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The Pacific Northwest is green to the extreme. Yet a day trip can go from pristine wilderness to downtown Seattle, Portland, or Vancouver. How are these commercial and cultural hot spots keeping nature and growth in balance - and what's coming next? Trace the path from forests and fish to bikes and brews as Planning the Pacific Northwest continues the APA Planners Press series on how planning shapes major American cities.

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Author:   Jill Sterrett ,  Connie Ozawa ,  Dennis Ryan ,  Ethan Seltzer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   American Planning Association
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9781611901283

ISBN 10:   1611901286
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   31 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Planning Retrospective—From Timber to Technology. Introduction.1. Eclectic Cascadia. 2. The Evolution of Washington State’s Growth Management Law. 3. Taming the ‘Shameless Threat’. Farmland Protections and Corralling Sprawl in Oregon. 4. A Historical Perspective on the Metropolitan Portland Urban Growth Boundary. 5. Protecting Working Farm and Forest Landscapes. How Do Oregon and Washington Compare? 6. Implementing State, Regional, and Local Housing Diversity Policy Through Master Planning. 7. Implementing Oregon’s Transportation Planning Rule. 8. Seattle Neighborhood Planning. 9. Designing Seattle. The Role of Urban Design in the City’s Evolution. 1970 to 2020. 10. Seattle’s Past at Present. Local Approaches to Historic Preservation. 11. The Emerald and the Rose. Open Space Planning in Metropolitan Seattle and Portland. 12. There’s No Place like Home. Section 2: Planning Today. Green to the Extreme. Introduction. 13. Native Currents and Coast Salish Planning. 14. Harmonizing the Natural and Built Environment on the Coast of the Salish Sea.15. Planning Without Borders in Cascadia. 16. Building Balanced Communities. Equity and Inclusion. 17. Blue-Green to the Extreme in Portland and Seattle. 18. The Columbia River. Community Participation and Science-Based Planning. 19. The Cloud Beneath the Clouds. 20. A Bicycling Haven. 21. Energy Efficiency the Cascadia Way. 22. From Table to Tank. Biodiesel in Washington. 23. Process Makes Perfect? Replacing the Great Alaskan Way Viaduct. 24. Preserving Seattle Grunge in the Pike/Pine Neighborhood. 25. A Tale of Three Cities on the Road to Smart Green Growth. 26. Ecological Repair and Neighborhood Revitalization. The Foster Floodplain Natural Area. Section 3: Planning Prospective. What’s Next? Introduction. 27. Redefining Planning in Cascadia. 28. Car Spaces into People Places. 29. Lights On or Off? Hydropower in a Changing Climate. 30. Planning for Greenhouse Gas Reduction. An Oregon Perspective. 31. Shifting Baselines. Dam Removal and the Evolution of Environmental Ethics in the Pacific Northwest. 32. InterAction! 33. Portland’s Artisan Economy—Beyond the Myth of Romantic Localism. 34. A Decade of Food Systems Planning in the Central Puget Sound. 35. Cart Blanche. Pacific Northwest Street Food. 36. Growing Transit Communities. 37. The Happiness Factor. 38. Green Infrastructure Mashup in the Emerald City. 39. Solar in the Rainy City. 40. Game-Changing Perspectives on Planning. Conclusion. Planning in the Pacific Northwest.

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Jill Sterrett, FAICP, is the recent past president of the Washington chapter of the American Planning Association and a lecturer at the University of Washington. Connie Ozawa is the director of the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning and a professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University. Dennis Ryan is a professor emeritus in urban design and planning at the University of Washington. Ethan Seltzer is a professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University. Jan Whittington is an assistant professor of urban design and planning and the associate director of the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of Washington.

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