Study On Public Participation In Urban Planning In China

Public participation in urban planning is the important embodiment of Politics democratization, is also the guarantee of making urban planning scientific and putting it into practice successfully. The final goal of public participation in urban planning is according to the supplement and revision in view of non-market failure which exists to urban planning itself, guaranteeing the fairness of urban planning, realizing the public interest maximization, and promoting social development. For expecting to do some valuable research for public participation in urban planning in China, this paper applies various research methods, including method of document, method of comparing analysis, method of substantial evidence and so on, trying to analyze and study public participation in urban planning in China comprehensively, systematically and thoroughly. This paper mainly consists of three parts:In the first part, the author compares and analyzes the different concept of public participation in urban planning in different time of China, and summerize it's change tendency, the author discusses the meaning of urban planningstatus.Then according to the analyzes of the urban planning law, the author disscuss the basic attribute of urban planning: public policy.In the end, the author disscuss the social function of urban planning, in particular it's function as a public policy. The three aspects elaboration above laying the foundation for the analysis and study of the whole paper.In the second part, the author compares market operating and urban planning two different mechanism, elaborates as the important means of government's macroeconomic regulation and control, urban planning is the supplement and revision in view of market failure. Then, the author proofs fairness is the core values of urban planning and analyzes the question in the core values of urban planning in China. In the end, the author disscuesses transaction expense and rent-seeking questions, which are the two universally non-market failures exist to urban planning in China. The three aspects elaboration above answer why we need urban planning under market economy condition, and providing study angel for pulic participation in urban planning.In the third part, starting from politics democratization, the author disscuss the essence of public participation in urban planning.Then, the author point out the background of the creation in western market economy countries, and elaborates the evolution of the theories about public participation in urban planning in these countries, and also introduces these countries'development of public participation practice in urban planning and summarizes some beneficial experiences for China to draw lessons from. In the end, proofs the necessity and possibility of public participation in urban planning in China, and discusses present condition of public participation in urban planning in china, and also analyzes some existent problems of public participation in urban planning in china, including the problems about legal safeguard and way.The conclusion not only emphasizes the basic view of the whole paper, but also points out the consummation and development of public participation in urban planning in China will be a gradual process.