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introduction

In the StateofNorth Carolina

and

in the nation as awhole, the legitimacy

and

desireability ofcity

and

regional planning has yet to be fully established. Fortunately, there isa

growing

recognitionin

many

circlesthatplanningisanecessary

element

ofallour attemptstomaintain

and

enhance

the qualityoflife.

Yet there are

many who

still

oppose

the idea of

planning,

who

cannot acceptor

do

notunderstand

that "planning" implies

no

more

than deciding

what

we

as a

community,

state,or nation

want

outof life

and

working toward those goals in a conscientious

manner.

Through

the publication of Carolina

Plan-ning,

we

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topresent North Carolinians with an in-depth look at

some

of the

many

areas

where

planning is or should be involved.

These

are not

limited, as

many

think, to the much-advertised

problems

of our central cities, but include

such

diverseactivities as health care, rural development, natural resource

management,

airport expansion,

and

new

town

location to

name

several. Few,ifany,

residentsofNorth Carolina are unaffected by these issues - all of us should be deeply

concerned

with them.

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about

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John

manuel,

editor

staff

editor

managing

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John

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craig

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editorial

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faculty

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student

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gorman

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hemmens

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Regional Planning, Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

table

of

contents

benefits

and

drawbacks

of

the

national

flood

insurance

program

merryl

edelstein

1

The

National Flood Insurance

Program

offers

com-munities

much-needed

insurance protection against flood

damages

in returnfortheinstitutionof

land-use controls in flood hazard areas.

As

the author reveals, however, incentives created by the insurance

end

of the

program do

not always coin-cide with the program's intended goals.

Her

in-vestigation of this

and

other

problems

pose

questions ofimportancetojurisdictionsenrolled or considering enrollment in NFIP.

a

new

hurricane

protection

plan

for

north

Carolina's barrier islands

craig

richardson

7

Over

thepast 80years, 33 hurricanes

have

affected the North Carolina coast.

What

arethepossibilities for

such

an event reoccuring? And,

what

actions have

been

taken to protect life, property,

and

the coastal

environment

itself? Within, the author attempts to

answer

these questionsforthestring of barrier islands stretching the distance ofthe North Carolina coast.

The

examination

exposes

the one-dimensional,

and

occasionally impractical,existing public policies.

Recommendations

are

made

for a

more

comprehensive

policy

which

notonly includes warning, evacuation,

and

relief activities, but also preventative

measures

such

as building design

criteria

and

land use controls.

flying

into

turbulence:

the

raleigh-durham

airport

expansion

controversy

Charles

pattison

17

For nearly a decade, the

Raleigh-Durham

Airport Authority has

documented

the

need

for

expanded

facilities to

accommodate

increasing levels of air traffic.

The

Authority presently stands behind

one

particular plan

which

is strongly

opposed

by

many

area residents

and

businesses. Within, the author

examines

the history of this fight

and

reveals

why

alternativeplans otherthan that

chosen

by

RDUAA

are

worthy

offurther consideration.

planning

at

the

grass

roots

level:

the

guilford

county

citizen

participation

program

Charles

f.

price

Several yearsago, Guilford

County

setouttoinvolve

its rural

and suburban

citizenry in a

program

to

define

and

address

community

needs

and

desires.

The

authortracesthe historyof this effort

and

lauds theformation of

what

he feels to bea truly effective

and

broad-based citizen participation program.

27

superfarms

and

the coastal

environ-ment:

an

in-depth

look

at

a

large-scale

problem

mary

joan

manley pugh

The

arrival of "superfarms" in the coastal area of

North Carolina portends major

changes

forboththe

economy

and

ecology of this sparsely-inhabited

region.

The

articleassessesthemajoreffects super-farms are likely to have

on

the area's sensitive

ecosystem

and

compares

these with the likely

impacts ofother available alternative uses.

34

the

site-value

tax:

its

potential

effect

on

urban

and county

land

uses

in

north Carolina

edwin

Chester

43

Over

the years,

economists

haveoften

proposed

the

site value tax as the

most

reasonablealternative to

the

much

criticized propertytax.Within, the author

briefly reviews the theoretical

arguments

favoring

site-value taxation,

and

empirically investigatesthe

effecta

change

fromthecurrentpropertytaxsystem

toa site-value tax

would

have

on

various landusesin

two

North Carolina urban centers

and

their

coun-ties.