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Collection Number: 40274

Collection Title: Center for Urban and Regional Studies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1995-2018

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Size 9 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1600 items)
Abstract Established in 1957, the Center for Urban and Regional Studies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducts and supports both basic and applied research on urban, regional, and rural planning and policy issues. Records consist of files on research grants and contracts conducted by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1995-2001. Files contain grant applications, reports, institutional review board forms, and correspondence between agencies. Also contains records relating to the history, administration, and facilities management of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies from 1954 to 2018, bulk 1960-2006. The addition contains the annual reports from 1954 to 2006. Also included are correspondence, notes, publications, surveys, and bound reports. There are photographs, negatives, and publication materials relating to various Center for Urban and Regional Studies projects, 1960-2018.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Center for Urban and Regional Studies.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English
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This collection contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.
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[Identification of item], in the Center for Urban and Regional Studies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40274, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: University Archives Staff, March 2007

Encoded by: Megan Mikus, March 2007, and Susan Ballinger, March 2008

Updated by Hannah Southern, Dawne Howard Lucas, Rebecca Stubbs, and Laura Smith, July 2022

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The Center for Urban and Regional Studies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was established in 1957 as the Urban Studies Program of the university's Institute for Research in Social Science. In 1969 it became a separately administered center, and in 1988 it became a part of the Department of City and Regional Planning. The Center for Urban and Regional Studies conducts and supports both basic and applied research on urban, regional, and rural planning and policy issues. It is one of the oldest university-based centers of its kind, and its research is focused throughout North Carolina and the United States.

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Records of consist of files on research grants and contracts conducted by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995-2001. Files contain grant applications, reports, institutional review board forms, and correspondences between agencies. Also contains records relating to the history, administration, and facilities management of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies from 1954 to 2018, bulk 1960-2006. The addition contains the annual reports from 1954 to 2006. Also included are correspondence, notes, publications, surveys, and bound reports. There are photographs, negatives, and publication materials relating to various Center for Urban and Regional Studies projects, 1960-2018.

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Contents list

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About 1200 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by principal investigator's last name, then alphabetical by title of the grant.

Box 1

Arcury, Thomas A.:"Farmworkers and Pesticides: Community-Based Research Conference," 1999

Arcury, Thomas A.:"Green Tobacco Sickness in Minority Farmworkers," 1998-1999

Arcury, Thomas A.:"Reducing Farmworkers' Exposure to Agricultural Chemicals," 1996-2000

Arcury, Thomas A.:"Undernutrition in Rural Elderly: Predictors and Process," 1995-2001

Berke, Philip R.: "Planning Under a Co-operative Mandate, Phase IV," 1998-2001

Berke, Philip R.:"Sustainable Communities and its Relationship to Growth Management Tools and Their Efficacy in Contributing to Sustainability," 1995-1999

Burby, Raymond J., David R. Godschalk, and Philip R. Berke: "Public Participation in Planning and Local Government Involvement in Hazard Mitigation," 1997-2000

Feser, Edward J.: "Industry Clusters and Technology Policy Development in Kentucky," 2000

Feser, Edward J.:"Migration and Regional Economic Distress," 1997

Feser, Edward J.:"Study of the Impact of Tryon Palace on its Region and the State of North Carolina," 1997-1998

Feser, Edward J. and Michael I. Luger: "An Assessment of North Carolina's Industry and Higher Education Technology Strengths and Opportunities," 1997-1999

Gesler, Wilbert M.: "Geographic Accessibility of Health Care in Rural Areas," 1998-2000

Godschalk, David R.: "Implementing Smart Growth Practices in North Carolina: Putting Knowledge into Action," 1999-2000

Goldstein, Harvey A.: "Evaluation of States' Employment Projections and Labor Force Migration Study," 1996

Goldstein, Harvey A.:"Linking Econometric and Demographic Models to the Long-Term Projections System and New Projections Guidebook," 1997-2000

Goldstein, Harvey A.:"Migration and the State Occupational Employment Projections Process," 1998

Kaiser, Edward J. and David H. Moreau: "Comprehensive Land Use Plans and Water Quality in North Carolina," 1997-2001

Khattak, Asad J.: "Accidents on Secondary Highways and Counter-Measures," 1996-1999

Khattak, Asad J.:"1997-1998 Education Component Request for Funding," 1997-1998

Khattak, Asad J.:"1996-1997 Educational Component Request for Funding,"

Khattak, Asad J. and Glenn D. Cassidy: "Multivehicle Roadway Crashes: The Role of Driver Information Received Directly and Through Intelligent Transportation Systems," 1997-1999

Kleit, Rachel Garshick and William M. Rohe: "Housing, Social Networks, and Access to Opportunity: The Impact of Living in Scattered-Site and Clustered Public Housing," 1996-1998

