Oregon Plans: The Making of an Unquiet Land Use Revolution

Oregon Plans: The Making of an Unquiet Land Use Revolution (Culture and Environment in the Pacific West)

Oregon Plans provides a rich, detailed, and nuanced analysis of the origins and early evolution of Oregonâ€™s nationally renowned land use planning program.
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Drawing primarily on archival sources, Sy Adler describes the passage of key state laws that set the program into motion by establishing the agency charged with implementing those laws, adopting the land-use planning goals that are the heart of the Oregon system, and monitoring and enforcing the implementation of those goals through a unique citizen organization.
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Oregon Plans documents the consequential choices and compromises that were made in the 1970s to control growth and preserve Oregon's quality of life. Environmental activists, farmers, industry groups, local governments, and state officials all played significant roles. Adler brings these actorsâ€”among them governors Tom McCall and Robert Straub, business leaders John Gray and Glenn Jackson, 1000 Friends of Oregon, and the Oregon Home Builders Associationâ€”to life.

"Adler's story is about unusual conditions, purposeful action, dynamic personalities, and the messiness of democratic and bureaucratic processes. His conclusions reveal much about how Oregonians defined liveability in the late twentieth century." â€”William L. Lang, from the Preface
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A volume in the Culture and Environment in the West series. Series editor: William L. Lang
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Country USA
Brand Oregon State University Press
Manufacturer Oregon State University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Model Illustrated
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780870716515
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Oregon State University Press
Manufacturer	Oregon State University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Model	Illustrated
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780870716515
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Oregon Plans: The Making of an Unquiet Land Use Revolution (Culture and Environment in the Pacific West)

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