For the past 15 years, Senior Research Associate Brian Morton has worked on transportation, environmental protection and community-development projects at the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS). This spring, Morton announced his retirement. After earning his Ph.D. in agricultural … Continued
Todd BenDor, professor of City & Regional Planning at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, talks about his research on transfer of development rights and water quality trading programs. BenDor is a CURS Faculty Fellow and former Scholar-in-Residence. … Continued
The UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies presents: A Brown Bag Lunch Seminar by Todd BenDor, PhD Associate Professor and Director of PhD Program, City and Regional Planning, UNC-Chapel Hill Spring 2018 CURS Scholar-in-Residence Reading Room, New East 211 … Continued
At 2:28 pm on May 12, 2008, the Wènchuān dà dìzhèn (literally “Great Wenchuan earthquake”) registered 8.0 on the Richter magnitude scale. As the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time, the Wenchuan (also known as Sichuan) earthquake took more than … Continued
