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Portland : quest for the livable city / a Northern Light production ; in collaboration with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy ; producer/director, Tim Lay ; writer, John De Lancey.
LIBRA DVD HT168.P6 P67 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Making sense of place ; 3.
- Making sense of place ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Oregon--Portland.
- City planning.
- Sustainable development--Oregon--Portland.
- Sustainable development.
- Land use--Oregon--Portland.
- Land use.
- Cities and towns--Oregon--Portland--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Growth.
- Portland (Or.).
- Cities and towns--Growth.
- Oregon--Portland.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Quest for the livable city
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, [2009]
- Language Note:
- In English with English and Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Chronicles the complex challenges of becoming a more sustainable metropolis and shows the difficulties of planning in the 21st century as cities confront issues of economic development, gentrification, local food and farming, property rights, preservation, and civic participation.
- Contents:
- A different city
- Urban growth boundary
- Regional government
- Saving farmland
- Foundations of planning
- One town vs. the region
- Revolt against the system
- Finding the middle ground
- Revitalizing the city
- Transportation alternatives
- Growing more compactly
- Disparity and dissent
- Citizen participation
- Casting the vote
- Shaping the future.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Judy Richardson.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jeremy Leach; music, Killer Tracks, Roger Miller.
- ISBN:
- 9781558441989
- 1558441980
- OCLC:
- 402570343
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