What Happened To Fairbanks?: The Effects Of The Trans-alaska Oil Pipeline On The Community Of Fairbanks, Alaska

by Mim Dixon

Overview

This book describes what Fairbanks was like during trans-Alaska oil pipeline construction and how the community responded to the project, and assesses the unplanned negative effects that, in many cases, outweighed the positive ones.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367216214
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/17/2020
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. What Happened to Fairbanks? 2. Gold in the Streets 3. $$$ 4. Alaska Hire and Minority Hire 5. Outsiders 6. Impacts that Didn't Happen 7. Boom/Bust Dilemma 8. The Chamber and the Churches 9. Unexpected Impacts 10. Teenagers Take Over in Fairbanks 11. A New Spectator Sport 12. Mental Health 13. People with the Most to Lose and the Least to Gain 14. Reviewing Assumptions: A Model for Planners 15. A Model for Social Scientists 16. Learning from the Fairbanks Experience