Portland's Good Life

R. Bruce Stephenson is a consultant and environmental studies professor at Rollins College.

In this marvelous book, both study and story, Bruce Stephenson takes us to two cities that are somewhat opposites, yet each in its own way offers lessons for smart living. Drawing on his intimate relationship with them, he points insightfully toward a new age of thoughtful urbanism that could be—should be—our future.

• ContentsIntroduction: The Good Life: Utopian Hope for a Dystopian TimeChapter 1: Place Chapter 2: HistoryChapter 3: RenaissanceChapter 4: Mobility Chapter 5: Nature Chapter 6: HousingChapter 7: Social CapitalChapter 8: Lessons