URBAN LAND REGULARIZATION: REFLECTIONS ON ITS POTENTIAL AS AN URBAN AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Abstract

Based on the conceptual debate of the “development” category, this paper aims to analyze how sustainable urban land regularization (REURB) can qualify as an urban and human development policy. This is because the Brazilian urban scenario is strongly impacted by inequality of access and lack of infrastructure for less socioeconomically favored sectors, which directly impacts people’s way of life, their possibilities of choices, and access to rights. Thus, since REURB is an alternative to reduce social inequalities via the democratization of access to urban land and protection of the right to decent housing, it is worth asking: How does REURB qualify as a development policy? To propose reflections in this regard, the paper adopted a bibliographic review with a qualitative approach as its methodology, in addition to normative analysis considering Law 13.465/2017 as its main framework. The preliminary conclusions suggest that REURB qualifies as an urban and human development policy as long as it is planned and implemented considering the multiple characteristics of the intervention area and its occupants, in addition to having popular participation as a methodological premise.