A brief characterization of the cultural economy of landscape is provided, with special reference to the English Lake District. The early development of tourism in the region in relation to its natural, literary, and artistic assets is described. I examine the cultural economy of landscape in...

Traditionally, a landscape is considered as an expanse of natural scenery that people come to see and enjoy. But this romantic perspective should be widened to include urban landscapes. In a city, the landscape changes with the position of the viewer, or even better, the “flaneur” – a...

The aim of this paper is to cope with the imbalances affecting World Heritage Sites as to the conditions of their conservation and the resources available for their valorisation. We propose a policy mechanism divided into three phases. The first one aims at providing an objective approach to...

Artistic labour market shows peculiar features: they are paradigmatic of a project by project organization; there are no formal prerequisites giving access to artistic professions and no institutionalised career paths. Through in-depth interviews, we reconstruct the ideal-typical career pattern...