The public participation is one of the most important tools for sustainable urban development to prepare more appropriate master plans, but at the same time it forms a challenge to those concerned in terms of finding an appropriate mechanism and mode
l to be activated according to the characteristics and requirements of the cities and the needs of their residents.
The research began from establish the theoretical base of the community participation process to know the concept of it forms impediments in the preparation of urban development plans and to depend after that on study the experiences of different countries globally and locally about active the participation as a reference tool for the preparation of master plans for it's cities and evaluated them to utilize in line with the reality of Lattakia, then do the analytical study of the reality of participation in the city, through the use of the questionnaire to determine it's importance to population and and the extent of their participation in the preparation of master plans of the city and acceptability of it to preparation the plans for their city and determine their favorite mechanism, to research concludes to Suggestion the appropriate Participatory model to the local conditions of lattakia city to be public participation more effective with a mechanism of action in direct contact with the population and reflects their views and aspirations.
