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  2. Oregon House Bill 2001 (2019) - Wikipedia

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    Oregon House Bill 2001 is an Oregon law which allows for alternative, more economical types of housing in an effort to preserve outer-city rural areas, such as farms. The law is especially aimed at reducing the pace of urban sprawl in densely populated cities such as Portland, Oregon, with non-traditional land use zoning.

  3. Urban sprawl - Wikipedia

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    Measures for urban sprawl in Europe: upper left the Dispersion of the built-up area (DIS), upper right the weighted urban proliferation (WUP). The term urban sprawl was often used in the letters between Lewis Mumford and Frederic J. Osborn, [17] firstly by Osborn in his 1941 letter to Mumford and later by Mumford, generally condemning the waste of agricultural land and landscape due to ...

  4. Oregon statistical areas - Wikipedia

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    On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated four combined statistical areas, eight metropolitan statistical areas, and 12 micropolitan statistical areas in Oregon. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA CSA , anchored by Oregon's largest city, Portland and including its capital, Salem .

  5. Urban growth boundary - Wikipedia

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    An urban growth boundary (UGB) is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by, in its simplest form, mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for urban development and the area outside be preserved in its natural state or used for agriculture. Legislating for an urban growth boundary is one way, among many ...

  6. File:Urban Growth Portland Oregon.ogv - Wikipedia

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    English: Using the Landsat satellite, scientists are able to study the urban sprawl of major cities. Red dots in these images indicate areas of growth between 1986 and 1996. Starting with a view of the Portland, Oregon, vicinity. Red dots appear showing the areas where growth has occurred between 1986 and 1996.

  7. Charbonneau, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    As one of the oldest communities of its type in Oregon, its construction helped lead to the adoption of land-use planning and an urban growth boundary to attempt to prevent urban sprawl. [4] Charbonneau's 200 primary and secondary students are served by the Canby School District. [4]

  8. Metro (Oregon regional government) - Wikipedia

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    Provides land use planning and is responsible for maintaining the Portland-area urban growth boundary, a legal boundary which separates urban from rural land, and is designed to reduce urban sprawl. It coordinates with the cities and counties in the area to ensure a 20-year supply of developable land. [12]

  9. Smart growth - Wikipedia

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    Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl. It also advocates compact, transit-oriented , walkable , bicycle-friendly land use, including neighborhood schools, complete streets , and mixed-use development with a range of housing choices.