Laurian, Lucie and Philip R. Berke: "Mobilization as a Response to Risk Perceptions and Declines in Housing Values in Communities around Superfund Sites," 1999

Luger, Michael I.: "1998 International Science and Technology Policy Research Conference," 1997-1998

Malizia, Emil E.: "Consumer Preferences for Residential Development Services," 1999

Malizia, Emil E.:"The Employment Dynamics of High-Growth Firms," 1997-1998

Malizia, Emil E.:"New Investment Strategies for the Inner Cities: An Educational Proposal," 1998

Malizia, Emil E.:"The Roles of Community Development Credit Unions in Commercial Lending, Phase II," 1996-1997

Marshall, Catherine: "Gender Equity Values in Education Policy: Cross National Comparisons," 1997-2000

Powell, Mary Beth and Philip R. Berke: "Industrial Ecosystem Project," 1997

Quercia, Roberto G.: "Comparative Performance of Affordable Lending Programs," 1997-2000

Quercia, Roberto G.:"Identifying Neighborhood Thresholds," 1999-2000

Quercia, Roberto G.:"A Preliminary Evaluation of Individual Development Account Programs in North Carolina," 1998

Quercia, Roberto G.:"Spatio-Temporal Measurement of House Price Appreciation in Underserved Areas," 1997-1999

(alternate title: "Risky Neighborhoods? House Appreciation in Underserved Areas")

Quercia, Roberto G.:"Study of Single-Family Underwriting," 1997

Quercia, Roberto G. and William M. Rohe: "Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise Loan Portfolio Analysis," 2000-2001

Rodriguez, Daniel A.: "Transportation and Equity: A Review and Future Research Directions," 2001

Rohe, William M.: "Crime Prevention for North Carolinia Latino Communities," 1999-2001

(project initially directed by Thomas A. Arcury)

Rohe, William M.:"Developmental Impact Assessment of Community Policing in North Carolina," 1997-1998

Rohe, William M.:"Evolving Challenges for CDCs: Causes and Impacts of Attrition, Downsizing and Reorientation," 1999-2000

Rohe, William M.:"Interim Outcomes Assessment of HUD EZ/EC Program in Charlotte," 1997-2000

(re U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community program in Charlotte, N.C.)

Rohe, William M.:"A Proposal for a Community Outreach Partnership Center," 1997-2001

(cooperative Duke University/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill project to establish a Community Outreach Partnership Center in southwest central Durham, N.C.)

Rohe, William M.:"Proposal to Develop an RFP and Workshop for the North Carolina TANF-Housing Pilot Program," 1999

(TANF is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

Rohe, William M.:"A Qualitative Analysis of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of NeighborWorks Organizations: A Collaborative Project with the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation," 1999

Rohe, William M.:"Workplan: Action Strategy Development for Sykes Street Area Partnership," 2001

(Sykes Street is in Chapel Hill, N.C.)

Strumpf, Koleman S.: "Infrequent Assessments Distort Property Taxes: Theory and Evidence," 1997

Waller, Anna E.: "Developmental Analysis of Law Enforcement Domestic Violence Units," 1997-1999

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This addition includes records relating to the history, administration, and facilities management of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies from 1954 to 2018, bulk 1960-2006. The addition contains the annual reports from 1954 to 2006. Also included are correspondence, notes, publications, surveys, and bound reports. There are photographs, negatives, and publication materials relating to various Center for Urban and Regional Studies projects, 1960-2018.

Box 2

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report copies, 1954-1969

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1969-1970

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1970-1971

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1971-1972 and 1972-1973

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1973-1974

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1974-1975 and 1975-1976

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1976-1977

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1979-1980 and 1980-1981

The annual report, 1981-1982

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1982-1983

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1983-1984

Department of City and Regional Planning annual report, 1984-1985

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1984-1985

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1985-1986 and 1986-1987

Annual report: Department of City and Regional Planning, 1987-1988

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1987-1988

Annual report: Department of City and Regional Planning, 1988-1989

Annual report: Department of City and Regional Planning, 1989-1990

Annual report: Department of City and Regional Planning, 1990-1991

Annual report: Department of City and Regional Planning, 1991-1992

Department of City and Regional Planning annual report, 1992-1993

Annual report Department of City and Regional Planning, 1993-1994

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1994-1995

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill annual report Office of Research Services, 1995

Box 3

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1995-1996

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1996-1997

Gaps in Care Task Force Final report, North Carolina Farm Workers Health Alliance, 20 September 1996

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1997-1998

Annual report: Department of City and Regional Planning, 1997-1998

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1998-1999

Annual report: Department of City and Regional Planning, 1998-1999

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 1999-2000

Material Being Collected for Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 2000-2001

