Author: United States. National Resources Planning Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Regional Planning ...: Pacific Northwest
Author: United States. National Resources Planning Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Greater Portland
Author: Carl Abbott
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220414X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title It has been called one of the nation's most livable regions, ranked among the best managed cities in America, hailed as a top spot to work, and favored as a great place to do business, enjoy the arts, pursue outdoor recreation, and make one's home. Indeed, years of cooperative urban planning between developers and those interested in ecology and habitability have transformed Portland from a provincial western city into an exemplary American metropolis. Its thriving downtown, its strong neighborhoods, and its pioneering efforts at local management have brought a steady procession of journalists, scholars, and civic leaders to investigate the "Portland style" that values dialogue and consensus, treats politics as a civic duty, and assumes that it is possible to work toward public good. Probing behind the press clippings, acclaimed urban historian Carl Abbott examines the character of contemporary Portland—its people, politics, and public life—and the region's history and geography in order to discover how Portland has achieved its reputation as one of the most progressive and livable cities in the United States and to determine whether typical pressures of urban growth are pushing Portland back toward the national norm. In Greater Portland, Abbott argues that the city cannot be understood without reference to its place. Its rivers, hills, and broader regional setting have shaped the economy and the cityscape. Portlanders are Oregonians, Northwesteners, Cascadians; they value their city as much for where it is as for what it is, and this powerful sense of place nurtures a distinctive civic culture. Tracing the ways in which Portlanders have talked and thought about their city, Abbott reveals the tensions between their diverse visions of the future and plans for development. Most citizens of Portland desire a balance between continuity and change, one that supports urban progress but actively monitors its effects on the region's expansive green space and on the community's culture. This strong civic participation in city planning and politics is what gives greater Portland its unique character, a positive setting for class integration, neighborhood revitalization, and civic values. The result, Abbott confirms, is a region whose unique initiatives remain a model of American urban planning.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220414X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title It has been called one of the nation's most livable regions, ranked among the best managed cities in America, hailed as a top spot to work, and favored as a great place to do business, enjoy the arts, pursue outdoor recreation, and make one's home. Indeed, years of cooperative urban planning between developers and those interested in ecology and habitability have transformed Portland from a provincial western city into an exemplary American metropolis. Its thriving downtown, its strong neighborhoods, and its pioneering efforts at local management have brought a steady procession of journalists, scholars, and civic leaders to investigate the "Portland style" that values dialogue and consensus, treats politics as a civic duty, and assumes that it is possible to work toward public good. Probing behind the press clippings, acclaimed urban historian Carl Abbott examines the character of contemporary Portland—its people, politics, and public life—and the region's history and geography in order to discover how Portland has achieved its reputation as one of the most progressive and livable cities in the United States and to determine whether typical pressures of urban growth are pushing Portland back toward the national norm. In Greater Portland, Abbott argues that the city cannot be understood without reference to its place. Its rivers, hills, and broader regional setting have shaped the economy and the cityscape. Portlanders are Oregonians, Northwesteners, Cascadians; they value their city as much for where it is as for what it is, and this powerful sense of place nurtures a distinctive civic culture. Tracing the ways in which Portlanders have talked and thought about their city, Abbott reveals the tensions between their diverse visions of the future and plans for development. Most citizens of Portland desire a balance between continuity and change, one that supports urban progress but actively monitors its effects on the region's expansive green space and on the community's culture. This strong civic participation in city planning and politics is what gives greater Portland its unique character, a positive setting for class integration, neighborhood revitalization, and civic values. The result, Abbott confirms, is a region whose unique initiatives remain a model of American urban planning.
Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Lewis Mumford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Lewis Mumford
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260608918
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Excerpt from Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest: A Memorandum The two weeks tour that I made of the coastal portions of the Northwest had the advantage, just because my movements were so rapid, of leaving two distinct images of the landscape. One was of its over powering beauty; the other was of its loneliness. At every point in my journey, from.the mckonz1e River to Puget Sound, there were breath taking landscapes: new the great simplicity of the towering Douglas firs, repeated mile aftw mile, new the genial farmeand-orchard land scape of the Willamette valley, or Hg ain the srbtle and manifold beau ties of the Columbia River Gorge, which unrolls itself like some great kakemono of classic Chinese landscape art. But at the same time one had a sense of unoccupied space: though one was on an automobile read, one wouldn't have been surprised to see a covered wagon with a weatherbeaten pioneer family stalking alongside, cross the highway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260608918
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Excerpt from Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest: A Memorandum The two weeks tour that I made of the coastal portions of the Northwest had the advantage, just because my movements were so rapid, of leaving two distinct images of the landscape. One was of its over powering beauty; the other was of its loneliness. At every point in my journey, from.the mckonz1e River to Puget Sound, there were breath taking landscapes: new the great simplicity of the towering Douglas firs, repeated mile aftw mile, new the genial farmeand-orchard land scape of the Willamette valley, or Hg ain the srbtle and manifold beau ties of the Columbia River Gorge, which unrolls itself like some great kakemono of classic Chinese landscape art. But at the same time one had a sense of unoccupied space: though one was on an automobile read, one wouldn't have been surprised to see a covered wagon with a weatherbeaten pioneer family stalking alongside, cross the highway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Regional Planning ...: Pacific Northwest
Author: United States. National Resources Planning Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages :
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Regional Planning ...
Author: United States. National Resources Planning Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Consultant's Report on Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest ...
Author: Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Publisher:
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Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Pacific Northwest Region Plan Standards and Guidelines
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Pacific Northwest Region Plan
Author:
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Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Development of Resources and of Economic Opportunity in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Etats-Unis. National resources planning board. Pacific Northwest regional planning commission
Publisher:
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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