The subject of the course is the legal relevance of environmental and cultural interests, which has the effect of increasingly shaping the actions of public administrations. In this perspective, the essential features of the regulatory framework of reference at European and national level will be reconstructed, with particular attention to the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape and the Environmental Code and with specific regard to the administrative instruments useful for the settlement of conflicts between environmental and cultural interests and those pertaining to the economic and productive sector