公众参与使城市规划制定更加的民主文翻译.docVIP

毕业论文外文翻译 题目：现代行政中心发展概述及其亲民性设计理念 外文翻译之一 Is Public Participation Making Urban Planning More Democratic? The Israeli Experience Author：NURIT ALFASI Nationality：Israeli Reference：Planning Theory PracticeABSTRACT: The article examines the alleged connection between the goal of democratization of the Israeli planning system and ‘public participation in planning’. It begins by claiming that the planning system in Israel is a non-democratic environment within the democratic state. This situation has stimulated the enormous development of theoretical and practical work relating to ‘public participation’. Yet, statutory and voluntary participation mechanisms in Israel have not been able to in?uence the decision-making structure in planning. Moreover, most public organizations and NGOs that are supposed to represent the voice of the public are far from being genuine public delegates. The article also relates to the power/knowledge problem, stating that participation processes cannot escape it. The article highlights the widely experienced tensions between the democratization of planning through more consultative and participative processes, the role of elected representatives and of civil society movements which choose co-operative rather than oppositional strategies. Introduction Public participation is an idea that has been around for a long time, as long as modern urban planning. Yet it refuses to exhaust itself or become jaded. On the contrary, a brief look at recent planning practice and academic studies will reveal that public participation is the subject of an ongoing, lively debate. It is in the forefront of the latest planning projects, opens leading international planning conferences and is the topic of some of the most fashionable books. Interest in the subject does not seem to fade, therefore it is safe to assume that the large body of academic and practical work dealing with public participation will continue to grow. This article focuses on the barriers to publ