Competing claims on availability of mixed-use public space, between for example street vendors, pedestrians and cars can be turned into proactive elements that ensure that the urban landscape is reflective of our complex societies, histories and cultural diversity. Public space reflects class, gender, age and ethnic differences in how people use streets and public spaces. Some groups, such as women, children, undocumented migrants or the poor, may be excluded from public space by violence or control. As public space is the place of conviviality and tolerance, but also of difference and conflict in use over time this sometimes requires mediation and the establishment of conflict resolution mechanisms to reconcile the differences.