Introduction: from mixing with strangers to collective placemaking: existing theories, policies and practices around social cohesion in public space design / Patricia Aelbrecht, Quentin Stevens and Bobby Nisha -- Part I. Public space design, development and management processes -- Top-down projects -- The making of democratic urban public space in Denmark / Tom Nielsen -- The marginalized others: memorials to non-Jewish Holocaust victims in Berlin's government district / Mirjana Ristic -- Social cohesion vis-à-vis spatial division: the contradictions of participatory design / Rebeka Dora Balazs and Dalia Zein -- The role of public spaces on social cohesion and inclusivity: metamorphosis of a historic park in Ankara, Turkey / Müge Akkar Ercan and Nihan Oya Memlük -- Bottom-up projects -- Bottom-up public space design and social cohesion: the case of a self-developed park in an informal settlement of Bogotá / Camil Calderon and Jamie Hernández-Garcia -- UN-Habitat's engagement of residents, refugees and local authorities in a public space design project in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon / Christine Mady -- Open green: placemaking beyond place-bound communities in Taipei / Chen Yu Lien and Jeffrey Hou -- Part II. Post-occupancy evaluations -- New public spaces of circulation, consumption and recreation and their scope for informal social interaction and cohesion / Patricia Aelbrecht -- Visibility of Turkish amenities: immigrants' integration and social cohesion in Amsterdam / Ceren Sezer -- Pop-up landscape design and the disruption of the ordinary / Susanna Schaller and Sandra Guinand -- Designing for difficulty: agnostic urban design / Quentin Stevens -- Exploring social equity in the park: design and management of new city-centre spaces in Sheffield, UK and Ahmedabad, India / Nicola Dempsey -- The street: a fluid place of social cohesion / Vikas Mehta -- Conclusion: emerging knowledge at the intersection of public space design and social cohesion / Patricia Aelbrecht and Quentin Stevens.