Introducing Our New Editors for 2023

The Carolina Planning Journal (CPJ) and ∆NGLES are excited to announce the editors for the 2023-2024 school year: Candela Cerpa and Kathryn Cunningham. Read on to learn more about them. CANDELA CERPA | Editor-in-Chief, Carolina Planning Journal Candela Cerpa is a second-year master’s student in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is interested in equitable disaster planning, particularly around floods. … Continue reading Introducing Our New Editors for 2023

Wrapping Up Spring 2023 with Carolina Planning Journal

In Spring 2022, the Carolina Planning Journal had a special year. We published sixteen blog posts and are set to publish Volume 48 on Urban Analytics: Capabilities and Critiques in mid-May. We also hosted Dr. Jamaal Green as a guest speaker in collaboration with DCRP DEI and DCRP’s Planning in Practice Speaker Series. Workshops on editing for the journal and a few social events were … Continue reading Wrapping Up Spring 2023 with Carolina Planning Journal

Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Stockholm, Sweden

Planner’s Travel Series About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact!   By Nik Reasor About the visit: This was my first trip … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Stockholm, Sweden

The Arctic: An Uncertain Time for Arctic Cooperation   

By Samantha Pace The Arctic, the area in and around the Arctic Circle in the northernmost part of the globe, is a site of unique geopolitics and international cooperation.   The harsh, remote region has gotten an increasing amount of global attention in the last couple of decades due to climate change-induced warming. It is estimated that the Arctic is warming three to four times faster than … Continue reading The Arctic: An Uncertain Time for Arctic Cooperation   

Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Oakland, California

Planner’s Travel Series  About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact!   By Kathryn Cunningham About the visit: I moved to the Bay … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Oakland, California

Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Delhi, India 

Planner’s Travel Series  About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact!   By Ian Baltutis About the visit: My first visit to Delhi … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Delhi, India 

From the Archives) Film Analysis: Oil Culture in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

This post was originally published on November 26, 2019. By Siobhan Nelson The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jacques Demy’s 1964 musical film, tells a brilliantly crafted story about the dichotomies of life—success and hardship, youth and maturity, love and heartbreak. Divided into three vignettes with each beginning in 1957, 1959, and 1963, the story centers on Guy Foucher, a mechanic at a local garage, and Genevieve Emery, … Continue reading From the Archives) Film Analysis: Oil Culture in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1970’s Detroit Gets in a Twitter Feud 

By Abby Cover In 1976, the Supreme Court of the United States decided a case about the powers of local governments. American Mini Theaters, a small movie theater chain, opened two adult movie theaters showing pornographic films in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The town’s ordinances prohibited these theaters from opening due to their proximity to residential areas, and other buildings with specified regulated uses. American … Continue reading 1970’s Detroit Gets in a Twitter Feud 

Schoolyards: An Untapped Community Resource?

By Emma Vinella-Brusher 100 million. That’s how many Americans, including 28 million children, do not have access to a neighborhood park.[1] Despite the seeming abundance of local natural spaces, lack of park access is a problem here in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, too – according to The Trust for Public Land, a combined 23,909 residents (~30%) of both towns live farther than a 10 minute walk … Continue reading Schoolyards: An Untapped Community Resource?

Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Seattle, Washington 

Planner’s Travel Series  About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact!   By Nik Reasor About the visit: I first visited Seattle in … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Seattle, Washington