Public-private partnership (PPP) at the local level is of great importance for urban development, as the involvement of private partners in projects of public interest enables the realization of many, due to the lack of financial resources otherwise non feasible projects. The paper presents the analysis of sustainable urban strategies in urban municipalities in Slovenia, the results of interviews conducted with public and private partners and the research of selected projects completed through the PPP and their assessment in terms of urban planning and spatial planning objectives.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3496068
Sustainable development must be considered as a leading principle for city policies and management respectively as a basic development principle, which applies for sustainable urban strategies, as well as for other strategic documents. In the Commission Report on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (Stiglitz and others, 2008), the idea that the question of sustainability is related to the quality of life was exposed. The document defines sustainable development as a process, not only focused on economic development, but it also includes balanced ecological and social development, while presence of social capital is very important for the "well-being" of today´s society. In ensuring social sustainability (more trust, more cooperation, less inequality), it is not only for granting of social cohesion, but its increase and improvement of its effects. Therefore, the public-private partnerships are crucial for implementation and management of spatial interventions. Main goal of the research project "Analyses of the possibilities for implementation of urban projects with the use of public-private partnership" is, on the basis of analysis of the Strategies of Smart specialization and analysis of adopted sustainable urban strategies and examples of good practice as well, to define decision-making system of priority interventions, that must be accomplished with public-private partnerships.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3470724
The article deals with the issue of equity in cities in the economic context of a neoliberal city in which PPP principles are used as one of the basic tools of urban development. It highlights the role and importance of providing public space in cities as an important base of the fair territorial, social and economic development of cities. In this context, it highlights three key aspects of regulating the public urban space for ensuring urban justice: diversity, distribution of goods and democratic decision-making. The aspect of the diversity of a just place refers to the ability to accept and involve people with different cultural views and practices, as well as to plan diversified land use. The second feature of the just city, equity, suggests a fair allocation of wealth, sources, benefits and opportunities among the citizens. Democracy element of the just city refers to the representation and public participation in urban planning process are often regarded as measures of how inclusive and democratic this process is.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2838211