NOTES REGARDING BRAZILIAN LEGISLATION ON RURAL AREAS

Abstract

The text presents a debate on the theme of legislation on rural space, based on a bibliographical and documentary research. The objective is to deal with some points of the Brazilian legislation on the rural space, such as: its delimitation; forms of ownership, use and occupation of rural land; part of its population and its integration with cities. In this way, it was possible to point out the main characteristics of such regulations and as conclusions one can identify, from the sources researched, the importance and potential of the discussion about the Brazilian legislation for some reflections on the relations between field and city.