Activities in the Past Year
Classes Audited + Green Economy + Pedestrian / Bicycle Transportation + Dynamic of Urban Planning Practice + Site Planning + Downtown Revitalization + Advance Planning Theories + Urban Design Workshop Other Activities + Portland Planning Firms Visits + Urban Planning Conferences
Chinese Dream 2013, new president Xi Jinping: ● ● ● ● ● ●
Socialism with Chinese characteristics Revitalization of the nation Improvement of people’s livelihoods Prosperity Construction of a better society Military strengthening
Possible Interpretation: ● ● ● ●
Sustainable development National renewal Individual dreams Economic and political reform
American Dream 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America 1931, James Truslow Adams, Epic of America ● ● ●
Freedom Upward Social Mobility Equal Opportunity
Interpretation ●
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Four Dreams of Consumerism (Ownby, 1999) ○ Dream of Abundance ○ Dream of a Democracy of Goods ○ Dream of Freedom of Choice ○ Dream of Novelty Home Ownership Individual Success
Urban, Suburb, Exurb For generations, Americans have pursued the dream of home ownership. Preceded the automobile, upper middle income households moved to suburbs served by streetcar lines. Followed by middle and lower middle income households after WWII, who were able to afford houses and cars as the nation became more affluent.
Comparison between US and China China compares with US ● ● ● ● ●
4 times population Similar Land Resource one half total GDP one tenth GDP per capita one half urbanization rate
Other important differences ●
Culture
US
China Cities
Urbanization
Percentage of Urban Population: United States and China
http://www.newgeography.com/
Population Density
Reflection Portland Example
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Regional Management Green Transports Mixed Use & Reuse Low Impact Development Public Participation Urban Governance
UGB & Metro
UGB & Metro
Portland/Multnomah Climate Change Action Plan
Right of Way for Green Transport
Diversity Mixed Use Reuse
Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Design with nature
Planning Process Public Participation
Urban Governance Metro PDC
● Nonprofit public benefit organizations ● Public-private partnership ● Efficiency ● Social & environmental benefits
Dream City
● Sustainability (Balance between Efficiency and Quality)
● Humanity (Planning for/with People)
● Equity (Benefit Balance)
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