Which places work and why?

Sarah Gaventa, Director, CABE Space & author of New public spaces, discussesthe real value of good street design and how to handle risk:

• There is a direct link between street quality and property prices.
• For each single point increase in the PERS street quality scale there is a corresponding increase of 5.2% in residential prices, and 4.9% in retail rents.
• The benefits of quality street design are clear and local authorities are already taking the initiative in realising the latent value in their high streets

She illustrates these points with a series of international examples.