Tecnologias de geoinformação para gestão de paisagens culturais: apoio ao processo de tomada de decisão baseado em caracterização, gestão e estudos de futuros alternativos

Abstract

The text presents the main challenges and problems related to the management and valuation in order to promote appreciation of cultural landscapes in Brazil. It discusses the concept of cultural landscapes in the production of a contemporary Brazilian city and evaluates the role of the Master Plans in this process. It addresses the main potentialities in geo-information technology and presents as a proposal a methodological framework to perform in the stages of characterization, simulation of future alternatives and analysis of cultural landscapes. According to the framework proposed, the paper suggests the main geo-information technology resources for each stage and evaluates how data, information and knowledge about the cultural landscape can be produced. It develops the possibilities of the methodological framework in an illustrated way, based on examples of case studies carried out, evaluating resources and potentialities. The study presents the assumption that geo-information technologies can play a key role in building collective consciousness about cultural values, broadening the visibility and power of participation in shared decisions.