Banning the "snout house": The politics of design in Portland, Oregon

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-208

  Bello, Mark ^a   Adler, Sy ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; PLANNING PRACTICE; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044230227     PISSN: 07380895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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