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Item Details
Title:
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ENERGY TRANSITION AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
A THEORY OF SOCIETY APPLIED TO HAZELTON, PENNSYLVANIA |
By: |
Dan Rose |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£70.50 |
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ISBN 10: |
0812277929 |
ISBN 13: |
9780812277920 |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 January, 1981 |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
The worldwide shift from coal to oil-based technology was devastating for many communities. This book tells the story of one such community: Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Through this case study, Rose defines both the vulnerability and the strength of local populations whose fortunes rest with the energy economy of the world. |
Synopsis: |
The worldwide shift from coal to oil-based technology was devastating for many local communities. Energy Transition and the Local Community is the story of one such community: Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Hazleton's economy, dependent solely on the mining of surrounding beds of anthracite coal, was destroyed by the changeover to oil. Yet Hazleton, when confronted with a catastrophic recession and a declining population, organized to attract new industry and eventually saw its local economy revitalized. Local communities are deeply affected whenever new forms of energy are exploited and older forms abandoned. Those communities, however, are almost uniformly ignored in ecological, environmental, and policy statements. Dan Rose, a specialist in the emerging science of human ecology, observes how energy-linked world economic fluctuations directly affect local economies. By merging theory with actual data from small communities, Rose is able to demonstrate how the decreasing availability of petroleum is pushing developed countries-exemplified by the community of Hazleton, Pennsylvania- into a new wave of recession. Hazleton, as an example, offers hope.Using this community's experience to build a model, Rose defines both the vulnerability and the strength of local populations whose fortunes rest with the energy economy of the world. A working knowledge of this model will contribute to our understanding of human adaptation and help national and local leaders cope with an imminent energy changeover. |
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US |
Imprint: |
University of Pennsylvania Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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