Participatory Planning in Post-Socialist Cities: A Case Study of Riga

2020
Lita Akmentiņa

After three decades of socio-economic and political changes, participation in urban planning is still an emerging practice in post-socialist countries. Using Riga as a case study, the research aims to explore participatory planning practices in a post-socialist urban context since 1990. Employing meta-analysis as a methodological approach to combine information from various sources, the study identifies three phases of participatory planning in Riga characterized by changes in government-led participatory planning approaches, level of participation, outcomes as well as changes in the civic sector.

Keywords
participation, public engagement, urban planning.
DOI
10.2478/aup-2020-0004
Hyperlink
https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/aup/16/1/article-p17.xml

Akmentiņa, L. Participatory Planning in Post-Socialist Cities: A Case Study of Riga. Architecture and Urban Planning / Arhitektūra un pilsētplānošana, 2020, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 17-25. e-ISSN 2255-8764. Available from: doi:10.2478/aup-2020-0004

Publication language
English (en)