in the decision making and tourism development process. Thus, based on literature review, the discussion underscores possible basis for a theoretical construction engendering such terms. Therefore, it presents subsidies for research and projects focusing on planning and public policies for sustainable tourism.