Steven Reed Johnson

Portland, Oregon USA

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News and Noteworthy

A long long time ago (1982) in a place called Ecotopia (the temperate rain forest bioregion that stretches from Bella Coola, British Columbia to Mendocino, California) some people put together a handbook about creating a sustainable city (Portland Oregon), called Knowing Home.  Now in digital form.

Additional Portland Resources


  1. Links

  2. Portland Download files

  3. Other Essays, monographs

Portland Photos

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History of Portland Oregon’s Civic Life Since World War II

Chapters from a book about civic life in Portland Oregon, originally a Ph.D. dissertation, but with more recent research and revisions.


  1. Portland’s CIvic Life, Overview

  2. Peculiarity of Portland, Carl Abbott

  3. Civic Narratives--Summaries of civic life during periods since World War II

  4. Civic Infrastructure--Summaries of civic organizations and practices during periods since World War II.

  5. Civic Spaces--cafes, open space, third places

  6. Albina--evolution of activism in a minority neighborhood.

  7. Citizen Planning in Portland

  8. Growth of Housing and Community Development Programs

  9. Rise of Environmental Movement in Portland

  10. Development of Alternative Transportation Policies

  11. History of the Bicycle Movement

  12. Transformation of Women’s Organizations

  13. Urban Watersheds--The Johnson Creek Watershed Story

  14.   Conclusion Summary-

  15.   Histories of Specific Institutions