Volume 21.1 Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1995)

With this issue of Carolina Planning, we celebrate twenty years of publication. Thanks to the support of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Alumni Association of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Planning has continuously explored issues of planning in the southeastern United States.

In this issue, we examine how several aspects of planning have changed over the past twenty years.

Editors: Joseph Bamberg, Merritt Clapp-Smith, Karen Kristiansson, and Mark Shelburne

A digital version of this issue is available here.

THE FOUNDING OF CAROLINA PLANNING: A MODEST PROPOSAL

Corum, Lee L.

The author celebrates Carolina Planning‘s twenty years of publication with a look at how the journal began, how it has changed, and its prospects for the future.

TWENTY YEARS OF STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY: NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NATION

Carlisle, Rick

The author discusses federal disengagement and state engagement in economic development policy trends. State policy “waves” of experimentation are presented, as are a survey of the current environment and policy challenges.

THE RAPIDLY CHANGING TECHNOLOGY OF PLANNING

French, Steven; Drummond, William

Three overlapping waves of microcomputing technology are presented in the planning field over the last twelve years. These waves help review the impact of technology on planning.

REGIONAL COUNCILS AND REGIONAL ACTION IN NORTH CAROLINA: PAST, PRESENT, AND PROSPECTS

Svara, James

This article examines the history of regional councils in North Carolina, outlines present activities, and makes recommendations on the future of regionalism

THE PRIVATE CONSULTANT IN PUBLIC PLANNING: INTERVIEWS WITH GLENN HARBECK AND GEORGE CHAPMAN

Carolina Planning Staff

Carolina Planning invited Glenn Harbeck, a private consultant, and George Chapman, the Director of Planning for the City of Raleigh, to give their views on the role of the private consultant in the practice of public sector planning.