Portland : planning, politics, and growth in a twentieth-century city / Carl Abbott.

Main entry:

Abbott, Carl, 1944-

Title & Author:

Portland : planning, politics, and growth in a twentieth-century city / Carl Abbott.

Publication:

Description:

350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-338) and index.
The river city -- Portland Boosters and the Great Exposition -- Greater Portland -- Zones for growth, 1918-24 -- Autoists and engineers -- The Pacific war -- Back to normalcy, 1946-56 -- Politics and planning -- The new public interest : neighborhood planning, 1957-80 -- Saving the center : downtown planning, 1957-80 -- The suburban generation -- City, state, and the limits to metropolitan growth -- The public city.

ISBN:

0803210086
9780803210080
(pbk.)
0803259069
9780803259065

Subject:

City planning Oregon Portland History.
Land use Oregon Portland History.
Utilisation du sol Oregon Portland Histoire.
City planning.
Land use.
Politics and government Citizen participation.
Portland (Or.) Politics and government Citizen participation.
Oregon Portland.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 58755
Call No.: PO10917; ID:85-B63
Status: Available

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