TY - JOUR N2 - Nowadays, the ubiquity of changes determines a new approach to programming development. In this situation, it is necessary to update the strategy of socio-economic development in many cities. The aim of the paper is to present the process of updating the city’s development strategy on selected examples (Katowice, Cracow, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław), through the prism of the scale and tools of public participation. Wrocław is a centre that particularly approached the implementation of the megatrend of public participation in the work on updating the development strategy. The paper delineates differences between public consultations and real public participation. The following research methods were used in the study: literature research, analysis of source texts, benchmarking and comparative analysis. The time horizon covers the period of public participation in the documents’ construction and is different for particular cities selected for analysis, however, it falls in the years 2013-2017. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/109723/PDF-MASTER/18%20Rynio,%20Zakrzewska-P%C3%B3%C5%82torak.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/109723 PY - 2018 EP - 232 KW - city KW - development strategy KW - local society KW - megatrends KW - participation KW - Wrocław A1 - Rynio, Dorota A1 - Zakrzewska-Półtorak, Alicja PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju VL - tom 184 Rozwój lokalny i regionalny. Teorie i zastosowania DA - 2018.11.07 T1 - Public Participation in the Works on Updating the City Strategy as a Challenge of the Contemporary Economy SP - 221 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/109723 T2 - Studia KPZK ER -