Planning the Oregon Way

Sy Adler has been researching and writing about various aspects of urban and regional planning in Oregon and Portland since 1982, when he arrived to teach at Portland State University, drawn in part because of the innovative city and regional plans and state initiatives that had been adopted and implemented. He is currently interim dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University.

Deborah Howe is associate professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University.

Carl Abbott is emeritus professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University. He is the author of many articles and books, including How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America and several about Portland history, including Portland: Planning, Politics, and Growth in a Twentieth Century City; The Great Extravaganza: Portland’s Lewis and Clark Exposition; and Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest.