2015 Book Organization
Working Title: Planning Cascadia
The following matrix provides an overview of the anticipated organization of the
book and shows how suggested topics would fit that organization. The topics shown
are meant to be illustrative and spark your ideas, and are not intended to be
proscriptive. (Topic titles shown in the matrix are described below). We encourage
other topics to be submitted that fit within this overall organization.
Planning Issues: Issues
that provide a lens for
exploring planning in the
unique context of the
Pacific Northwest. All
articles should include
results and evidence
(outcomes, success and
failure, metrics,
evaluation, new
challenges)
Planning
Retrospective:
Timber to
Technology -
Planning Story
(history, context,
approach, process,
participation,
controversy,
politics,
implementation
strategy)
Fed/State/Tribal
1. First People
Relations
Cultural
2. Follow the
Characteristics,
Money
Economy and
Demographic Change
Energy and
Transportation
Megaprojects (CRC, 520
Bridge, Alaska Way
tunnel, hydroelectric)
Natural resources
(forest policy, fish,
wolves, watersheds,
farmland preservation)
Carbon Emissions
Reduction/Sustainable
Development/Energy
Conservation
Metropolitan &
Regional Planning,
Urban Growth
Management
Statewide planning
3. Roots of
Sustainability
4. Urban Centers,
6. Big Picture
5. Bringing Sprawl
to a Crawl
Planning
Today: Green
to the Extreme
Planning
Prospective:
What’s Next ?
11. Portlandia
17. New Faces,
21. Wine and
Clouds
8. Dam it all,
12. Roadway
Ups and Downs,
13. Transit Ups
and Downs
9. Throwing Fish,
15. Water
Beyond the Pail
23. Catch the
Wind
Innovation Story
(novel aspects of
the planning
method, process,
issue, solution, or
other attribute of
the issue)
How is the NW
facing the 21st
century challenges,
what’s needed to
prepare for 2100?
20. The Owl and
the Crow,
16. Getting
Warmer, 18
French Fry Fuels
Housing, Equity and
Social Justice
Technology
Rural & Small towns
People
Food and Health, &
Education
19. Fair is Fair,
25. Planning for
Equity & Inclusion
24 The Next
Green
7. The Cloud is
Here
10. Twilight in
Forks
14. A Vulcan in
Real Estate
22. Mobile food
26. Learning Curve
1.0 Introduction - Eclectic Cascadia: compares & contrasts the major cities, compares
& contrasts east and west of the mountains, sets the tone of the book & sets the
stage for other sections stage for other sections
2.0 Planning Retrospective – Timber to Technology
1. First People -– Story of Native Americans, rising consciousness in the 1970s and
their roles in planning today
2. Follow the Money- Economic origins & shifts, growth patterns, change from
resource-based economy to airplanes and high tech
3. Roots of Sustainability – The long history of sustainable development in the
Pacific Northwest
4. Urban Centers – Comparison of Portland’s growth and planning and Seattle’s
growth and planning
5. Bringing Sprawl to a Crawl -– Growth management in WA and OR, key players &
how it has evolved, how the UGA has led to revitalization of the Seattle
downtown and also suburban downtowns
6. Big Picture -– Regional planning and urban ecology in WA and OR
7. The Cloud is Here – Planning along the Pacific Northwest Internet backbone
Planning Today – Green to the Extreme
8. Dam it all – Story of the Columbia Basin dam system, growth of hydroelectric,
removing the dam on the Elwha River
9. Throwing Fish-A history and culture of Seattle’s iconic Pike Place fish market and
salmon as a cultural icon in the region and Pike Market planning today
10. Twilight in Forks -– How one small town survives the onslaught of vampire
seekers
11. Portlandia -– verify some of the truths, describe Portland people and culture,
youth culture, bike culture, how planning is responding
12. Roadway Ups and Downs -– Seattle’s Viaduct history and tunnel planning,
complete streets, green streets
13. Transit Ups and Downs -– Portland Metro & Seattle monorail & light rail
14. A Vulcan in Real Estate -– The Paul Allen & Vulcan story – Experience Music
Project/So Lake Union
15. Water Beyond the Pail -– Shoreline management, watershed planning, WIRA,
green infrastructure
Planning Prospective – What’s next?
16. Getting Warmer -– How the NW is preparing for climate change effects– sea level
rise, flooding, food supplies, lack of summer water supplies
17. New Faces -– Changing needs & evolving issues of the NW - growth, aging & inmigration
18. French Fry Fuels: planning for EV refueling on the I-5 corridor, cooking oil fuel
19. Fair is Fair -– Hope VI housing projects, public health and social equity programs
in the region
20. The Owl and the Crow -– Indicator species of forest health and of urban health
21. Wine and Clouds – Low cost energy, irrigating the dry side, transformation from
orchards to vineyards, creation of cloud farms
22. Mobile food -– Growing food in vacant lots, medians and food towers, food
trucks and farms-to-schools.
23. Catch the Wind -– wind, & tidal energy, community supported solar, Smart grid
studies at EWU
24. The Next Green -– building a nexus between strong economy and green economy
25. Planning for Equity and Inclusion – planners and plans in the effort to achieve
greater social justice
26. Learning Curve – what an education in planning will mean in the future
And Beyond
Summarizes key points in the book & lessons learned, describe Game Changing
Initiative & its outcomes, call to action by planners to get engaged