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Impact Mitigation in Western Boomtowns
(Wyoming 1984 - Growth and Change) This paper discusses the typical boomtown scenario and the limitations of mitigation due to uncertainty and a growing reliance on computer modeling.
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Men on the Move: Occupational Communities in Western Boomtowns
(Wyoming 1976 - University of Wyoming: Sociology) This paper
examines worker migrant communities in Wyoming during mid-1970s boom times. Gillette, Douglas, and Rock Springs, are represented. It examines the reasons for worker migration and American historical examples.
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Resource Development, Rural Communities & Rapid Growth
Resource Development, Rural Communities, and Rapid Growth: Managing Social Change in the
Modern Boomtown (Gillette, WY 1981 - Environmental Geochemistry and Health) Cooperation among industry, government, and community, as well as well planned and coordinated human services and
programs can reduce or prevent many of the negative impacts of boomtown social disruption, and reduce costs of overbuilding.
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Economic Development and Community Social Change
(Gillette, Rock Springs, WY, 1984 -- Annotated Review of
Sociology) This essay extracts and reviews what has been learned from studies of communities coping with rural industrialization and natural resource development, especially large-scale projects. The findings reveal an underlying tension between the free movement of capital, and community stability and worker welfare.
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Migration of Boomtown Construction Workers
Migration of Boomtown Construction Workers: The Development of an Analytic Framework (Rock Springs, WY 1984 - Minerals and the Environment) Paper's findings suggest that wanderlust is not a significant variable for predicting boomtown worker turnover. Instead,
the five strongest predictor variables were: time in the
community , job security, age, housing integration, and
dissatisfaction with facilities and services.
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Effects of Environmental and Land Use Regulation
Effects of Environmental and Land Use Regulation in the Oil and Gas Industry Using the Wyoming Checkerboard as an Experimental Design (Wyoming 2002 - The American Economic Review) This paper estimates the extra costs of drilling for oil and gas on federal land as compared to private land in the Wyoming
Checkerboard.
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Boomtowns May Hinder Energy Resource Development
(Pistol Shot, USA 1976 - Science) Appearing in the journal 'Science,' John S. Gilmore's fictional 'Pistol Shot, USA' outlines the typical boomtown scenario and outlines the problem
triangle regarding boomtown workforce problems.
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Gillette Syndrome: Myth or Reality?
(Gillette, WY 1979 - Wyoming Issues) Jim Thompson's
re-analysis of data used by Kohr's in his 'Gillette Syndrome' hypothesis (See Kohr's Social Consequences of Boom Growth in
Wyoming, in the archive center below).
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Community Planning In Boomtowns
(Wyoming, 1980 - University of Wyoming) Subtitled 'What's Not Working Well, and How To Do it More
Effectively,' this paper outlines general principals to boomtown
mitigation. Excerpt is part of University of Wyoming Department of Social Work's 1980 book 'The Boom Town: Problems and Promises in the Energy Vortex (Davenport and Davenport, Eds.).
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Grits and Other Preventative Measures For Boomtown Bifurcation
(Gillette, WY 1980 - University of Wyoming) This excerpt discusses issue of newcomers in a boomtown community, and ways to incorporate them more effectively. Excerpt is part of University of Wyoming Department of Social Work's 1980 book 'The Boom Town: Problems and Promises in the Energy Vortex (Davenport and Davenport, Eds.).
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Social Consequences of Boom Growth in Wyoming
(Gillette, WY 1974 - ElDean Kohrs, Ph.D) The controversial
paper that coined the term 'Gillette Syndrome' and outlined negative effects of boom growth in Gillette. See 'Social
Disruption' and 'Boom dreams' in our archive center for a critique.
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The Sociological Analysis of Boomtowns
(Rock Springs, WY 1979 - University of Wyoming) Taken from the book 'Boomtowns & Human Services' published by University Wyoming, and written by Cortese and Jones, this paper discusses the particular problems associated with analyzing boomtown growth in
rural areas.
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A Construction Worker Profile
(Rock Springs, WY 1975 - The Old West Regional Commission) Article provides an analysis of the future residency plans of temporary construction workers via survey efforts in order to study the socioeconomic consequences of construction of large energy-related facilities.
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Boom Dreams
(Gillette, WY 1983 -- Playboy) Article is the recount of a personal experience traveling to Gillette for work during boom times. (Text Only)
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Home on the Range No More
Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957-1988 (Jeffrey City, WY 1995 - Western Historical Quarterly) This historical case study of Jeffrey City, Wyoming, details the historical trends and socioeconomic impacts of Jeffrey City.
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