Shaping the Metropolis: Institutions and Urbanization in the United States and Canada by Zack Taylor
This resource is a companion to the book Shaping the Metropolis: Institutions and Urbanization in the United States and Canada by Zack Taylor, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2019. To enhance the reading experience, it includes colour versions of figures that appear in the book and additional figures that could not be included in the book. The latter are keyed to page numbers in the book. You are welcome to download these images and use them as you see fit. Some of the map figures that appear in the book include additional layers that would not have been legible in black-and-white. Also, map features that were incorrectly rendered in the book have been fixed.
For more information about the book, visit: https://zacktaylor.com/shaping-the-metropolis/ or https://www.mqup.ca/shaping-the-metropolis-products-9780773557055.php
To access data used to make several of the figures and tables that appear in the book, visit: https://dataverse.scholarsportal.info/dataverse/shapingthemetropolis
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Figure 7.6 Administrative boundaries and the urban growth boundary in the Portland Region.pdf
Zack Taylor
Note: The Columbia Region Association of Governments (CRAG) included local governments within five counties spanning the Oregon–Washington state line. After 1973, Washington, Clackamas, and Multnomah Counties and their associated cities were mandatory members of CRAG. Clark County and the cities of Columbia County in Washington State were voluntary associate members, as were Tri-Met, the Port of Portland, and the State of Oregon. The boundaries of the old Metropolitan Service District (established in 1970), Tri-Met (1969), and Portland Metro (1979) overlapped to a large extent but were not identical. The major difference between the current Urban Growth Boundary and the 1977 CRAG draft UGB is the later addition of the Damascus area in Clackamas County. Each designation reflected political compromises among urban and rural legislators. Also, the Tri-Met boundary would certainly have been more restrictive at the time of its creation, but I could locate no map of its historical boundaries.