Local community participation in spatial planning (example municipalities Dąbrowice) Cover Image

Partycypacja społeczności lokalnej w planowaniu przestrzennym (przykład gminy Dąbrowice)
Local community participation in spatial planning (example municipalities Dąbrowice)

Author(s): Katarzyna Kikosicka
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: spatial planning; social participation; local community

Summary/Abstract: Spatial planning has an important impact on the lives and functioning of residentsand municipal authorities. Spatial Development Act passed in 2003 meant that the mainprincipal management space has the municipality and the planning process itself waslargely a consequence of the consultation and social negotiations. Despite the list ofstatutorily guaranteed opportunities for public participation in the planning processshows that the people have a large range of options for participation in many stages ofplanning. However, the legacy of the previous regime and the mentality of thepopulation makes people often become passive recipients of this process. Slightly morethan half of the respondents believe that people do not have any impact on land use. It isa symptom of civil society in Polish conditions. residents often are not informed aboutsame possibilities of participation in spatial planning. In addition, pre-experiencetransformation make people not interested planning issues.

  • Issue Year: 16/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 97-113
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish