The Cultural Landscape

The cultural landscape is a natural landscape that has been modified by a cultural group. it is the built environment - carl sauer He argued that in order to understand culture, geographers must learn to read the landscape.

Cultural Landscapes are a combination of:
- Physical Features
- Agriculture and Industrial Practices
- Religious and Linguistic Characteristics
- Sequent Occupance (occupance over time)
- Traditional and Postmodern Architecture
- Land-Use Patterns
These are all the forms superimposed on the physical environment via human activity!

Sequent Occupance
- Societies leave their cultural imprints on a place over time, this contributes to the cumulative cultural landscape.
- Most cultural landscapes are a mixture of new and old buildings.