Oregon Plans provides a rich, detailed, and nuanced analysis of the origins and early evolution of Oregon’s nationally renowned land use planning program.
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.
"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." —William L. Lang, from the Preface
A volume in the Culture and Environment in the West series. Series editor: William L. Lang
SY ADLER is a professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University. He is co-author of Planning a New West: The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, co-editor of Planning the Oregon Way: A Twenty-Year Evaluation, and author of numerous articles on on urban planning and transit.
