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With more distance than usual, we resumed contact in urban issues. While it is true that this time will only be a short opinion piece is no less true that is important, as almost everything in life. We would like to put black on white the state of the question concerning the participation in any administrative proceeding but especially in the urban area whose purpose is the centerpiece of this blog. 
We will not overwhelm readers with articles of laws or other regulations would apply because consequences: loss of interest to the layman and the loss of the simplicity needed in these cases.
decision making on the city model affects us all as inhabitants of the same-territorially, and even determines the behavior of other neighboring towns-economic principle. Therefore, it is essential to make known, at first, and allow, later, participation involvement of all persons covered by this policy option. is true that our country has undergone a far-reaching evolutionary process but much remains to be done. One of the questions which are implanted in making possible the participation is through the formulation of arguments, suggestions or complaints within the time frame authorized to do so. Undoubtedly, this formula has some success, see:
1 - most of the people to whom it is addressed does not understand information that is provided is therefore in a position of dependence on the acting administration sense to apprehend that that part of town planning information that it previously has been provided and digested.
2 - the amount of information is often enormous. That is, there is much content and little time to assimilate and understand. Much worse will be to get citizens to propose such alternatives as being the pre-conditions is difficult to achieve an interaction between members of the procedure, at least in a fair manner.
3 - to be provided prior to the decision-making, not only with the advance planning, a channel of contacts that lead to take into consideration the content of the instrument management concerned and there is more substantive media coverage, coupled unknowns in the population avoid the consequences, opportunities that can offer each urban development.
4 - Once done, it adopted the instrument in question, has to ensure control over its execution on the real line with the findings contained in the management tool in order to avoid interest spurious or private. We are concerned that the publicity and public participation is to apply during the entire time and not only at the stage of planning or preparation thereof.
5 - also the subsequent amendments to be carried out has been to give prominence to those affected and thus the rest of the population. You must be a way of prior contacts where they determine the depth of change and the impact on the interests of owners existentes.Eso yes, without this it detracts from the public nature of the activity.
From here we believe that progress is possible in this field, which should give more importance to the various associations representing the interests of citizens, the citizen, in itself considered and should be encouraged a path of dialogue such as the sectoral commissions, among which must find in every Municipality Planning a certain size.
This was the brief message that we wanted to convey to you. Planning until the next appointment, take care and be happy.
However, it seems that the language brought by a structuring of space and excessive shoulder thereof, generates, in this sense, some urban segregation can make the interpretation of the polis or city as a single space of coexistence and exchange. 