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Regional Planning for the 21st Century
Last spring, the Bullitt Foundation awarded the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA) a grant to study how Oregon regions (focusing on areas outside of the Portland Metropolitan area) can more effectively and efficiently address policy issues at a regional level. This report takes a comprehensive look at regional planning in Oregon and proposes a new framework to improve regional planning statewide.
There are numerous policy issues, including but not limited to, climate change, transportation, and land use, that may be addressed more effectively and efficiently through regional coordination than could be achieved by individual jurisdictions acting independently. As governance becomes more complicated due to complex intergovernmental issues, increased regulation and litigation, funding constraints, better science and technical information, and other factors, the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA) Board recognizes that regional planning has an unrealized potential to improve decision-making in Oregon.
Click here for the full report.
Click here for the Executive Summary.
The Long and Winding Road: Farmland Protection in Oregon 1961-2009
by Edward Sullivan and Ronald Eber
This article, 18 S.J.Agric.L.Rev1(2009) is posted with permission and may not be further used without the express permission of the San Joaquin Law Agricultural Review. Contact San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review (SJALR) 901 5th Street, Clovis, CA, 93612 for permission. Open pdf.
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Chapter Presidents' Council AICP Study Manual
Members price= $15 + $5 shipping and handling
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The COPE Report
The Committee on the Oregon OPE) established by the Board of the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association in Spring 2000. Its principal charge has been to review and comment on the accomplishments of mandated land use planning in Oregon and to identify directions for the future.
To view and download the entire COPE Report (including the OAPA board's responses to its recommendations), click here (.pdf format).
Contact Pat Zepp at (503) 657-6087 or oapa@oregonapa.org to order a hard copy ($15 + shipping)
Steven C. Ames, ed. 1998, 41 pp (APA Planners Press.) $15.00 + $5 shipping for Oregon residents; $25.00 + $7 shipping outside Oregon.
In recent years, strategic planning has swept the country as the preferred model of community planning. This guide offers a practical approach for communities wishing to begin the strategic planning process. It will help citizens understand the connection between the kind of place they want their community to be and the policies that will support their vision. It shows how to design and implement an effective visioning process, provides ideas on how to use graphics in visioning, and points you to additional resources. The revised edition updates profiles of communities originally involved in the Oregon Visions Projects.
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