Planning Paradise: Politics and Visioning of Land Use in Oregon

(Part of the Society, Environment, and Place Series)

by Peter A. Walker and Patrick T. Hurley

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"Sprawl" is one of the ugliest words in the American political lexicon. Virtually no one wants America's rural landscapes, farmland, and natural areas to be lost to bland, placeless malls, freeways, and subdivisions. Yet few of America's fast-growing rural areas have effective rules to limit or contain sprawl.

Oregon is one of the nation's most celebrated exceptions. In the early 1970s Oregon established the nation's first and only comprehensive...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816528837

ISBN13:9780816528837

Release Date:May 2011

Publisher:University of Arizona Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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City Planning & Urban Development Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Regional Planning

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