Beyond the City Limits: Regional Equity As an Emerging Issue

Our thesis is that this linkage depends upon definition and achievement of regional equity fairness in the distribution of, and opportunities for access to, developed urban land

Reprint of article: A Thought for a Growing South by Lewis Mumford, with Commentary by David R. Godschalk

With so much attention focused on planning for the "new South," the sense of a historical perspective is often lost. Carolina Planning is grateful to two of our readers for bringing the following article by Lewis Mumford to our attention, suggesting that after forty years it "may still be worth reading." Mumford, best known for his pioneering works such as The Culture of Cities (1938), wrote "A Thought for the Growing South" in 1949 after spending a year teaching in North Carolina universities. The article was commissioned by George Myers Stephens, publisher of The Southern Packet (who was also the father of two graduates of the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill). We reprint the article here with great pleasure, along with commentary by DCRP professor David R. Godschalk, who explores the relevance of Mumford 's thoughts to the state of the "growing South" of today. We hope that renewed examination of this piece will be thought-provoking to current planning students and practitioners, now in a position to guide the course of development in our region

Turning Points in Planning Education: The UNC Experience

Planning education in the US faced major turning points during the last half of the twentieth century. It went from design to social science-based curricula, developed functional specializations beyond comprehensive planning, introduced computer technology, and responded to globalization. This article reflects on the impacts of these turning points on the Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Progress Report on Charting a Course for Our Coast: Not All Smooth Sailing

This report discusses progress made during the past five years toward implementing the 1994 report of the North Carolina Coastal Futures Committee, as reviewed at the State of the Coast Summit held in Wilmington on October 8, 1999. It compares the recommendations from Charting a Course for Our Coast with accomplishments to date, pointing out some dangerous shoals

Some Thoughts On Planners and the New Dispute Resolution (Commentary)

Dispute resolution techniques have come a long way from the old ad hoc approaches derived from academic psychology experiments. The new methods deserve an important place in the planner's tool kit. In fact, planners trained in the new techniques often are better equipped to resolve development disputes than lawyers or outside mediators

Hazard Reduction Through Development Management in Hurricane-Prone Localities: State of the Art

The state of the art in using development management strategies to reduce hurricane hazards is explored through a 1984 survey of hurricane-prone localities in 19 states. Contrary to some of the hazard mitigation literature, results show not only a high priority for hazard mitigation but also a high reliance on development management approaches, as compared with building, strengthening, and environmental alteration

Neutrophils amplify the formation of DNA adducts by benzo[a]pyrene in lung target cells.

Inflammatory cells and their reactive oxygen metabolites can cause mutagenic effects in lung cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of activated neutrophils to modulate DNA binding of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a known carcinogen, in lung target cells. Equivalent numbers of rat lung epithelial cells (RLE-6TN cell line) and freshly isolated human blood neutrophils (PMN) were coincubated in vitro for 2 hr after addition of benzo[a]pyrene (0.5 microM) or two of its trans-diol metabolites, with or without stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). DNA adducts of B[a]P-metabolites were determined in target cells using 32P-postlabeling; oxidative DNA damage (7-hydro-8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine [8-oxodG]) was evaluated by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Increased DNA adducts were observed in lung cells coincubated with polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). Activation of PMN with PMA, or addition of more activated PMN in relation to the number of lung cells, further increased the number of adducts, the latter in a dose-response manner. Incubation with B[a]P-4,5-diol did not result in any adduct formation, while B[a]P-7,8-diol led to a significant number of adducts. Moreover, PMA-activated PMN strongly enhanced adduct formation by B[a]P-7,8-diol, but not 8-oxodG, in lung cells. The addition of antioxidants to the coincubations significantly reduced the number of adducts. Results suggest that an inflammatory response in the lung may increase the biologically effective dose of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and may be relevant to data interpretation and risk assessment of PAH-containing particulates

Top 10 Planning Events in North Carolina, 1946 – 2006

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning, this article outlines the top ten planning events, plans, and programs that have occurred in North Carolina in the past 60 years

Genotoxic effects of neutrophils and hypochlorous acid

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