Agriculture, legislation and environment: contemporary ruralities in Florianopolis

The city of Florianopolis has most of its territory located on an island, of 436.5 square kilometers, only 12.1 square kilometers from the mainland. The insular territorial configuration carries with it limits on urban growth. By law 42% of islet territory falls as APP (Permanent Preservation Area). This island was until the mid-twentieth century space farming and pastoral, being deeply transformed from the 70s of the century due to urban expansion process towards the old centers of fishing and agriculture. The opening of access roads accompanied by a political project capital city's transformation wrought significant changes in lifestyles of the populations living in the ancient core located around the island. The process of urban expansion, accompanied by the decline in agricultural and pastoral activities, did not lead to their elimination, but changed their practices and produced new relationships between men and women and the environment. From the 80s of XX century, a new master plan defined the conservation areas created parameters for land use and urban sprawl. This article aims to analyze transformations in agriculture and livestock practices created in Florianopolis from the urbanization process and the development of environmental legislation that focuses on land use. These have been guiding elements for the emergence of new ruralities, contemporary ruralities.