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1	Fear of Crime Within the Boomtown Setting Bartlett, Jerry 01 May 1984 (has links) The purpose of this thesis is to explore the phenomenon of fear of crime in the context of two highly distinct small town environments: one characterized by extremely rapid population growth due to energy development, and the other characterized by relative stability and slow population expansion. Although in general prior fear of crime research has indicated relatively low levels of fear in rural small towns, the altered social environment of the rapid growth community may result in substantially heightened fear of crime. Using survey data collected from random samples of households in each of the study communities, the relationships between fear of crime and community of residence was examined, as were relationships between fear and respondents' age, sex, length of residence, and criminal victimization experiences. Results indicate substantially higher fear of crime among boomtown residents, a finding which is tentatively interpreted as indicative of more general social disruption under conditions of rapid growth. Fear of Crime Boomtown Setting Sociology
2	What Drives the Fracking Boom Crime Relationship? A Fixed-Effects Analysis of Crime during the Pennsylvania Fracking Boom Batista-Lin, Webster 18 March 2022 (has links) The rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing(fracking) over the past two decades has led to an increasing interest in the relationship between natural resource booms and crime. Since the onset of the fracking boom, numerous anecdotal accounts and an increasing body of empirical studies have suggested that fracking has a significant, positive impact on crime. However, the mechanisms behind this relationship are poorly understood. This study uses a high-resolution dataset and a unique, fixed-effects approach to decompose the effect that fracking has on crime into increases due to the introduction of new wells and increases due to the presence of existing wells. The findings suggest that new wells have a different impact on crime than existing wells. Specifically, new wells result in greater increases in violent crimes. These results may indicate that the relationship between fracking and crime is largely driven by the influx of non-local, transient, fracking labor. hydraulic fracturing fracking crime boomtown boomtown effects econometrics Criminology Econometrics Environmental Studies
3	Vernal Dilworth, Jason Orvis 06 May 2009 (has links) Culminating with a dream, this project transverses theoretical and geographical boundaries with explorations into the message-carrying potential of video, sound, performance, print, and web. Stories and content are extracted from an autobiographical history of one small western town turned boomtown. That town, the center from which the project emerges, is Vernal, Utah. Vernal Graphic Design Storytelling Visual Communications Boomtown Utah Dinosaur Land Art and Design Arts and Humanities Graphic Design
4	Boomtown Attitudes and Perceptions Non-renewable Energy Extraction Regions:North Dakota, U.S.A., Oil Shale and Alberta, Canada, Oil Sands Raycraft, Mary D. January 2017 (has links) No description available. Geography Boomtown Oil Shale Oil Sands Social Disruption Social Impact Assessment Word cloud
5	The Platinum Boom in Rustenburg and the Bust of the Community : A case study of the Natural Resource Curse in South Africa Lagercrantz, Hedvig, Khabbaz, Shima January 2019 (has links) The dependence on natural resources is not a new phenomenon and it has posed issues in undiversified economies. The social impact that the booming of the mining industry has on the local level is still an area in need of investigation. The case study seeks to understand how the platinum mines of the boomtown Rustenburg have impacted the local social fabrics through 22 qualitative interviews in Rustenburg. The city is situated on the North West Province Platinum Belt and produces half of the world's platinum. The boom in the platinum industry is responsible for Rustenburg's influx of people and economic growth. The analysis adopts the assumptions of the Linear Model of the Social Disruption theory and the Psychological Process of the Place Person Process Framework. The central assumption of the Linear Model is that population growth and population density leads to the informal ties of the population being weakened. Meanwhile, the psychological process assumes that groups and individuals relate to a place through psychological interaction. The study finds that the boom of the platinum industry has disrupted the social fabric through a loss in informal ties and the phenomenon of broken families has become common. The influx of people in a combination of weak institutions has led to an unhealthy society where unemployment and the crime rates are high and people are suffering from bad health conditions. It is understood that mining has changed the attitudes of the people toward Rustenburg, and has created a mining mentality. The study contributes to the understanding of the social impact of the resource curse on a local level by investigating how booms in mining industries impact the social fabric on a local level and how the impact is expressed locally. The empirical findings of the study can be beneficial for local stakeholders of Rustenburg with the purpose of improving local policies. Boomtown platinum mining social disruption place attachment social impacts Rustenburg South Africa Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
6	Support in Boom-Bust Towns:Emerging Adult Education, Employment and Migration Opportunities Thatcher, Angela Marie 12 August 2022 (has links) No description available. Natural Resource Management Sociology Social Work Higher Education Environmental Studies Environmental Management Environmental Science Education Educational Sociology Educational Psychology Energy Economics Developmental Psychology Community Colleges Adult Education Land Use Planning Mining Social Research Social Structure boom bust cycle boomtown social disruption emerging adult environment and natural resources rural rural sociology rural persistence community high school community college higher education workforce

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