Development policies and urban agriculture policies: monologues and dialogues between empty spaces and food gardens

Resumo

Urban agriculture is an initiative that has been gaining ground in political and social debates. Many laws and public policies were created for their development, directly or indirectly. This work studied the space of urban agriculture in the development of policies and legislation for urban and regional planning. Through legal analysis of legislation at various scales, from supranational documents to regional and municipal legislation, the work showed that urban agriculture, in city planning, is an instrument that can be able to reduce the number of vacant lots and buildings that do not fulfill their social function. Nonetheless, the research showed that although there is a diverse range of legislation for the development of urban agriculture, they are not fully interconnected, often working as parallel initiatives.