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Peer reviewedKrebs, Girard – Environment and Behavior, 1975
This paper is a preliminary report of work in progress on the assessment of the social impact of coal extraction. The research is directed at examining the implications for the human community of the underground and surface mining methods of coal extraction. (BT)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Environment, Fuels
Peer reviewedDavis, Donald W. – International Journal of Social Education, 1990
Compares differences in resource exploitation and energy development in Louisiana and western mineral-producing states. Identifies socioeconomic impacts of Louisiana's offshore drilling and western coal, oil, and natural gas mining, noting the boom and bust cycles and "hyperurbanization" that attends both. Stresses the necessity of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Business Cycles, Coal, Comparative Analysis
