Category: Economic Development
Responses to the Pandemic: Economic Resiliency
A resilient recovery cannot be about a return to status quo. We have an opportunity to build a more just and transformative economic future.
Response to the Pandemic: Manufacturing
North Carolina is well-positioned to meet this challenge, and also respond to future pandemics and natural disasters.
Response to the Pandemic: Service Industry
Strategies for reducing the impact of the coronavirus on the service industry.
Genesis at Work
New Report Finds “Good Jobs” Strategies Improved Profitability and Growth for Manufacturing Firms
Resiliency Urbanism
Tales of Climate Adaptation from Four Indian Cities: India’s massive urban transition is happening at the same time as dramatic climate change.
Struggles With Housing Explored Through Art And Musical Theater
A multimedia exhibit co-created by Mai Nguyen and based on archival, historical and qualitative research in St. Louis.
Economies that work for all
Nichola Lowe is a professor in the Department of City & Regional Planning within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. Her research unpacks the processes and practices that contribute to more eq … Read more
Analysis: The Rise and Fall of Progressive Regionalism in the South
The “Golden Era of Southern Governors” led to multi-state institutions that helped Southerners advance education, economic development, banking, and technology.
Lowe Named CURS Interim Director
On June 30, 2019, longtime Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) Director Bill Rohe will step down from his CURS leadership role as he moves into phased retirement. Senior Associate Dean for So … Read more
Restoring East Market Street
APA’s inaugural CPAT project helps heal a fractured African-American community in Greensboro, North Carolina.