Matthew Carmona is a Professor of Planning and Urban Design at University College London's (UCL) Bartlett School of Planning, UK. His research has concentrated on urban design, processes of design governance, and the design and management of public space. He is an architect, planner and chair of the Place Alliance. Claudio de Magalhães is a Reader of Urban Regeneration and Management at UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning, UK. His interests have been in planning and the governance of the built environment, the provision and governance of public space, property development processes, and urban regeneration policy. Lucy Natarajan is an experienced researcher at UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning, UK, where she did her PhD. Her core areas of concern are urban policy, knowledge in decision-making, public participation, spatial strategy, and new technologies of governing. She is an experienced facilitator with a track record of managing collaborative work.