Ateneo - UPO

The course aims to deepen the theme of the landscape, in relation to heritage issues and practices tourism, placed on the frame of sustainability.

1) Cerutti S., Paesaggio, turismo, sostenibilità. Una parabola geografica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2023. 2) Cerutti S., Moroso A., Garden Tourism. Il patrimonio dei giardini nei processi di fruizione e narrazione turistica, Roma, Aracne, 2022.

In a constant balance between theoretical reflection and case study analysis, the course intends to provide students with some tools for knowledge and intervention in the practices of land management, participation, awareness raising, and enhancement of the landscape heritage in a sustainable tourism key.

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The course includes lectures and in-depth thematic seminars.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services- students-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects. For further information, please refer to the course page on D.I.R at: https://www.dir.uniupo.it/ Non-attending students have to contact the teaching professor by e-mail

Oral exam. Opportunity to present a research project or to answer questions related to the course topics.

LANDSCAPE: geographical introduction LANDSCAPE TERRITORY ENVIRONMENT: concepts, areas, differences LANDSCAPE: definition and types ANTHROPIZED LANDSCAPES AND TOURISM: anthropic development, humanized landscapes, tourism and tourism URBAN LANDSCAPE: definition, typologies, functional characteristics, examples of sustainable (and not) urban tourism PAESAGGIO DEI GIARDINI: enhanced landscapes, tourism projects AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND TOURISM: agrarian and rural dimension, components and types, rural tourism and food and wine LANDSCAPE, CULTURAL HERITAGE, TOURISM: cultural tourism, thematic proposals and projects (musical tourism, cinema, etc.) LANDSCAPE AND PROTECTION: landscape assets, regulatory focus, EU Landscape Convention LANDSCAPES AND UNESCO SITES: Conventions, Unesco List, Italian heritages SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPE: audiovisual representations of places

Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of basic theoretical and methodological concepts of tourism planning and project management. Ability to understand and contextualize the relationship between geographical dimension and tourism. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: ability to identify and develop the land components for the project of enhancement of tourism. Autonomy of evaluation: ability to analyze territorial contexts and set up projects. Communication skills: ability to present a sustainable tourism project. Learning/studying skills: ability to find and access additional bibliographic and data sources. Ability to combine theoretical and methodological concepts with the direct observation of tourist and territorial data.