http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 7. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/unfinished-zombie-housing-developments-haunt-the-rural-west 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. No publisher Allen Best planning regulations Teton County demographics real estate boom zoning recession Idaho real estate bust sprawl and development 2012-03-12T14:59:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/too-many-homes-on-the-range Custer County, Colo., used to be the third-fastest-growing county in the United States, but no longer. No publisher Hal Walter Colorado Taos economy economic downturn real estate market Custer County real estate bust 2010-03-09T17:42:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/the-southwests-population-and-housing-booms-bite-the-dust As the West's population and real estate boom stumble to a halt, the once fast-growing Southwest is filled with foreclosed homes and undeveloped lots. No publisher Jonathan Thompson recession housing foreclosure overdevelopment Maricopa demographics Sun Corridor development Pinal County Western population growth Grady Gammage sprawl and development Southwestern water supply housing prices real estate bust Western economy 2011-11-30T15:39:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/the-paradox-of-the-housing-boom-and-bust 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. No publisher Paul Larmer Delta, Colorado sprawl Teton County planning regulations real estate boom zoning Allen Best Idaho rural development real estate bust 2012-03-02T18:02:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar At last -- a place to put utility scale plants that won't ruin the desert. But will politics and the economy get in the way? No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit renewable energy Amargosa Farm Road project desert tortoises Frederick Buss industrial solar Debbie Lesko environmental movement insolation Abengoa Gila Bend, Arizona Solana California electricity supply Sonoran Desert housing crisis endangered species economic recovery Solar Millennium real estate bust irrigation, Solar Field BrightSource Energy endangered desert plants Eric Fitzer utility-scale solar projects water supply global warming photovoltaic panels Jan Brewer BLM lad energy transmission lines solar energy Arizona politics Big Solar Overlay Zone Arizona Public Service agricultural lan Mojave Desert Arizona Legislature Sempra Energy climate change Gila Bend, Arizona, 2012-06-04T15:10:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/land-trusts-thrive-despite-and-because-of-the-great-recession The recession has afforded a unique opportunity for land trusts to protect more of the West’s private open land through direct acquisitions and, increasingly, conservation easements. No publisher Jon Christensen, Jenny Rempel and Judee Burr Blackfoot Challenge ranchers farmers conservation easements demographics Land trusts housing development recession sprawl and development open lands protection public-private land conservation land preservation real estate bust working landscapes 2011-12-14T15:38:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/energy-succeeds-where-housing-developers-cant 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. No publisher Sarah Gilman energy boom energy industry real estate bust Banning-Lewis Ranch Front Range oil and gas drilling energy leases real estate developments Ultra Petroleum zoning Colorado Springs 2011-11-11T20:16:28Z News Article