Participatory Planning in a Post-socialist Urban Context: Experience from Five Cities in Central and Eastern Europe

Istenič, Saša Poljak; Kozina, Jani

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7_3

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“…The post-socialist societies have started to adopt democratic innovations comparatively recently, and they are still under-researched [19]. There are studies on participatory planning in Poland [20]- [22], the Czech Republic [23], [24], Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania [23], and other contexts, but with limited insights into how these new practices incorporate digital participatory mapping [18], [19], [25]. Moreover, in some post-socialist countries, e.g., Latvia, participatory mapping for spatial planning is mainly unexplored, providing potentially new insights.…”

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Broadening Public Engagement in Spatial Planning through Digital Participatory Mapping: Experiences from Latvia

Kizika

Akmentina

2022

Architecture and Urban Planning

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Digital participatory mapping is an emerging and largely unexplored practice in Latvia despite its potential to broaden and diversify public engagement processes. This study explores the spectrum of currently used digital participatory mapping tools through select examples from Latvian municipalities. Furthermore, the study examines the citizens’ participatory habits and preferences using a small-scale citizen survey and co-design activity. The obtained results allow reflection on the design, functionality, and engagement formats of the existing participatory mapping tools compared to the citizens’ expectations.

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Broadening Public Engagement in Spatial Planning through Digital Participatory Mapping: Experiences from Latvia

Kizika

Akmentina

2022

Architecture and Urban Planning

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“…However, empirical studies have shown that in practice it is often carried out superficially (Nared et al 2015) and perceived as a hindrance in decision-making processes. Tokenistic participation is particularly characteristic of post-socialist countries (Hafner Fink 2012;Pop-Eleches and Tucker 2013;Poljak Istenič and Kozina 2020). Stable power relations and the strategic functioning of actors in decision-making processes also prevent genuine collaboration and consensus-building (Flyvbjerg 1998;Flyvbjerg and Richardson 2003).…”

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How the state legitimizes national development projects: The Third Development Axis case study, Slovenia

Goluža

Šubic-Kovač

Kos

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We analyzed planning mechanisms and evaluated their performance in achieving legitimacy in infrastructure planning in Slovenia. Planning mechanisms were divided according to the concept of input, throughput and output legitimacy. We conducted a document analysis and interviews to assess their effectiveness in achieving legitimate decisions. Although the analyzed decision-making process declaratively promoted democratic principles, the mechanisms failed to satisfactorily enhance the legitimacy of decisions. The study revealed inadequate communication approaches, both in the decision-makers' relationship with the public and within the expert discourse. Accordingly, the study argues for more genuine communication with the public and within academia to address legitimacy challenges in increasingly conflictual decision-making processes.

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“… 3 Poljak Istenicˇ, S and J Kozina (2020), “Participatory planning in a post-socialist urban context: experience from five cities in Central and Eastern Europe”, in J Nared and D Bole (editors), Participatory Research and Planning in Practice , Springer, Cham, pages 31–50, available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7_3. …”

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Excluded communities and participatory land-use planning: experience from informal Roma settlements in Serbia

Vuksanović-Macura¹,

Miščević²

2021

Environment and Urbanization

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Citizen participation in the planning and decision-making process in the European post-socialist context is much debated. Still, the involvement of excluded communities in the urban planning process remains understudied. This paper presents and discusses the application of an innovative participatory approach designed to ensure active involvement of an excluded ethnic minority, the Roma community, in the process of formulating and adopting land-use plans for informal settlements in Serbia. By analysing the development of land-use plans in 11 municipalities, we observe that the applied participatory approach enhanced the inhabitants’ active participation and helped build consensus on the planned solution between the key actors. Findings also suggested that further work with citizens, capacity building of planners and administration, and secured financial mechanisms are needed to move citizen participation in urban planning beyond the limited statutory requirements.

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Participatory Planning in a Post-socialist Urban Context: Experience from Five Cities in Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Broadening Public Engagement in Spatial Planning through Digital Participatory Mapping: Experiences from Latvia

Broadening Public Engagement in Spatial Planning through Digital Participatory Mapping: Experiences from Latvia

How the state legitimizes national development projects: The Third Development Axis case study, Slovenia

Excluded communities and participatory land-use planning: experience from informal Roma settlements in Serbia

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