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Planning Portland style: Pitfalls and possibilities
| Author: |
Lang, Robert E.; Hornburg, Steven P. |
| Date: |
1997 |
| Periodical: |
Housing Policy Debate. Fannie Mae Foundation |
| Abstract: |
The nation can learn much from regional growth management in Portland, OR, which uses an urban growth boundary (UGB) to maintain a compact metropolitan form. Carl Abbott, Henry R. Richmond, and William A. Fischel offer very different views on how to interpret Portland's lessons; however, they agree that Portland is clearly trying something innovative. In fact, Portland's style of growth management has touched a nerve in the booming urban West, where even California is actively debating its implications.
We fear that many fast-growing regions throughout the country will use UGBs to simply slow development rather than integrate them into a comprehensive planning strategy as Portland has. We especially worry about the impact on affordable housing. Portland's politics give the region a unique urban form that now-in and of itself-helps maintain a coalition between city and suburbs on such-key issues as housing, transportation, economic development, and equity among municipalities.
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