THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSESSING THE AESTHETIC QUALITY OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Authors

  • Margarida Custódio Santos Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo, Universidade do Algarve
  • Ana Maria Ferreira Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo, Universidade do Algarve
  • Carlos Costa Universidade de Aveiro

Keywords:

Aesthetic Quality, Cultural Landscape, Tourism Destinations

Abstract

A more in-depth look at what is generally termed environmental impact shows that, in many cases, what we are really talking about are not environmental impacts, but rather considerable changes in the aesthetic quality of the destination’s cultural landscape. In this regard, the goal of our work is to help create a methodology that will enable us objectively to assess the changes which have taken place in the aesthetic quality of the cultural landscape to ensure proper management of the cultural landscape and thus prevent the destination entering into decline. In the absence of specific indicators for assessing the change in the aesthetic quality of tourism destinations, a first approach was to test in the context of a mature tourism destination operational landscape indicators of visual quality identified in the perspective of rural landscapes.

Author Biographies

  • Margarida Custódio Santos, Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo, Universidade do Algarve
    Doutoranda em Turismo, Assistente 2º Triénio
  • Ana Maria Ferreira, Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo, Universidade do Algarve
    Doutoranda em Turismo, Professora Adjunta
  • Carlos Costa, Universidade de Aveiro
    PhD em Turismo, Professor associado com Agregação

Published

26.01.2012

How to Cite

THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSESSING THE AESTHETIC QUALITY OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. (2012). Tourism & Management Studies, 1099-1101. https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/300

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