Interdependent relationships and governance

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Public policies are interdependent, but their implementation remains compartmentalised. Public space is a powerful indicator of these structural dysfunctions, and highlights the need for new coordination between stakeholders. Who decides what goes on in public space, from its configuration to what can happen there? Who does it belong to? How are conflicts and disagreements handled? How do rights and responsibilities fit together? Encouraging the juxtaposition and complementarity of knowledge, know-how and expertise, within a cooperative approach, would help develop more democratic modes of governance for these spaces, and adopt a more systemic view of all the issues associated with them.