Including Citizen Participation Formats for Drafting and Implementing Local Sustainable Development Strategies

Meschede, Christine; Mainka, Agnes

doi:10.3390/urbansci4010013

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“…Two of the problems reported are in clear consonance with findings from previous studies (Figure 11). Both gentrification and lack of actors’ participation have already been identified as problems in cultural and creative areas (Evans, 2005; O´Connor, 2015; Hwang, 2016; Zukin, 2016; Belloso et al, 2017; Zukin et al, 2017; Pastak et al, 2019; Meschede and Mainka, 2020; Nyama and Mukwada, 2022). Additionally, this research has shed light on new aspects regarding the last idea and fine-tuned some of its details.…”

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“…Previous research coming from disciplines like architecture, urban renewal and sociology has identified gentrification (Hwang, 2016; Pastak et al, 2019; Zukin et al, 2017), lack of citizen participation (Meschede and Mainka, 2020; Nyama and Mukwada, 2022; Qinghao and Zhizhang, 2014; Serapioni and Matos, 2014) and globalization (Ahokpe and Sag, 2021; Eton et al, 2019) as the main issues for the development of cities or districts (Tallon, 2013: 275):1. Gentrification, exclusion and privatization of the urban landscape: One of the most common criticisms that cultural quarters receive is their effect as an accelerator of gentrification in cities (Hall and Hubbard, 1996; Waterman, 1998).…”

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Cultural and creative quarters: An analysis of their problems from a communication approach

García Carrizo

2023

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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Previous urban and sociological research on cultural and creative quarters has identified gentrification, globalization and lack of citizen participation as key issues hindering the sustainability of these areas. This research analyses these issues from a communication and branding approach in three case studies of cultural and creative quarters in the United Kingdom: Digbeth (Birmingham), St. George’s Quarter (Leicester) and the Ouseburn Valley (Newcastle upon Tyne). In total, 64 participant observations and 24 in-depth interviews were developed. Besides, primary and secondary sources, such as maps, brochures, tourism guides, newspapers and scientific studies about these areas were analysed, thus achieving methodological triangulation. The results obtained were contrasted through Grounded Theory, in a way that data was obtained and iteratively analysed. This study adds new evidence pointing to gentrification and lack of citizen participation as issues that cultural and creative quarters face when being implemented and communicated. Furthermore, a new problem is identified. Namely, the lack of similarity between a quarter’s brand identity (theoretically related to revitalization and renewal) and its brand image (real values associated by their users, linked to insecurity and dirtiness).

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Cultural and creative quarters: An analysis of their problems from a communication approach

García Carrizo

2023

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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“…The development process or financial situation are determined both by economic factors as well as by environmental, infrastructure and social factors [27][28][29]. They form a network of mutual and interdependent connections, a multidimensional space for functioning.…”

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Financial Diversity and the Development Process: Case study of Rural Communes of Eastern Poland in 2009–2018

Dziekański

Prus

2020

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In the modern state, the role and importance of communes is growing. They can carry out their tasks when equipped with stable and efficient sources of income. Financial resources are the basis for the operation and implementation of current and development tasks. Their analysis makes it possible to assess the budget structure and provides information on the state of the local economy or endogenous growth potentials. The aim of the article is to assess the diversity of the financial situation of rural communes using a synthetic measure. In addition, using the econometric models, the impact of socio-economic factors on the diversity of the measure of synthetic financial situation was examined. In order to build synthetic measures, the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution method and based on distance in real space with Euclidean metrics were used. The aggregated value of the synthetic variable facilitates the comparison of objects in multidimensional spaces, but also makes it possible to order them due to the examined phenomenon. Empirical data were collected in spatial terms of 484 rural communes in the Eastern Poland region. In the case of municipalities, the choice of variables was largely determined by the availability of secondary data collected in a municipal system at the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office for 2009–2018. The analysis showed that the rural communes of eastern Poland are characterized by significant disproportions in terms of financial standing. Rural communes with the best financial condition were characterized by a higher share of own revenues in total revenues, a higher level of income from local taxes and obtained from the share in the tax on natural and legal persons. It seems that the main reason for the relatively small impact of financial conditions on economic and social development is their strong dependence on transfer revenues transferred from the state budget and the amount of current expenditure. The above circumstances stiffen and stabilize the financial economy, making it relatively less susceptible to the influence of other factors. The obtained results may constitute for the local authorities an important source of information on the disproportions occurring between units on setting out potential directions for optimizing the structure of local finances.

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“…Power to influence municipal decisions: Providing communities the power and authority to direct resources and influence key decisions in the municipal context is at the heart of meaningful participation. Meschede and Mainka (2020) purport that if citizens have the possibility to co-decide on concrete plans, they have direct influence on local government decisions. This is largely grounded on the rational choice version of exchange theory, which advances the assumption that power dispersal amongst relevant stakeholders is established by the availability of resources from alternative exchange relations in networks (Sibanda & Lues 2019).…”

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A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government

Msenge

Nzewi

2021

Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation

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The South African local government context has been marred by persistent citizen protests that continue to jeopardise public administrators’ quest for effective service rendering. Such protests have been attributed to the disregard of citizen participation in local government and unresponsive service rendering, amongst other factors. Meaningful citizen participation is seen as a precondition for the establishment of trust between communities and public administrators. This article, delving into the empirical literature, presents a citizen participation and public trust model aimed at minimising service delivery protests in South Africa. It argues that whilst lack of community trust has been lauded as one of the factors that have brewed citizen protests over the years, there is evidence to show that between the core values of procedural justice and public trust, citizen perception of power to influence may be vital to minimise proclivity to protest. The article finds that in addition to the interactional and informational justice components of procedural justice, meaningful citizen participation can be measured as a combination of these justice areas with mechanisms that highlight citizens’ positive perceptions of their power to influence decisions. As recommendations, the article argues that indeed lack of community involvement in municipal processes has the potential to break down trust and explode into service delivery protests. However, the article concludes that ensuring meaningful participation in local government decision-making processes, as defined in this article, is a precondition for building community trust and limiting the outbreak of service delivery protests in the local government context.

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Including Citizen Participation Formats for Drafting and Implementing Local Sustainable Development Strategies

Cited by 10 publications

References 38 publications

Cultural and creative quarters: An analysis of their problems from a communication approach

Cultural and creative quarters: An analysis of their problems from a communication approach

Financial Diversity and the Development Process: Case study of Rural Communes of Eastern Poland in 2009–2018

A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government

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