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 2002-2003

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 2003-2004

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 2004-2005

Center for Urban and Regional Studies annual report, 2005-2006

Research Institutes/Centers data request from general administration, 20 October 1977

Center for Urban and Regional Studies Charter, Office of the Provost, 20 October 1978

Center for Urban and Regional Studies report, 28 May 1982

Urban Studies-Minutes, 1981-1984

Urban Studies-Minutes, November 1985-February 1988

Report on Activities 1984-1986 for University of North Carolina Long-Range Plan, 30 May 1984-1993

Five Year report, draft copies, 1984-1989

report on Activities 1989-1990 and 1990-1991 for University of North Carolina Long-Range Plan, 1992-1997

Center for Urban and Regional Studies merge, 1987-1993

Center for Urban and Regional Studies Program missions and memorandums, 1958, 1968, 1993

Center for Urban and Regional Studies history reports, guides, merger materials, brochures, 1958-1997

Center for Urban and Regional Studies description and highlights, 1994-2015

Center for Urban and Regional Studies history, 1966-1969

Council on Urban Studies, 1976-1987, 1994, 2008

Newspaper clippings, 1996

Chairs Retreat Urban Studies binder, 2004

Box 4

Urban and Regional Studies Data and Statistics binder, 2006-2009

Urban and Regional Studies unit data on financial year, 2009-2010

Urban Studies Departmental report binder, 2010-2011, 2011-2012

Urban Studies Program reports, 2012-2013

Scholars Program, 2001-2010

Growth Management "Universe" list, 1996-1997

Mission statement, no date

Communications Specialist Postion

McKissick Visiting Scholar Program, 1997-1998

Strategic Planning Summary, 1996

Center for Urban and Regional Studies Strategic Planning, 1997

Thomas Fellix Hickerson Inquires regarding Happy Valley/ Echos of Happy Valley, 1971-1994

Digital Folder DF-40274/1

Governor's Crime Commission Final Report Handbook, other deliverables, Christina Makarushka, 1999-2000

Digital Folder DF-40274/2

Governor's Crime Commission project files, Christina Makarushka, 1999-2000

Digital Folder DF-40274/3

Research Triangle Park: An Investment in the Future, John Wilson Productions, 1999

Digital Folder DF-40274/4

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Studio, September 1960

Box 4

Diane Levy, Jennifer Lobenhofer, COPS II Data Files, 1999

Digital Folder DF-40274/5

COPS II Report, Bill Rohe, draft, 10 September 1999

Box 4

Rohe, "Police Personnel Study," 1996

Rohe, Freeman, Lexington Neighborhood survey, 1995

Digital Folder DF-40274/6

Lexington Survey, William Rohe and Lance Freeman, 1995

Box 4

Goldstein, "Durham County Employer Study," 1999

Makarushka, Waller "Law Inforcement survey on Domestic Violence," 1999

Malizia, "High Growth Firms survey" 1999

Digital Folder DF-40274/7

High Growth Firms Survey, Emil Malizia and Rebecca Winders, 1999

Box 4

International Taxicab Association survey, 1982

Survey of States with Erosion and Sedimentation Control Programs

Rohe, "Sheriff's Deputy survey"

Rohe, "Citizen survey" 1996-1997

Rohe, Kleit, "Public Assistance to Self-Sufficiency: A Survey of Public Housing Authorities"

Land Development Patterns in the Piedmont Industrial Crescent, 28 June 1977

Household Activity Systems: A Pilot Investigation, May 1966

Research Previews, Volume 13 Number 2, November 1966

Reprint Research Previews, Volume 14 Number 1, March 1967

Research Previews, Volume 14 Number 1, November 1967

Soul City: The Initial Stages, 1971

Organizing Radical Planning Students: The Formation of Radical Planning Alternatives at the University of North Carolina, 16 April 1979

Financing Water and Sewer Extensions in Urban Growth Areas: Current Practices and Policy Alternatives, 1987

Reducing Hurricane and Coastal Storm Hazards Through Growth Management: A Guidebook for North Carolina Costal Localities, 1988

Federal Programs Providing Disaster Assistance to Coastal Local Governments Following a Hurricane: A Handbook for Local Government Officials, July 1988

Land Use Planning anad Development Trends in Coastal North Carolina: An Overview, Spetember 1992

A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance, April 1993

A Study of Obstacles to Homeownership and Housing Conditions in Lexington North Carolina, October 1995

A Study of Impediments to Fair Housing in the State of North Carolina, January 1996

Developmental Analysis of After-School Programs for the Governer's Crime Commission, November 1998

