Opportunity, ambivalence, and youth perspectives on community change in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region

Human Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-85

  Schafft, Kai A ^a   Biddle, Catharine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community change; Education; Marcellus shale; Natural gas; Unconventional gas extraction; Youth

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURAL GAS; PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABILITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923430941     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.74.1.6543u2613xx23678     Document Type: Article

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