The author adopts an holistic concept of the landscape, which considers its ecological and cultural characteristics as an expression of the relationship between the human being and the environment. From this concept perspective, it she analyzes the legal protection of the landscape, conceived as a common social interest and protected by the Brazilian law through the right to an ecologically balanced environment, the right to sustainable cities and the right to cultural heritage. She investigates the legal instruments for the protection of the landscape, identifying its limitations in the light of the lack of normative definition of criteria and methodologies in the field.
