What Are the Needs of City Dwellers in Terms of the Development of Public Spaces? A Case Study of Participatory Budgeting in Częstochowa, Poland

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ID15465416
AutoresKatarzyna Kołat (Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences), Marek Furmankiewicz (0000-0001-9715-1056, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, autor de correspondencia), Magdalena Kalisiak-Mędelska (0000-0002-8701-9411, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences)
Año2022
Volumen19
Número9
Páginas5171-5171
Fecha de publicación2022-04-24
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19095171
PMID35564564
OpenAlexW4224315968
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas56

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is considered a human-centered method of public resource management and investment planning, which strongly reflects the needs of the inhabitants of the municipality. The aim of this article is to assess the structure of the inhabitants' needs expressed in the PB procedures in Częstochowa, Poland and their relation to the social and demographic characteristics of the city districts. The standard methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis were used (Pearson correlation coefficient and content analysis of the municipal documents), based on the data about: (1) the projects implemented in Częstochowa PB in the years 2015-2019; (2) the age structures and population density in the districts; and (3) qualitative data on district development characteristics. Based on the authors' typology of projects, it was found that the most popular tasks were related to the comfort and safety of mobility and recreational facilities used for spending free time in public spaces. A relatively lower level of activity of the citizens was found when expressing their needs in central, densely populated districts with a high share of people aged over 65, and a relatively higher level of activity was found in the districts with a high proportion of people aged 0-18 and with lower population density. In the densely populated central districts, relatively high interest in the development of green areas was observed, while in the less populated developing peripheral districts, the preferred infrastructure was related to mobility. These correlations can be logically explained by the conditions related to the development processes of individual districts. The authors conclude that PB can be an important mechanism in determining local needs for the development of public spaces; however, it rewards the needs of the most active social groups

Business · Citizen journalism · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Investment (military · Political science · Population · Public participation · Public space · Qualitative property · Recreation · Regional science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Statistics · Typology · Demography · Engineering · Local Governance and Planning · Polish socio-economic development · Public Administration · Urban Development and Cultural Heritage

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