Chapter 1 Symptoms of Urban Health -- chapter 2 A City Cast in Place -- chapter 3 A City Shaped by Values -- chapter 4 Dimensions of a Healthy City -- chapter 5 The Pearl District -- chapter 6 Past Errors and Future Options -- chapter 7 Corrective Measures -- chapter 8 Improving the Health of the City -- chapter 9 Look Back in Anguish.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Portland is a young city founded on a river bank in a virgin forest less than 200 years ago. Shaping Portland: Anatomy of a Healthy City is about the values engendered by the place, and how those values have influenced the growing city. It examines how and why the public realm supports or obstructs the health-forward lifestyles of those who choose to live there. This book explores the values and dynamics that shaped a healthy city to enable those things. It is a case study of a recognized success - looking more closely at a recent urban infill: the Pearl District. The future roles of the planners and other design professionals in continuing to build healthy and responsive environments are suggested. The cities of the future will be those that we already inhabit, but infilled and adapted to tomorrow's needs and values. Understanding the dynamics involved is essential for those in whose hands we entrust the design of cities and urban places."--Provided by publisher.
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Ingram Content Group
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9781315528472
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Title
Shaping Portland.
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9781315528496
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
City planning-- Health aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)-- Health aspects.
Urban health.
City Planning.
Urban Health.
City planning-- Health aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.