When Fracking Comes to Town : Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the US Shale Boom.
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- 9781501761010
- 338.272850973
- HD9581.2.S53
WHEN FRACKING COMES TO TOWN -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Beyond the Boom -- Part I GOVERNANCE -- 1. The Shale Boom in Historical Perspective -- 2. Local Jurisdictions and Variations in State Law in the Marcellus Shale Region -- 3. How the Legal Framework of Fracking in Appalachia Disserves the Poor -- 4. Framing Fracking through Local Lenses -- Part II PLANNING -- 5. Using Boomtown Models to Understand the Consequences of Fracking -- 6. Hydraulic Fracturing and Boomtown Planning in Western North Dakota -- 7. Local Planning in Beaver County and the Shell Cracker Plant -- 8. The Resource Conflict and the Local Economic Trade-Offs of Fracking -- Part III ECONOMIC IMPACT -- 9. Local Labor Markets and Shale Gas -- 10. Shale Energy and Regional Economic Development Impacts in Northwest Pennsylvania -- 11. The Boom, the Bust, and the Cost of the Cleanup -- 12. Private and Public Economic Impacts of Fracking in Wyoming -- 13. An Economic and Policy Analysis of Shale Gas Well Bonds -- Conclusion: Lessons and Extensions -- Contributors -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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