城市可持续治理中的公民参与制度研究——西方的经验与启示

Research on the Institution of Citizen Participation in Urban Sustainable Governance: Experience and Enlightenment from Western Countries

当前西方城市发展的主流思想是强调公民参与和以可持续治理为中心。在公民参与城市治理的制度建设方面,西方国家已经形成了较为系统全面的体系。反观国内,公民参与缺乏系统全面的制度保障,公民参与城市治理的机会太少,参与的有效性大打折扣,城市发展规划和城市管理的一些政策主要还是依靠领导"拍脑袋"做出,很少考虑到民众的利益诉求。为此,有必要吸收借鉴西方公民参与城市治理方面制度建设的先进经验来提升当前我国城市治理中公民参与的有效性和科学性,继而推进我国城市的健康持续发展。

Currently the mainstream for urban development in western cities emphasizes citizen participation and sustainable management. In terms of the institutional construction of citizen participation urban governance, they have a relatively systematic and comprehensive sys- tem, which is lacking in China. The planning and some policy decision are made with casualness and rarely take public interests into account. Therefore, it is necessary to absorb the advanced experience of institutional construction from the western practices to improve the effectiveness and scientificity of the citizens’ participation in China, and to promote the sustained and healthy development of Chinese cities.