Abstract

SOUZA, Osmar Tomaz de  and  BRANDENBURG, Alfio. Who owns the rural space? Changes in the society/nature relationship and the emergence of the rural space public dimension. Ambient. soc. [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition. ISSN 1809-4422.

An important change is currently taking place in the rural world, which is no longer seen just as private space, but as public. This results from changes verified in the relationship between society and nature. The subject matter of this paper is the analysis of such transformations and their effects over rural development policies in the rural area of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil.

Keywords : Rural; Public space; Private space; Society; Nature.

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