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Does Planning Build Resilience in Hydraulic Fracturing Communities?
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Author
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Underwood, Catherine
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sustainability, Social sciences--Research, Land use--Planning
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Description
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Despite its long history in the United States and abroad, the unconventional drilling industry, and specifically hydraulic fracturing technology, remain controversial. While the competing demands of energy from oil and gas are contrasted with envi...
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Receptivity in a New Immigrant Gateway: Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public Education, and Immigrant Integration in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Author
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McDaniel, Paul
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, Government policy, Education and state
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Description
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Community receptivity expresses the degree of openness within a place to someone or something new. Receptivity is shaped by multiple components, institutions, and structures related to a community's political, economic, social, and cultural sphere...
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SPATIAL TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE: CHARLOTTE, NC
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Author
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Delmelle, Elizabeth
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, Geodesy, City planning
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Description
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Quality of life (QoL) is an encompassing measure of a neighborhood's condition, describing the well-being an individual may expect by residing in a particular place. Over time, some or all of these conditions will change for the better or worse, y...
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Socio-spatial Geographies of Hispanic Immigrant Youth Accessing the Urban Labor Market
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Author
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Schuch, Johanna
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Geography, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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This study combines interviews, questionnaires, journaling, mental mapping, and a participatory action research (PAR) project to examine the lived experiences of Hispanic immigrant youth as they navigate the labor market. Research questions addres...