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for Carolina Planning Vol. 2 Issue 2, Summer 1976
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5983
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Coastal North Carolina, including the vulnerable barrier islands, has been struck by 33 major hurricanes between 1899 and 1971. Richardson provides a list of the storms and damage produced, discusses what is currently being done to protect the islands, and makes recommendations for a new hurricane policy, including land use planning.
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5987
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Corporations are purchasing large tracts of land on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula for the purpose of building superfarms. First Colony Farms, Inc., established by Malcolm McLean, is the largest, with 370,000 acres. Pugh assesses the major effects that construction of such farms would have on the sensitive coastal environment.
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15801
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The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority has over the past decades, called for the need to expand airport facilities to accommodate increasing air traffic. Area residents and businesses are often opposed to such expansions. The author examines the controversy between the parties and some alternatives to suit both sides.
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15802
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Historically, local governments have focused exclusively on urban areas, but in the late summer of 1973, Guilford County Government and its citizens broke that tradition. Stimulated primarily by the need to dampen citizen dissatisfaction with land use regulations, the County Government set out to organize the citizens of its rural and suburban areas around community defined issues and problems.
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