Smart Growth Starts with Smart Planning: Key Elements of Quality Local Development Plans, May 2000

Box 5

The Social Benefits and Costs of Homeownership A Critical Assessment of the Research, May 2000

Demo-Economic Specifications for State Industry Employment Projections, January 2000

Redifining the Mall South Square Mall Design Charrette, June 2005

Migration and the State Occupational Employment Projections Process, May 2001

Supporting the American Dream of Home Ownership An Assessment of Neighborhood Reinvestment's Homeownership Pilot Program, June 2002

Evaluating the North Carolina TANF-Housing Pilot Program, November 2002

Shelterforce #129, May/June 2003

The Creative Community Designing for Life, 2003

Scaling Up a Place-Based Employment Program: Highlights From the Jobs Plus Pilot Program Evaluation

Bringing the Middle Class Back to Central Cities: Is it Feasible? Literature Review, March 2003

Understanding the Role of Truck-Driver, Occupational and High-Risk Roadway Factors in Truck-Involved Collisions, August 2003

Achieving Greater Economic and Social Integration: A Discussion with Richmond Community Development Leaders Richmond report, March 2003

The Importance of Quality of Life in the Location Decisions of New Economy Firms, January 2003

Evolving Challenges for Community Development Corporations The Causes and Impacts of Failures, Downsizings and Mergers, January 2003

The Impact of Rehabilitation Codes on Building Rehabilitation in New Jersey and Maryland, May 2004

Individual and Neighborhood Impacts of Neighborhood Reinvestment's Homeownership Pilot Program, April 2003

Good Schools-Good Neighborhoods: The Impacts of State and Local School Board Policies on the Design and Location of Schools in North Carolina, June 2003

Triangle Regional Smart Growth report Card, September 2003

High-Speed Internet Connectivity in North Carolina's Distressed Urban Areas, April 2005

The State of North Carolina Urban Distressed Communities, February 2005

Intergovernmental Collaboration and School Facility Siting, August 2006

Economic Impact of Traffic Incidents on North Carolina's Interstate Facilities, January 2008

A Long Way from Home: The Impacts of a Limited Supply of Workforce Housing in the Ashevillle Metropolitan Area, May 2010

Boulevard Homes Hope VI Second Interim report, December 2014

North Carolina's Distressed Urban Tracts: A View of the State's Economically Disadvantaged Communities, February 2014

Moving to Innovation Second Interim Moving Forward Assessment, August 2015

Extreme Housing Conditions in North Carolina, February 2017

The Moving To Work Guide: Formulating Strategies for Successful Participation, September 2017

Household Activity Systems-A Pilot Investigation, May 1966

Activity System Investigations: Strategy for Model Design, 1969

New York State Development Plan, 1971

New Community Development Planning Process, Implementation and Emerging Social Concerns Volume 1, 1971

Systems of Urban Activities and Time: An Interpretative Review of the Literature, 1972

Blackways in the Inner City, 1972

Human Time Allocation: A Case Study of Washington, D.C., 1972

Box 6

Activity Patterns of Urban Residents, 1977

Publications of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1980-1992

Requirements for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flood Plain Land Use Management, 1980

Urban Growth and Urban Life Proceedings: The Third annual Urban Affairs Conference of the Univeristy of North Carolina, 1981

Before the Storm: Managing Development to Reduce Hurricane Damages, 1982

Center for Urban and Regional Studies The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Publication List, 1997

The Urban Issues Collection binder, 1993-1994

Managing Growth: Small Communitiees and Rural Areas, 1994

Sustainable Nonprofit Housing Development: An Analysis of the Maxwell Award Winners, 1998

Integrating the Effects of Migration into Occupational Employment Projections, 1998

PLANiTS: Structuring and Supporting the ITS Planning Process, 30 March 1997

Ward's Corner Neighborhood Assessment, 2006

Carolina Transportation Program, 2002-2004

McKissick info, 2000

The Carolina China Citites Program, 2009-2018

Center for Urban and Regional Studies History Copy, 1957-2006

Community Projects: oral history, Outreach Center, Burch Avenue Durham, 1999

Media file, 1998-2000

Strategic Plan, 1996-1997

Center for Urban and Regional Studies Strategic Vision, 2015

50th Anniversary, 2007

General Administration-Centers and Institutes Justification, 1996-1997

General Administration-Centers report, 1997-1998

Facilities management, 1996-1997

F. S. Chapin correspondence with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Space Committee, Center for Urban and Regional Studies needs, 1969-1970

Center for Urban and Regional Studies floor plan

Image Folder PF-40274/1-2

Photographs, 1999-2000

Videotape VT-40274/1

Weiss ULP, 1999-2000/Public Forum: University and Community; Fellows Project with Jonathan Howes

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