Use of Culture as Economic Developmen Tool and the Role of Enviromental Educacion

Abstract

Phenomena like the culturalization of contemporary cities and the mercantilism of cultural heritage are current issues that require further exploration and understanding. Thus, the objective of this research work was to present the environmental education, translated in the ideals of an ecological citizen able to identify, discuss and act as a solution for addressing these phenomena and its negative effects, such as uniqueness, loss local memory and gentrification. The property occupies a privileged position in the settings of cultural legitimacy, in the reflections on identity and the social bond policies. In societies of consumption and mass culture, the use of heritage, its interpretation and even your simulation are to be local development instruments and national. Consequently, environmental education is revealed as a tool capable of providing the proper use of culture as urban revitalization instrument.

Keywords

• Memória
• Patrimônio
• Cidades
• Culturalização
• Educação Ambiental.