UMID 2/2013: Civic participation
![A road sign „Bürgerbeteiligung“ (civic participation) and „Politikverdrossenheit“ (disenchantment with politics)](https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/styles/800w400h/public/medien/376/bilder/buergerbeteiligung_versus_politikverdrossenheit_n-media-images_-_fotolia_40794324_l.jpg?itok=0Pw2WjyZ&c=44ecead075a81a714c93b31458df1658)
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Citizens want to be consulted when it comes to take important decisions. A special issue of the quarterly UMID magazine deals with the subject of civic participation and how it can be realised in the fields of environment and health.