Commoning for Land Tenure Regularization: The Case of the Collective Urban Special Adverse Possession of Chácara do Catumbi in the City of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to encourage debate on the common in the context of land, as well as the issues of urban informality and collective property in Brazil, based on actionresearch on the registration process of Special Urban Collective Adverse Possession in Chácara do Catumbi, a community located in the Catumbi neighborhood (Rio de Janeiro). This paper studies the challenges of collective property management in the Brazilian context, analyzes the debate surrounding the commons in issues involving property rights, and finally discusses the main challenges of collective property management through the case of Chácara do Catumbi.