Local communities as а tool for urban conflict resolution

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A modern city is a concentration of a whole range of diverse processes and activities, residents with different needs, traditions and beliefs. The city is also an arena of clashing economic, political and social interests. Urban development trends are expressed both in the need for centralized determination of the direction of urban environment, and public demand for greater civic engagement. Accordingly, conflicts cannot be avoided, but it is important not to accept this obvious truth, but to create a tradition of constant thoughtful analysis of ongoing processes, identifying causes and searching for solutions. As awareness of the importance of collective efforts in creating a comfortable urban environment grows, knowledge about the approaches and public technologies used to resolve urban conflicts becomes more in demand. One of the effective tools for resolving urban conflicts are local communities created on sub-municipal territories within the city boundaries. However, the effectiveness of this tool depends on the proper organization of intra-urban communities and provision of legal guarantees for their functioning. This study is carried out using a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, implying the analysis of urban development and urban environment through the prism of law. The study of Russian and foreign doctrinal sources, along with normative legal acts and materials of judicial and law enforcement practice, allows to form a sufficient picture of the state of urban conflictology and substantiate the role of local communities in their resolution.

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Alexander A. Larichev

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Author for correspondence.
Email: alexander.larichev@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6452-6787
SPIN-code: 5047-7453

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Full Professor of the Department of Public Law, Deputy Dean for Research, Faculty of Law

3, Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky lane, Moscow, 109028, Russian Federation

Larisa V. Soldatova

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Email: lvsoldatova@hse.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7731-4153
SPIN-code: 4397-5682

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law

3, Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky lane, Moscow, 109028, Russian Federation

Vladimir V. Tabolin

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Email: tabolin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2418-8189
SPIN-code: 7856-6333

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Full Professor, Full Professor of the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law

3, Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky lane, Moscow, 109028, Russian Federation

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