Search Results for: Susan Christopherson

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Christopherson to study economic impact of gas drilling in Marcellus Shale

Sociologist Susan Christopherson examined the economic impacts of shale development, challenging assumptions that drilling automatically produces long-term prosperity. Her research questioned job durability, revenue distribution, and regional dependency. The boom, she suggested, may not equal sustained economic transformation.

Source: AAP News | College of Architecture, Art & Planning | Cornell University (2010) Read More

Economic Implications of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Development: Potential Impacts on Tourism, Agriculture, and Housing

A webinar hosted by Cornell University’s Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI) (archived) on May 9, 2011 presented the work of a graduate student project in the Dept. of City and Regional Planning guided by Professor Susan Christopherson. (PDF).

Source: Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) (2011) Read More

Systems Approach to Energy Transitions: Watkins Glen Conference, March 30-31

A Systems Approach to Energy Transitions: Presentations from the Conference held on March 30-31, 2011 in Watkins Glen, NY.

Source: Cornell | Systems Approach to Energy Transitions (2011) Read More

Under the surface: fracking, fortunes and the fate of the Marcellus Shale

$Under the surface: fracking, fortunes and the fate of the Marcellus Shale$

Hydrofracking’s proposed a massive industrial transformation on a huge swath of rural Northeastern U.S. It has divided communities and sparked an intense public debate about science, economics, law making and enforcement. Under the Surface tells the story of the Marcellus Gas Rush and is written by Tom Wilber, a newspaper reporter who covered the environmental beat for Binghamton, N.Y.’s Press & Sun Bulletin. Recommended!

Source: Cornell University Press (2012) Read More