Regional Growth Management Regime: The Case of Portland, Oregon

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Those who advocate regime politics have traditionally restricted its use to political and commercial policies that exist within city limits. But regime politics can be applied outside of city boundaries. Officials who deal with the problems of urban growth must look at things from a regional level. The dynamics that exist between government and business on regional and national levels can impact the quality of life at a local level, as indicated by a study of growth management in Portland, OR.

Oregon, Regional planning

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Regime approaches to obscenity policy: 1960s to 1980s

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Urban planners in Chicago, IL, and Seattle, WA, used different tactics to solve the problem of adult movie houses proliferating in downtown areas. Chicago officials used obscenity laws to threaten theater owners and also used land development policies to limit opportunities for the theaters. Seattle officials created a location in the downtown area where theaters could concentrate. Chicago policies drove theaters away from the downtown Loop. Seattle policies mollified citizen concern.

Washington, Illinois, Social aspects, Sex oriented businesses, Erotic films, Erotic movies

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Global change and local politics: economic decline and the local regime in Edmonton

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National and international changes affect local or metropolitan politics, which shape internal decisionmaking policies of cities. An analysis of a Edmonton, Alberta, case study explains the economic reversal that occurs due to a decline in the profits earned by businessmen. External pressures that can influence the working of a local economy are also taken into account.

Economic aspects, International aspects, Edmonton, Alberta, Metropolitan government

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