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Ustawa o rewitalizacji a zakres partycypacji społecznej – wyzwania i zagrożenia
The law on revitalization and the extent of public participation - challenges and risks

Author(s): Sławomir Pawłowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: public consultation; revitalization; spatial planning

Summary/Abstract: The analysis is about the extent of public participation in the Act of 9 October 2015. Revitalization which aims is preventing the degradation of areas with a high concentration of negative social phenomena such as unemployment, poverty, crime, poor education or social capital, as well as insufficient level of participation in public and cultural life. One of the first municipalities, which have already started to use this bill is the city of Lodz hhere the Council of 10 February 2016. adopted a resolution on the appointment of a degraded area and the area of revitalization of the city of Lodz. And it was mainly her example has been assessed for the new regulation. Analysis of available data shows that the actual number of entities involved in determining the degraded area and revitalization is definitely not representative. Using the new legal instruments should take care of it, not to limit itself to formally meet the statutory requirements allowing to take legal action, but to use them in accordance with the intentions of the designers.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 77-89
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish