Boomtown Attitudes and Perceptions Non-Renewable Energy Extraction Regions
Boomtown Attitudes and Perceptions Non-renewable Energy Extraction Regions: North Dakota, U.S.A., Oil Shale and Alberta, Canada, Oil Sands A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School Of the University of Cincinnati in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) in the Department of Geography of the College of Arts and Sciences 2017 By Mary D. Raycraft B.S., University of Cincinnati, 2009 B.A., University of Cincinnati, 2009 M.S., University of Cincinnati, 2010 M.A., University of Cincinnati, 2011 Committee: Roger Selya, Ph.D., Chair Robert South, Ph.D. Kevin Raleigh, Ph.D. Sandra Browning, Ph.D. ii Abstract Advances in extractive technology have facilitated the ability to obtain the non-renewable energy, oil sands, and oil shale resources. In this dissertation, the social impacts experienced in the Athabasca region of Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB), Alberta, Canada and the Bakken Play in western North Dakota, U.S.A will be explored. This is a multi-site, multi- cultural, and multinational study that compares the responses from these rural geographically diverse regions. A questionnaire was completed by the 95 respondents that participated in this study; 40 from RMWB and 39 from different locations throughout the Bakken Play. In addition, 16 Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MAH) enrolled members from Fort Berthold Indian Reservations (Three Affiliated Tribes) were included as well. An interview followed the completion of the questionnaires. The resultant mixed methods approach captured their demographic data, socioeconomic, attitudes, perceptions, subjective well-being, and community attachment in the boomtown environment.
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