Abstract
In recent decades, public participation in the management of urban development programs has become one of the most important aspects for the sustainable development of the society. The article focuses on public hearing method that aims to extend citizen involvement in the management of the community. The authors consider the ways of organizing and holding public hearings and public discussions examine the effective factors of the international experience, analyze legislative and regulatory documents, and study different conduct procedures and methodological materials related to the topic. The study investigates the comparative analysis of the procedures for conducting public hearings in Russia, Australia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, and India. The authors arrive to the conclusion that each country has developed specific context-based procedure strategies for citizen participation in discussing important social problems that depends on actual social development, democracy level and the forms of local self-government. The study identifies the shortcomings of the Russian legislation on public hearings and public discussions in that may lead to the lack of citizen participation in management urban affairs and therefore requires improvement using positive experience of other countries.
Highlights
Improvement of the procedure for public hearing is a necessary condition for expanding human rights in decision making for managing urban development processes, in line with democratic ideals
The research found a variety of social tools for conducting public hearings, developed by governments of different countries aiming at penetration of public participation into life to support the sustainability of industrial and economic growth of the cities
Using public hearings as the possibility of public participation in city planning is provided by the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation
Summary
Improvement of the procedure for public hearing is a necessary condition for expanding human rights in decision making for managing urban development processes, in line with democratic ideals. The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a new law on public hearings in town planning in December 2017. Recent legislation changes the procedure for conducting public hearings according to the current policy. Those affected by a decision and so interested in the results will participate in the procedure of public hearings. This point is specified in the law. If a significant part of the public hearing procedure is translated in Internet and on-line form, people lacking computers or technical education may not be able to participate in discussions and will have fewer opportunities to collaboration.
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