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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15699">        <title>In the suburbs of Los Angeles, your futureawaits</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15699</link>        <description>The neighborhoods of suburban L.A. can serve as a useful
model for the West’s urban planners</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>D.J. Waldie</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use And Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>L.A.</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Los Angeles</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>L.A. suburbs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>suburbia</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>urban
planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>population density</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>cities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>population growth</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>neighborhoods</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>freeways</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>light rail</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>smog</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>housing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>lifestyles</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-17T20:28:59Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <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/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
Miller</dc:subject>        
                    <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
home</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-13T00:37:56Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16423">        <title>'Great recreation value ... and great economic value...'</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16423</link>        <description>Jim Miller 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
home</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-13T00:34:53Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16420">        <title>'I kick myself for being so naive...'</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16420</link>        <description>Ted Schroeder 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
Miller</dc:subject>        
                    <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
home</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-13T00:22:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16421">        <title>'It's clear out of control ...'</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16421</link>        <description>Bill Roses weigh 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
space</dc:subject>        
                    <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
Miller</dc:subject>        
                    <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
home</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-13T00:19:40Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/365/17558">        <title>Heard Around the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/365/17558</link>        <description>Karen Claver delivers the mail in remote, rural northern
Montana; The Duane B. Hagadone Heliport Blues; neighbor vs.
neighbor over Arizona “pop-ups”; and New York’s
famous Moondance Diner moves to Wyoming, blizzards and
all.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Betsy Marston</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Moondance</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Diner</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Coeur</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Doug Clark</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Duane B. Hagadone</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>d’Alene heliport</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rural mail carriers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>second-story additions</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-12-17T00:36:39Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16546">        <title>Unpaved with good intentions</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16546</link>        <description>A new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve
undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use –
particularly in organic farming.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Seth Zuckerman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>organic farms</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>open space</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Live Power Community Farm</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land preservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>agriculture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sprawl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Marin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>conservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Land use and planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Stephen Decater</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Land trusts</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Round Valley</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land prices</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gloria</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Equity Trust</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Decater</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>County</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>subdivisions</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-26T22:32:40Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/359/17373">        <title>Growth unfettered</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/359/17373</link>        <description>Arizonans are grappling with the consequences of
Proposition 207, an anti-takings measure passed last
fall.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Daniel Kraker</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land-use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>property rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jon Regner</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>takings</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Proposition 207</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pacific Legal Foundation</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-08-09T21:43:05Z</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
zone</dc:subject>        
                    <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
handbooks</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>book reviews</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>subdivisions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>real
estate</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>s</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:56:52Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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