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sem samræðan vakti og þeim ályktunum sem
stjórnendur og stjórnmálamenn borgarinnar munu
draga af henni í framtíðinni.
Verkefnið FRAMTÍÐARBORGIN var einskonar æfing
í lýðræði, tilraun til að leita því nýrra leiða. Það dylst
fáum, og engum sem hugleiðir málið, að vilji og viðhorf
borgaranna til eigin hagsmunamála þurfa að koma
skýrar fram og munu koma skýrar og milliliðalausar
fram í framtíðinni en verið hefur. Stjórnmálamenn og
kjörnir fulltrúar eru ekki í tómarúmi, heldur í upplýstu
samfélagi og það samfélag ætlast í vaxandi mæli til að
þeir reki erindi þess og standi því glögg reikningsskil.
FRAMTÍÐARBORGIN var æfing í nýju lýðræði og hluti
nýrra og spennandi tíma í sveitarstjórnarmálum. Þeir
sem með einum eða öðrum hætti komu að verkefninu
skiptu þúsundum og hafi þeir þökk fyrir. ■
THE VOICE OF THE PUBLIC IN REYKJA-
VIK
Attitudes of the residents of Reykjavík to the future of
the city and the City of the Future
In the 2000 - 2001 study „The Future City“, an effort
was made to initiate discussion with residents about the
future role and service of Reykjavík. In the publication
„The Voice of the Rublic", attitudes of the people of
Reykjavík towards the future of the city and the city of
the future is to be found.
This was an interesting novelty. The views of the pub-
lic about the future of the city were sought in various
ways; through study groups, open meetings, confer-
ences, and interviews, to name a few. Some of the
results were introduced in the pamphlet, „Reykjavík,
the Future City - the Voice of the Public“, which was
sent to all homes in the city at the beginning of 2001. In
a follow-up to this, a city-wide opinion poll was carried
between February and March 2001. The main findings
of this poll are released in the first part of the above
publication, and a complete report is available on the
Reykjavík homesite (http://www.reykjavik.is). In addi-
tion, some findings from Reykjavík service polls of
1996, 1999 and 2000 are also included.
The second part of this publication deals with mes-
sages, ideas, questions and points raised in the above
discussion about the city’s future. These messages are
divided into nine parts, called “The Nine Lives of
Reykjavík”. This is, however, only a haphazard selec-
tion from the discussion and can by no means be
looked at as a conclusion. That conclusion does not
exist apart from the thoughts that this discussion pro-
voked and the conclusions that the city governors and
politicians will draw from it in future.
The study, „The Future City“, was rather an exercise
in democracy, an experiment in discovering new possi-
bilities. It is obvious to most people, and nobody who
gives it a thought, that the will and the attitudes of the
public regarding its interests have to be more articulat-
ed and will be clearer and more direct in the future than
they have been. Politicians and elected representatives
are not in a vacuum, but find themselves in an informed
society which expects them to an increased degree to
carry out its wishes and be clearly accountable.
„The Future City“ was an exercise in a new democra-
cy and part of new and exciting period in local govern-
ment. Many thousands of people took part in this study
and thanks are due to them. ■
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