PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN URBAN PLANNING: GERMAN AND UKRAINIAN EXPERIENCE
Keywords:
urban planning, public participation, urban initiative, city development, decentralization.Abstract
Recently, the processes of direct implementation of power by the Ukrainian have become much
more active in Ukraine, which, of course, should be welcomed, as it is evidence of further democratization
of state power and society as a whole. This also applies to the processes of city governance. In this
study, we want to show examples and problems of the participation of urban residents in the process of
city-planning decision making in Ukraine and compare these processes with the situation in Germany,
which is more elaborated in these processes. We will consider mechanisms for involving the public in
Ukraine and Germany. Community participation is realized in various forms: information, counseling,
cooperation and delegation – to such an ideal we need to strive for Ukraine. It also substantiates the
need to increase the level of informing the population about the actions of the authorities in the region
and increase the institutional capacity to participate in them in accordance with the forms widely used
in the EU.
