Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Winter Photo Contest!

We had a number of excellent submissions for this year’s Carolina Angles photo contest, leading to some fierce competition! We are excited to announce three winners of this year’s contest – Ruby Brinkerhoff, Duncan Richey, and Josephine Jeni Justin. Check out their photographs below, along with their own words about its connection to planning. Ruby’s winning photo will also be featured in Volume 47 of … Continue reading Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Winter Photo Contest!

Carolina Planning Journal BoardFebruary 24, 2022February 23, 20221 Comment

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Happy New Year from the Carolina Planning Journal!

2021 was another busy year for The Carolina Planning Journal! We published Volume 46 of our print journal, “The White Planning in Planning”; were recognized by the Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals; said goodbye to our outgoing editors and welcomed two new ones; highlighted impressive original research from our undergrads, Master’s students, PhDs, and alumni; revived our annual Winter Photo Contest (submissions due soon); and … Continue reading Happy New Year from the Carolina Planning Journal!

Carolina Planning Journal BoardJanuary 20, 2022Leave a comment

DCRP, Equity, Research Triangle, Transportation

New Website Highlights Communities’ Perspectives on Urban Renewal

By Lindsay Oluyede Between 1955 and 1966, U.S. cities reported displacing approximately a third of a million families for urban renewal projects. As noted by researchers at the University of Richmond, their homes were razed to clear land for redevelopment that included “new, sometimes public housing, more often private, or for other purposes like the development of department stores or office buildings.”[i] The displaced families … Continue reading New Website Highlights Communities’ Perspectives on Urban Renewal

Carolina Planning Journal BoardNovember 11, 2021February 14, 2022

DCRP, Economic Development, Original Research, Research Triangle

Restructuring the Bull City: Urban Form Change in Downtown Durham, North Carolina from 1914 to 2020

By Rahi Patel Intro The City of Durham is growing. Over the last decade, Durham’s population grew by 22%.[1] With the continued migration of technology firms, biotech startups, and other businesses to the Triangle, Durham is poised to continue its rapid growth for the foreseeable future. As cities like Durham continue growing, governments and citizens will have to contend with changes to the built environment. … Continue reading Restructuring the Bull City: Urban Form Change in Downtown Durham, North Carolina from 1914 to 2020

Carolina Planning Journal BoardNovember 5, 2021February 14, 2022

COVID-19, DCRP, Original Research

Master’s Project Abstracts: COVID-19 Case Studies

The research conducted by the Department of City and Regional Planning reflects the planning challenges of the moment, and this relevance is no better represented than through the graduated class of 2021’s Master’s Projects focused on COVID-19. Below are abstracts and corresponding links from selected Master’s Projects that span issues of transportation and housing in response to the global pandemic. For a complete list of … Continue reading Master’s Project Abstracts: COVID-19 Case Studies

Carolina Planning Journal BoardOctober 28, 2021

DCRP, Personal Reflections

Reflecting on a Summer of Planning

This summer, Carolina Planning Master’s students participated in a range of in-person and remote opportunities across the country. This week, we are sharing highlights and reflections from eight students. Sam Stites – MCRP 2022, Economic Development Labor Organizing Fellow, NC Raise UP/Fight for $15 (Brevard, NC) Labor rights are central to promoting the sustainability, health, and well-being of our communities and the broader economy, yet … Continue reading Reflecting on a Summer of Planning

Carolina Planning Journal BoardSeptember 30, 2021September 30, 2021

DCRP, Original Research, Research Triangle

Master’s Project Abstracts: North Carolina Case Studies

Several Master’s Projects from the graduated class of 2021 underscored the impact the Department of City and Regional Planning can have in addressing equity, resilience, and accessibility across the North Carolinian planning landscape. A selection of abstracts and accompanying links to the full report are listed below. For a complete list of DCRP Master’s Projects see here, and for more information on the Master’s Project … Continue reading Master’s Project Abstracts: North Carolina Case Studies

Carolina Planning Journal BoardSeptember 22, 2021February 14, 2022

DCRP, Opinion, Research Triangle

From the Archives: Advice from the Class of 2017

Back in 2016, the UNC City and Regional Planning’s Class of 2017 answered some of the incoming class’s deepest darkest questions as they began their first year of graduate school. As the Class of 2023 wraps up week 1 of the program, we revisit this great advice, still just as relevant a full five years later. By Rachel Wexler, Daniel Bullock, and Chris Bendix, MCRP … Continue reading From the Archives: Advice from the Class of 2017

Carolina Planning Journal BoardAugust 27, 2021February 14, 2022

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Introducing Our New Editors

The Carolina Planning Journal (CPJ) and ∆NGLES are excited to announce the editors for the 2021-2022 school year: Pierce Holloway and Emma Vinella-Brusher. Read on to learn more about them. PIERCE HOLLOWAY | Editor-in-Chief, Carolina Planning Journal Pierce Holloway is a second-year master’s student at the Department of City and Regional Planning with a focus on Climate Change Adaptation. Before coming to Chapel Hill he … Continue reading Introducing Our New Editors

Carolina Planning Journal BoardMay 28, 2021May 28, 20211 Comment

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