Such a people-centred approach does not dispense with analysis or professional design, which includes choice of materials, lighting, art and water. Examples show that mixed use is an important feature of successful public realm. The successful Glasgow City Centre Millennium Public Realm Project illustrated the benefits of collaboration between p rofessionals, funding agencies, public and private sectors and local communities in delivering projects. The diagram above, by Gillespies, illustrates the way in which clear space can be provided up to the line of the former pavement with street furniture, features and lighting available in the central space where it is pedestrianised. Partnerships Successful delivery has to start with collaborative project design, as well as a unified approach to delivery, maintenance and management.
Partnerships have to include the users, the community, the funders, the managers and the enforcers.
Neither the planning system nor the implementation procedures have been very good at involving people and participation has been low despite legal provision. Glasgow 99 has attempted to change this by focusing on education, empowerment, communication and presentation. Public consultation in Lambeth included a MORI poll which showed that people put street care at the top of the list of priorities. Urban design achieves better results if people's views are known and all possible means for community involvement have to be mobilised. Involving people in design is good economics and produces a better quality of life, increases property values, attracts visitors and gives access to those who are excluded.