Econcult: Area of Research in Economics of Culture and Tourism

The aim of this article is to conduct a preliminary examination of the role and nature of cultural observatories in a future scenario. Such a scenario is characterised by the complexity that distinguishes the relationship between culture and (human and environmentally sustainable) development, and the micro-, multiple, emerging and intangible nature of many of the impacts we are interested in assessing involves a decisive challenge for cultural planning. To this end, the main tool used is the analytical perspective of cultural economics.