City making and urban governance in the Americas : Curitiba and Portland /: Curitiba and Portland. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Clara Irazabal.
• Other Names: Irazábal, Clara
• Contents: Beyond the urban convergence/divergence debate : architecture and urbanism in a global urban context -- Urban governance and citizen participation : definitions and models -- Urban governance in comparative perspective : Curitiba and Portland -- The politics of urban and regional development in Curitiba -- The politics of urban and regional development in Portland -- Gated and edge cities : community and alienation in Curitiba -- Housing and growth management debates in Portland : conflicting planning views, contrasting architectural typologies -- Architecture and image-making : invocations of tradition vs. critical transnationalism in Curitiba -- Nike vis-à-vis Adidas : spatializing regional planning discourses in Portland's global corporate architecture.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 307.1/216/0979549; City planning -- Brazil -- Curitiba; City planning -- Oregon -- Portland; City planning; Politics and government; Curitiba (Brazil) -- Politics and government; Portland (Or.) -- Politics and government; Brazil -- Curitiba; Oregon -- Portland
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351951340; 1351951343
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.