Residents’ Participation and Spatial Engagement in the Context of Socio-Spatial Planning of Enlarged Communities of the Republic of Armenia

The effectiveness of socio-spatial planning implemented in the settlements of enlarged com-munities, in addition to professional abilities, also depends on the positive positioning of the broad social strata towards the implemented changes. One of the primary factors underlying these positionings is the desire to participate in the implementation of changes and decision-making in their own settle¬ments.The concept of socio-spatial planning, deve¬loped by Erdiaw-Kwasie and Basson, is defined as a “…branch of planning focused on understanding why different groups of people embrace, contest or reject spatial changes, how they take a lead in shaping their own space, and ways to make themactive in spatial transformations” .