The aim of the lecture is a deep understanding of  communication and particpation strategies as well as their impacts in the field of urban and regional planning.

Strategies and processes of participation within spatial planning and architecture are presented and classified throughout a historical overview and will be dicussed critically regarding their impacts in planning action and social effects.

Moreover methodological aspects are presented on the base of international examples and theoretical context.

On the base of an own recherche examples of the planning reality will be discussed and classified critically.