Volume 7.2 Planning in the Eighties (1981)

A change in administration and the start of a new decade have provoked a reexamination of the role of planning. In this issue of Carolina Planning, “Planning in the Eighties: A Special Report” views the future of planning in seven articles, each focused on a separate substantive area of the profession. The articles suggest changes which may be forced upon the profession, as well as changes that it would benefit us to initiate, informed by experiences of previous decades. New partnerships with the private sector in response to a reduced federal presence is a refrain heard throughout the report.

Editors: Dan Stroh, Priscilla Cobb, and John Gaadt

A digital version of this issue is available here.

PLANNING IN THE EIGHTIES: A SPECIAL REPORT

McNeely, Joseph; Andrews, Richard; Rohe, William; Gilbert, Gorman; Hill, Reba; Blackwell, H. Dewitt; Grubb, Charles Taylor

In separate pieces the authors discuss community organizing, environmental planning, neighborhood, transportation, and human services planning, public participation, and regional organization in the Eighties.

1981 PLANNING LEGISLATION IN NORTH CAROLINA AND OTHER SOUTHEASTERN STATES

Ducker, Richard

The author surveys 1981 planning related legislation in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN AN ERA OF CAPITAL MOBILITY

Bergman, Edward

The author examines local responses to changes in economic growth by delineating distinctly local styles of economic development planning.

DISTRIBUTING THE PUBLIC COST AND BENEFITS OF GROWTH IN THE RALEIGH-DURHAM AREA

Usher, Charles; Greenberg, Stephanie

The authors consider various issues of equity regarding the distribution of public services and payments in growing areas. The study area surrounds Research Triangle Park in central North Carolina.