LANDSCAPE AND GEOGRAPHY : A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW

Abstract

The objective of this study consists in the elaboration of a brief report on  the available knowledge about the course of the landscape concept in the context of geographical science during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  To achieve this goal, it was carried out an analysis and interpretation of existing scientific literature, trying an evaluation critical level to approach  the different meanings about the topic. Such analysis exercise revealed that the geographical concept built a relevant  role at the heart of the evolutionary process of Geography and its different schools.  In each development  stage  the landscape interpretation presented a visible explanatory depth, from  investigations based basically  on human works to researches  related to the field of representations.