Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the changes to date between the apartheid (ideological) and democratic use and management of public space. The abolition of apartheid laws in urban areas led to a great deal of contestation for space and also to new forms of management of public...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a rare example of the roots of (comparative) urban failure. This acts as counterpoint to the more common preoccupation with investigating how and why some cities become successful. Design/methodology/approach – The main methodology used is a...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine changing plan‐making governance processes in Hong Kong and identifies factors leading to the changes. Design/methodology/approach – Both primary and secondary sources of data were collected. Various stakeholders were interviewed and analysis of Hong...

Purpose – To develop a multi‐criteria decision‐making framework for evaluating different schemes of urban regeneration project. Design/methodology/approach – Urban decay in Hong Kong has long warranted community concern. To tackle the problem, there are generally two different...

Purpose – In response to increased interurban competition in contemporary globalization, cities are employing marketing strategies to differentiate and identify themselves from each other. The creation and development of strategic places is nowadays guided by marketing strategies that brand...

Purpose – The Green Credit Tool is evaluated as a method to quantify the value of green‐spaces and to determine how these green‐space‐values can be replaced or compensated for within urban spatial planning projects. Design/methodology/approach – Amersfoort Local Municipality created...

Purpose – The nature and conceptualization of public space and public life have been always associated with collective participation and socialization – in other words, the capacity to live together among strangers. Today these associations seem to have become challenged and problematic, and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the management and development of Federation Square, one of Melbourne's most important public spaces. Design/methodology/approach – A descriptive approach was taken which looks at the strategic management that has guided the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose PlaceMaker as a method of urban analysis and design which both detects elements that do not feature in traditional mapping and which constitute the contemporary identity of the places, and identifies appropriate project interventions. In order...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, it is to contribute to a sound conceptualization of the notion of place identity in the context of geographical spatial approaches; on the other, it is to show the implications this has in place branding research....