Title: City making and urban governance in the Americas : Curitiba and Portland /
Authors: Irazábal, Clara.
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2004
Subjects: City planning Brazil Curitiba.; City planning Oregon Portland.; Curitiba (Brazil) Politics and government.; Portland (Or.) Politics and government.
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.