TY - JOUR N2 - The most important item of city activity is to define development directions. Because of strategic character of this issue, a very important thing is inhabitants’ contribution in decision making. Cooperation between them and city authorities should lead to positive changes in the city and inhabitants’ life quality. They learn social engagement when taking part in determining of city development directions. Showing their creativity and building social relationships in city area. The aim of the paper was determining problems of participation in the describing of city development directions process. In the research there were used several methods: literature studies, logical construction, deduction and observations. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/112211/PDF-MASTER/Biuletyn%20KPZK%20272%20Korenik%20&%20Rynio.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/112211 PY - 2018 IS - No 272 EP - 127–136 KW - social participation KW - directions of city development KW - inhabitants’ activity KW - answering city for inhabitants’ needs A1 - Korenik, Stanisław A1 - Rynio, Dorota PB - PAN, Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju DA - 2019.04.09 T1 - Social participation and the city development shaping SP - 127–136 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/112211 T2 - Biuletyn KPZK ER -