"This report summarizes the preliminary ideas of Oregon’s Big Look Land Use Task Force for reforming Oregon’s Land Use Planning Program. The Task Force was formed to evaluate Oregon’s Land Use Planning...

Urban sprawl and the establishment of greenbelts to separate growing cities and

Slides from presentation to Stakeholder Groups about the Big Look Task Force (on Land Use Planning in Oregon) preliminary recommendations, June 2008.

China has experienced rapid economic growth in the last twenty years, accompanied by large-scale land conversion, severe environmental degradation, and rising carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. Designing...