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Introduction: Boomtown Effects Read chapter Read first chapter

2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. Defining the Boom

Author : Rick Ruddell

Published in: Oil, Gas, and Crime

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US

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Abstract

Long commutes to work, road trips, Sunday drives, and suburban living are part of a lifestyle based on cheap and plentiful fuel. The public generally does not spend much time thinking, however, where our fuel comes from, the impact of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activities on rural areas, or the risks to workers carrying out this dirty and dangerous work in harsh environmental conditions. This chapter defines boomtowns and describes different forms of these rapid growth communities, provides a short history of resource-based booms, and offers a profile of these booms. The issues of costs and benefits of a boom are addressed, and there is an explanation of why today’s boomtowns differ from their historical counterparts. Better understanding the dynamics of a boom is an important first step in developing strategies to reduce the worst of the boomtown effects.

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Metadata
Title
Defining the Boom
Author
Rick Ruddell
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Oil, Gas, and Crime

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-58713-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-58714-5

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58714-5_2