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Author Gilmore, John

Title Boom Town Growth Managem/h
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (190 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; Chapter; 1. SWEETWATER COUNTY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE; Before the Boom; The Impact of the Boom; Where the Boom Came From and Where It Is Going; 2. THE BOOM PROBLEMS; The Quality of Life Has Been Degraded; Industrial Productivity and Profitability Have Declined; The Viability of Municipal Government is Uncertain; The Present Environment for Problem Solving; The Issues Raised by Boom Growth; 3. THE PROBLEM TRIANGLE; Interdependence of the Problems; Changing the Means of Handling Growth; 4. THE GROWTH PROCESSES
The Market MechanismsThe Stable Situation; The Effects of Major Increases in Basic Plant Investment; 5. BOOM TOWN GROWTH MANAGEMENT; Growth Management Functions; Function 1: Balancing Basic and Induced Capital Investment; Function 2: Affecting Resource Use and Conservation; Function 3: Developing Labor Force; Function 4: Accommodating and Retaining Population; 6. A HIERARCHY OF OBJECTIVES LEADING TO PROGRAM PACKAGES AND A DECISION AGENDA; Objectives; The Hierarchy; Detailed Operational Objectives; Program Package; Housing Program Package in Response to Detailed Operational Objective No. 2
Housing Program Package Financial NotesProgram Package to Enhance the Intangible Aspects of Quality of Life in Response to Detailed Operational Objectives 8 and 9; Enhancing the Intangible Aspects of the Quality of Life -- Financial Notes; The Agenda; Appendixes; A. CONCEPTS AND REMEDIES; The Priorities Board (The Ferrero Plan); Housing and Public Facilities: A Wyoming Development Corporation; A Greater Capability for Growth Management; Specific Remedies; Assumptions on Population Forecasts, Housing, and Schoolroom Requirements; Possible Areas for Industry Support of Local Government
Category I Topics -- LobbyingCategory II Items -- Financial Support; Status of Local Government Wants; B. THE RESIDENTS OF SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING: A NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY; Introduction; Summary and Conclusions; Methodology; The Demography of Sweetwater County; Marital Status; Size of Household; Mobility Patterns; Education; Income; Employment Patterns; Place of Employment; Evaluation of Employment Opportunities in Sweetwater County; Future Employment Expectations; Problem Areas and Priorities; Major Problem Areas; Perceived Solutions to Major Problems
Direction in Which the Community is Seen as MovingMost Rewarding Aspects of Life in the Area; Evaluation of the Importance of Specific Community Services; Comparison of Services Offered in Sweetwater County with Those Offered Elsewhere in the Country; Used Local Services; Suggested Ways in Which Local Services Could Be Improved; The Mood of Sweetwater County; Job Satisfaction; Level of Satisfaction with Present Living Quarters; Satisfaction with Family Life; Desire to Remain in the Area; Present Dwelling Patterns; Description of Present Home; Housing Costs
Notes Initial Difficulties in Finding Housing
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Subject Municipal services -- Wyoming -- Green River
Municipal services
Wyoming -- Green River
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429705960
0429705964