From 1989, Slovakian towns and communities undergo through expressive and dynamic changes. The capital Bratislava server as a clear example of this dynamics is the . Recent years in Bratislava have distinguished by a massive exceeding of city planning and construction activities, characteristic i.a. by a strong influence of developers and financial companies on the communities decision-making. These activities have been substantionally changing the current character of the city. That is why they neither leave indifferent the public. The situation resulted in continuous changes of the former city (land management) plan as well as the elaboration of the new one in the end. This was a startpoint for an intensive public debate about the city plan itself, city planning acitvities as well as the overall city development. The public discussion has shown a great dissatisfaction of a considerable part of the public with both recent and expected development. The public criticism has mostly focused on to the three basic issues of the city life – cityplanning and architecture, traffic, and the environment, particularly the green. On the example of concrete development plans and activities of local authorities, several basic and often repeated reservations of both civil and expert public are presented in the article, as an appropriate illustration of the Bratislava development trends. Unsystemic and sprawling mostly extensive city-planning, being weakly discussed with the public, brings negative impacts on the environment and social life of the population. However, the local authorities are not really, informally interested in the full-value public participation in decision-making and solving of the problems. The article reflects the opinion of active Bratislava inhabitants about its current development. It comes from experience and knowledge of NGOs activists, as well as unorganised inhabitants.