The department's distinguished faculty members hold advanced degrees from the nation's most
prestigious universities in city and regional planning and in a broad range of planning-related fields
of study, including architecture, business, civil engineering, economics, human ecology, landscape
architecture, law, natural resources, public affairs, regional science, technological & environmental
planning, transportation, urban studies, and water resourses.

Todd BenDor, Assistant Professor
Philip R. Berke, Professor
David J. Brower, Research Professor
Thomas J. Campanella, Assistant Professor
Harvey A. Goldstein, Professor
Nichola J. Lowe, Assistant Professor
Noreen McDonald, Assistant Professor
Emil E. Malizia, Professor and Chair
David H. Moreau, Professor
Mai T. Nguyen, Assistant Professor
Roberto G. Quercia, Professor
Daniel A. Rodríguez, Associate Professor
William M. Rohe, Professor
Yan Song, Assistant Professor
Meenu Tewari, Associate Professor
Dale Whittington, Professor

Substantial research is being conducted at the following research centers by DCRP faculty and
doctoral students.  Students enrolled in the Department of City and Regional Planning have many
opportunities to become involved in research and community engagement.  Opportunities are as
varied as the department's programs of study and the individual faculty members' and students'
interests.

Carolina Transportation Program
Daniel Rodríguez
The Carolina Transportation Program is an interdisciplinary research and education program.  CTP focuses
on the study of transportation planning, transit, non-motorized transportation, and land use patterns, and
their impacts on health, environment, energy and economic development at local, regional, national, and
global scale.


Center for Community Capital
Roberto Quercia, Director
America's economic competitiveness relies on the contribution and involvement of all.  Yet, many of our
citizens and communities lack the resources to compete and thrive in the New Economy.  Neither government
nor the private sector working alone can transform our distressed communities — but working together in an
environment that fosters innovation, these sectors can help make these communities vital places to live and
work.  The Center for Community Capitalism works to create such an environment by helping shape public
policies that promote and catalyze innovative community development.


Institute for Economic Development
Harvey Goldstein, Director
The Institute for Economic Development sponsors in-service training and technical assistance
activities on urban, regional, rural, and international economic development. Graduate students
are involved in these activities and receive support through research assistantships and internships.

The Institute sponsors UNC's Economic Development Course.  This week-long, in-service training
course attracts professional economic developers from the southeast and other parts of North
America and is accredited by the International Economic Development Council. 


Center for Sustainable Community Design
Philip Berke, Director
As population increases in the United States and worldwide, development pressures also increase.
Development is critical to meet legitimate human needs - housing, transportation, jobs - but it can
degrade air quality, water quality and other environmental and quality-of-life assets.  We need a new
way to develop our communities - by creating designs that serve the same human needs, better
support landscape conservation and greatly reduce material and energy use. The Institute's Center for
Sustainable Community Design and its many campus and external collaborators seeks to advance
this "sustainable community design" movement by developing strategies to improve environmental
quality through better planning of regions, cities, neighborhoods, buildings and utility and transportation
systems.


Center for Urban and Regional Studies
William M. Rohe, Director.
The Center for Urban and Regional Studies, established in 1957, is a focal point for interdisciplinary
urban and regional research at UNC-Chapel Hill.  The Center's Faculty Fellows, experts from a variety
of disciplines, represent many academic departments such as City & Regional Planning, Environmental
Sciences & Engineering, Geography, Law, and Social Work.  They regularly work with federal, state,
and local government agencies as well as foundations to solve problems of center city revitalization,
energy use and conservation, environmental management and protection, low-income housing, natural
and manmade hazards, public service delivery, transportation, urban growth management, and water
resources, among others.