A evolução histórica dos direitos e da urbanização para a formulação do conceito de um direito à cidade

Abstract

This article addressed the theme of the right to the city from the perspective of the effective protection of fundamental rights in the city. The aim was to identify the relationship between urbanization and the development of legal thinking. Bibliographical revision was used to identify philosophical arguments about the foundations and efficacy of basic human rights and the origin and aggravation of the urban problems that provoke violations of these rights facing the contradictions that results from the acceleration of the process of urban growth throughout history. It was pointed out the development of the legal concept of protection of the diffuse right to the city, owned by all its residents, as an expression of a paradigm shift regarding the understanding of the city seen as the stage for the realization of the fundamental rights.