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AuthorMurphy, Trey
AuthorBrannstrom, Christian
AuthorFry, Matthew
AuthorEwers, Michael
Available date2017-01-18T06:15:53Z
Publication Date2016-11-17
Publication NameGeographical Review
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gere.12226
CitationMurphy, T., Brannstrom, C., Fry, M. and Ewers, M. (2016), Economic-Development Stakeholder Perspectives on Boomtown Dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas. Geogr Rev.
ISSN0016-7428
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/5183
AbstractUnconventional oil and gas production in the United States reversed a decades- old trend of rising oil imports, provided an argument for lifting the U.S. crude oil export ban and motivated the development of domestic natural gas export facilities. But the most visible impact of unconventional-hydrocarbon extraction is the creation of boomtowns in rural regions. Despite widespread media coverage, scholarly analysis of boomtowns is restricted to regional econometric studies with little attention to how economic stakeholders understand and respond to booming economies. Here we analyze interviews with key economic stakeholders in the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas. Respondents consider their community’s economic success relative to the price of oil and indicate concerns about the deterioration of roads, high housing demand, and skyrocketing wages. We also re-examine John Gilmore’s foundational work on boomtowns in the 1970s in the context of contemporary unconventional extraction.
Languageen
PublisherWiley
Subjectfracturing
problem triangle
resource materiality
social disruption
hydraulic
TitleECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON BOOMTOWN DYNAMICS IN THE EAGLE FORD SHALE, TEXAS
TypeArticle
ESSN1931-0846


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