Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: Oregonians don't like sprawl, but they don't like high density either.-John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon As growth management programs come of age, experience can tell us how they work and what can make them more effective.Strategies that manage space to manage growth are important elements in these programs.Space management directs development to one part of an urban area, but limits it elsewhere, to attain the policies that growth management adopts.This article examines two longstanding growth management programs that rely on space management: the tiered growth program in San Diego, and the urban growth boundary program in Oregon, as carried out in Portland.The article first reviews the goals that growth management seeks to achieve.It then discusses the San Diego and Portland programs, focusing on the strategies adopted in these programs and the extent to which they were successful.Finally, this article concludes with recommendations for improving space management strategies. I. URBAN SPRAWL AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT MOVEMENTGrowth management began in the 1960s to provide new techniques for managing rapid and uncontrolled growth through urban sprawl.Though there is no consensus on a definition of sprawl, commentators usually characterize it as low-density development that expands as leapfrog noncontiguous development from the core of metropolitan areas.'
Author: Daniel R. Mandelker
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1512565664