TY - BOOK AU - Waugh,Emily AU - Schwartz,Martha ED - Martha Schwartz Partners. TI - Recycling spaces: curating urban evolution : the work of Martha Schwartz Partners SN - 9781935935032 AV - NA9000 .W38 2011 U1 - 712 22 PY - 2011/// CY - [Novato, CA] PB - ORO Editions KW - Schwartz, Martha. KW - City planning KW - Landscape architecture KW - Urban renewal KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 292); Foreword : Urban effects and the recent work of Martha Schwartz / Charles Waldheim -- Introduction : Curating urban evolution / Emily Waugh -- The performance of aesthetics : interview / with Elizabeth K. Meyer -- The softer side of sustainability / Martha Schwartz N2 - Cities are constantly evolving: growing, shrinking, diversifying, sprawling, and densifying. Each phase of evolution brings a unique set of challenges to urban areas in deciding how to remain vital and healthy for long-term sustainability. One of the most important questions facing urban centers today is how to keep people attracted to live in, invest in, and participate in the city. Recycling Spaces focuses on these questions broadly through conversations with experts in the fields of landscape, economics, and urbanism, and specifically through the work of world-renowned landscape architectural office, Martha Schwartz Partners ER -