- INFORMING THE CITIZENS ON THE TOWN-PLANNING PROCEDURES IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD   33 kb by    Popovic, Branislav & Popovic, Valerija & null, null | popval@eunet.yu    Short Outline TOPIC 2. INFORMING THE CITIZENS ON THE TOWN-PLANNING PROCEDURES IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD It is necessary to define all steps - Procedure of the course of the planning document in the conditions of undeveloped publicity of the local management operation, is an important prerequisite for better understanding of the solution from the plan by the professional and citizen public. The existing procedure is not in conformity with the social economic and sociological cultural circumstances. The system of operation has been set in such way that it does not coincide with the requirements of the citizens, investors, users of the surrounding area, however, neither with the professional requirements. Such paradoxical situations of spatial realization result in general discontent, and the procedure proves to be as a constant value and having itself as a sole goal. By presentation of the operation and posters, I would like to explain the existing procedure of the course of the investors' requirements and their elaboration by the planners and local management defined by the law and the town properties on the base of the aw. In the conditions of the different levels of governments and parties both on the local and federal systems the solutions of the same law have been contradictorily applied, and that conflict of power and interest has been experienced in the space planning solutions and implemented structures as well. The majority of discontent with such state of affairs was expressed mostly by the users of the surrounding space and by the accidental participants, being the citizens. The problem is even greater since the planning solutions date from the times of communist-orientated economy and the economic conditions and the investors' requirements in the conditions of transition differ radically. The attempt to meet the requirements of the investors in the period of delayed transition and sudden democratization of the society, however, with the old procedures and plans, opens a vast field of work for the legal profession in the function of the policy being against it and also to the advocates of the policy being in favour of the new solutions. The problem lies in the fact that the plan, legal decision and relation towards the property as seen by the law is on the side of the government, which fought against the private property and initiative, whereas the tendencies of the actual democracy are quite different. In such idle stroke, the public interest, the public procedure and decisions making by which such state of affairs would be rehabilitated are often inaccessible to all. Therefore, good knowledge of the existing procedures is required and making all such changes known to the public in order to avoid doubts and delay in seeking new planning and procedural solutions. By means of professional engagement in the management position of the city planning and property-legal services departments, the existing procedures have been made public, which are now undergoing re-studying and upgrading by the new professional teams I am co-operating presently with but on other grounds. Abstract It is necessary to define all steps - Procedure of the course of the planning document in the conditions of undeveloped publicity of the local management operation, is an important prerequisite for better understanding of the solution from the plan by professional and citizen public. Keywords - Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2001: Honey, I Shrunk the Space   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper