FORMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE FORMATION OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT
In a situation of rapid urban growth, the topic of effective management of urban area development is becoming ever relevant. An important resource for managing the development of urban space is the social potential of residents living in the city. There is an increasing awareness of the need to involve the population in urban planning, which will make it possible to take the opinion of citizens into account when making urban planning decisions and to avoid urban conflicts. The article presents a study of the existing forms of citizen participation in the development of the urban environment and an analysis of the actual experience of implementing participation practices in Russian cities. Population participation practices, depending on the initiator, are considered as formal and informal. The existing methods of public participation organized by the authorities are shown: public hearings, public discussions, participation of public associations in the work of municipal public commissions. The potential for the development of urban communities and bodies of territorial public self-government as a tool for improving the quality of the urban environment is considered. Studies of the forms of citizen participation in urban planning demonstrate, on the one hand, the breadth of options and forms of participation, on the other hand, the lack of data on their effective implementation in practice. The article outlines the relevance of the development of public associations in the field of urban economy, improvement, as well as the need to increase confidence in this social institution on the part of the population. The formation of public participation practices requires effective tools of interaction, as well as the real interest of all participants in the process: government bodies, business and the population. The factors that hinder the interaction of government, society and business are a low level of trust, lack of interest from all parties, formality of procedures, passivity of the population and a lack of visible results from the implementation of joint projects.