Historic cities face a number of critical issues such as impacts of poor open spaces and built quality. In this volume it is discussed on how these complex problems should be tackled properly to make better places through an open space strategy approach. With a selection of contributions that contain forward-looking ideas and strategies for evaluation of heritage open spaces, relationships are highlighted between cultural value of spaces and spatial dynamics. Part two describes how historic open spaces traditionally devoted to social and economic activities can be also transformed with new uses, place-identity and vigour. Historic open spaces should be re-created whilst keeping their cultural value. They can help to open the way for social integration, spatial quality and urban safeguarding.