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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/unfinished-zombie-housing-developments-haunt-the-rural-west">        <title>Unfinished zombie housing developments haunt the rural West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/unfinished-zombie-housing-developments-haunt-the-rural-west</link>        <description>Lack of planning rules and the housing bubble led to dead subdivisions plaguing the West, especially in Teton County, Idaho, where locals are trying to deal with the impacts of the real estate bust, yet still arguing if planning even works.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Allen Best</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>planning regulations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Teton County</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>demographics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate boom</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>recession</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Idaho</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate bust</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sprawl and development</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-12T14:59:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/the-paradox-of-the-housing-boom-and-bust">        <title>The paradox of the housing boom and bust</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/the-paradox-of-the-housing-boom-and-bust</link>        <description>Outside Delta, Colo sits yet another rural subdivision that was never completed -- a sign of the West's housing bust and of the difficulty of regulating rural growth.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul Larmer</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Delta, Colorado</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sprawl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Teton County</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning regulations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate boom</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Allen Best</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Idaho</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rural development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate bust</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-02T18:02:42Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/energy-succeeds-where-housing-developers-cant">        <title>Energy succeeds where housing developers can't</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/energy-succeeds-where-housing-developers-cant</link>        <description>As the West's housing boom fades, natural resource extraction surges, and a defunct housing development on the east side of Colorado Springs, Colo., may soon face drilling by Ultra Petroleum.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sarah Gilman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>energy boom</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>energy industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate bust</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Banning-Lewis Ranch</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Front Range</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>energy leases</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate developments</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ultra Petroleum</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Springs</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-11T20:16:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/what-it-took-to-win-one-small-victory">        <title>What it took to win one small victory</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/what-it-took-to-win-one-small-victory</link>        <description>The small community of Conway, Wash., successfully fought off a cell-phone tower, but paid a high price for victory.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ken Winkes</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>cell towers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Verizon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>small town life</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>NIMBYism</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Winkes</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-05-11T15:20:18Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fight-forest-development">        <title>To fight fire, fight forest development</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fight-forest-development</link>        <description>The only way to bring firefighting costs under control is to discourage the stupid practice of building houses right next to fire-prone Western forests.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Rasker </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>national forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>firefighting costs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>homebuilding</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:07Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17293">        <title>Nobody likes regulation, but look where we’re
moving</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17293</link>        <description>Tom Arrandale says Americans are getting sick and tired of
paying to save houses from forest fires when those houses are built
– and rebuilt – right next to forests in fire-prone
areas.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tom Arrandale</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Tom Arrandale</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildfires</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest fires</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildland-urban
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                    <dc:subject>land use and planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>firefighting costs</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:44:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16096">        <title>Urban planning — with a wild touch</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16096</link>        <description>Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and
Citizens and Nature-Friendly
Communties are two new handbooks on innovative land-use
planning and habitat protection</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use and Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Dan L. Perlman</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jeffrey C. Milder</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Christopher Duercksen</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Cara Snyder</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>practical ecology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Nature-Friendly Communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land-use planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>habitat conservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>open space</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning
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                    <dc:subject>book reviews</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>subdivisions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real
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                    <dc:subject>s</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:56:52Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15909">        <title>Property-rights measure overturned</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15909</link>        <description>Oregon’s controversial Measure 37, which de-clawed
the state’s famous land-use regulations, has been ruled
unconstitutional by a Marion County judge.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Randy Stapilus</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use And Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Measure 37</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon land-use regulations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>property rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Judge Mary James</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>urban growth boundaries</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>takings</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>separation of powers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregonians in Action</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ross
Day</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:31:38Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15700">        <title>A refreshing take on Wal-Mart vs. The World</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15700</link>        <description>In The United States of Wal-Mart, John
Dicker offers a viciously funny but intelligently nuanced
understanding of the Wal-Mart phenomenon</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tony Barboza</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Socio-Economics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wal-Mart</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>big-box stores</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>discount stores</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>neighborhoods</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>chain stores</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>small towns</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>socio-economics</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:25:52Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15226">        <title>Seattle's rural neighbors rise up</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15226</link>        <description>Inspired by Oregon’s Measure 37, a private-property
rights group in King County, Wash., is fighting to repeal recently
adopted land-use ordinances</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Lissa James</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use And Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Measure 37</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Citizens’
Alliance for Property Rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Washington Growth Management Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>property rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>property values</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pacific Legal Foundation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kathy
Lambert</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:22:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15186">        <title>City slaps back at property-rights measure</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15186</link>        <description>In response to Oregon’s recently passed Measure 37,
Bend, Ore., adopts a rule that allows people to sue their neighbors
if nearby development reduces property values</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Lissa James</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use And Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bend</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Measure 37</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Hummel</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregonians in Action</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>property rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>property values</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:22:33Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/15002">        <title>The wages of sprawl</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/15002</link>        <description>A new documentary, Making Sense of Place:
Phoenix, the Urban Desert, uses the Arizona megalopolis
to show what happens when urban sprawl is unchecked</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jodi Peterson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use And Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Phoenix</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sprawl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>suburbs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>growth and
development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land use and planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>deserts</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>community
planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>urban areas</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:21:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/274/14735">        <title>Jackson can't agree on growth</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/274/14735</link>        <description>A decade after it became famous for its model land-use
planning, Jackson, Wyo., is facing a stagnant downtown, crowded
highways, sprawling development and sky-high real estate
prices</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Rob Marin</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use and Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jackson</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Teton County</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land-use planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sprawl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>subdivisions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jackson
Hole Conservation Alliance</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Committee to Save Historic
Jackson</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:57:13Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16419">        <title>'I call (regulations) land stealing ...'</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16419</link>        <description>Dorothy English weighs in on the pros – and cons
– of Oregon’s Measure 37</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Bill Rose</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jim</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>home</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>citizen involvement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Dorothy English</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>space</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rural life</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>open</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>vacation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Land Use and Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Newberry National Volcanic Monument</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>farming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ted Schroeder</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clackamas County</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Measure 37</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Renee Ross</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Miller</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real estate</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-13T00:23:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16424">        <title>'I hope other states don't do this ...'</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16424</link>        <description>Renee Ross weighs in on the pros – and cons –
of Oregon’s Measure 37</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use and Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Measure 37</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>open
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                    <dc:subject>real estate</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Dorothy English</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ted Schroeder</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill Rose</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jim
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                    <dc:subject>Renee Ross</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>citizen involvement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clackamas County</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>farming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rural life</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Newberry National Volcanic Monument</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>vacation
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