Topic
Rural Development
31 published works
The Right Coast
Rabobank raids rural Romania | Europe | DW.COM | 12.11.2015
On the unpaved streets of Zarand, a village in Western Romania where hundreds of subsistence farmers scratch a living on tiny plots of land, everyone is telling the same story.…
Land Use Prof Blog
March 4-6: Stanford 2015 Rural West Conference: Preservation and Transformation: The Future of the Rural West
The Stanford Bill Lane Center for the American West is hosting its annual inter-disciplinary Rural West Conference this March 4-6 in Troutdale, Oregon (just outside of Portland). The theme this…
Land Use Prof Blog
What makes people leave rural areas, and what makes them stay
Earlier this week, Joshua Hightree, a graduate student in the University of Idaho's Bioregional Planning Program, presented a really interesting work-in-progress to the Idaho Legislature. The work is based upon…
Land Use Prof Blog
Greetings from Nebraska!
Thank you for the chance to guest post here on the Land Use Prof Blog. As Jessie mentioned, my current research agenda is focused primarily on the intersection of property…
Land Use Prof Blog
Welcome to our Second Guest Blogger for November: Jessica Shoemaker!
Jessica Shoemaker has been on the law faculty at Nebraska since 2012. She has spent a fair amount of time in the Midwest with undergrad at the University of Iowa,…
Law Deans on Legal Education Blog
Not Enough Lawyers
...at least not in small towns, and rural communities. Legal services are hard to find in rural populations in the United States. Furthermore, many lawyers in those towns will be…
Land Use Prof Blog
Notes on getting by in a small western town: A visit to Dubois, Idaho
In late April, my Economic Development Clinic traveled to Dubois, Idaho, a town of just 700 in eastern Idaho located in a county with just a few hundred more people…
Land Use Prof Blog
CFP: Challenges of Urban and Rural Transformation
The deadline for the 20th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM)is fast approaching. I have attended this conference in the past and really enjoyed it. I think of…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB issues final 2014 list of rural or underserved counties
The CFPB has released a final list of “rural” or “underserved” counties for use in 2014. The CFPB has indicated that creditors may rely on this list as a safe…
The Rainmaker Blog
Looking for a Place to Practice With No Competition? Head to the Country
A New York Times article earlier this week focused on something many lawyers are looking for: a place to practice with virtually no competition. That place is rural America. According to…