%0 Journal Article
%T Crisis of confidence. Social participation and stoking up conflicts in the process of shaping
	the urban environment on the example of Krakow
%A Setkowicz, Piotr
%J Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/00000000PUA.17.044.7225
%N Volume 2/2017
%P 341-352
%K Krakow, intelligent development, urban planning
%@ 2544-0853
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przestrzen-urbanistyka-architektura/article/kryzys-zaufania-partycypacja-spoleczna-i-podsycanie-konfliktow-w-procesie-ksztaltowania-srodowiska-miejskiego-na-przykladzie-krakowa
%X 
	Krakow and its inhabitants are characterized by both the awakened metropolitan aspirations, as well as fears and strivings which can be ascribed rather to the communities inhabiting medium and even small-sized urban centers. The pride derived from the status of one of the leading academic centers is not always accompanied by an interest in, and even less so, a belief in the opinion expressed by the academic authorities. The declarations of city authorities concerning the creation of a climate which promotes investment, are frequently being contradicted by numerous enunciations of Krakow citizens, in which terms, such as “businessman” or “developer” are meant to sound as offensive epithets. An authentic increase of the importance of social consultations accompanying the process of planning as well as a thorough evaluation of the realized projects is opposed by a specific “culture of escalation of conflicts”. What plays a significant role in stoking up these antagonisms are, among others, the internet discussion forums and the local media which not infrequently contradict their conciliatory mission. The case of Krakow does not appear to be an exception; that is why, the conclusions concerning the decrease of similar mental barriers may turn out to be useful also to other urban centers.