DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0297

THE PERCEPTION OF URBAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE - A RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Camelia Teodorescu¹, Ana-Irina Lequeux-Dinca¹, Darius Nestoriuc¹, Adrian Nicolae Jipa¹, Ștefania Elena Calinoiu²

¹ Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Department of Human and Economic Geography, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Blvd., Bucharest, Romania

² Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, Department of Communication Sciences, 5 Edgar Quinet Str., Bucharest, Romania

Everyone interprets the landscape differently; this may be due to the influences of religion  culture, even childhood. However, it is important to consider how landscapes can be categorized and how people perceive them. Cultural landscapes can be analyzed as a cultural property, or as a heritage property, consisting of cultural resources - landscapes and buildings. For a better understanding of perceptions of urban cultural landscapes, case studies based on a specific methodology of interviews were necessary. The topic or question to be answered is related to how they perceive the cultural landscape in question. They are important targets, they are landmarks in different cities in Romania and, each of them offers a very unique setting, a particular local landscape. The results obtained have taken into account: Natural features, Historical features, Contemporary features, Cultural activities, Historical events, Contemporary human activities, Sense of place, Links with the past, Memories offered. Each of these chosen landmarks offers, according to the interviews, a different perception.

Klíčová slova: cultural property, city, history, heritage, cultural identity

stránky: 297-300, Publikováno: 2025, online: 2025