Overview of Laws for Urban Agriculture in Brazil: Association with Urban Planning

Abstract The growing interest in urban agriculture (UA) over the past decades is followed by increase in regulations. Yet, there has been no systematic documentation and featuring of several UA laws that have emerged in Brazil, or of their association with urban planning. We developed a framework to...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Aumond Kuhn, Geisa Zanini Rorato, Bruno Cesar Euphrasio de Mello, Carolina Cristofoli Falcão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS) 2023-11-01
Series:Ambiente & Sociedade
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-753X2023000100320&tlng=pt
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Summary:Abstract The growing interest in urban agriculture (UA) over the past decades is followed by increase in regulations. Yet, there has been no systematic documentation and featuring of several UA laws that have emerged in Brazil, or of their association with urban planning. We developed a framework to understand the profile of federal and state UA laws in order to shine light on this gap in the literature. Therefore, we cataloged and analyzed the laws we have found. Based on the results, there is still no coordinated national policy to it. We also found that these laws cover several production practices under UA’s wide umbrella. They only vaguely mention their interfaces with urban-policy legal frameworks, and they do not clearly address territorial challenges to UA implementation.
ISSN:1414-753X