The hope-reality gap
Rural Community Officials’ Perceptions of Unconventional Shale Development as a Means to Increase Local Population and Revitalize Resource Extraction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6182212 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony J Silva, Jessica Crowe (0000-0003-2460-2578), Jessica A Crowe |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 312-328 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-5330 • E-ISSN: 1944-7485 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15575330.2015.1061678 |
| OpenAlex | W1845237485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 19 |
Here, we examine the perceptions of unconventional shale development held by city and county officials in the New Albany shale play in Southern Illinois and Northwest Kentucky. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 officials before development occurred. Twelve supported introducing shale development to their communities, four were opposed, and two were undecided. Many view it as a way to overcome an economic vulnerability of their areas, population decline, by boosting the local population. Several also believe shale development will strengthen their communities' economic specialization and social identity related to resource extraction. Although leaders held high hopes for it, most of their communities' economic vulnerabilities are structural and likely cannot be improved by introducing shale development. This gap between hope and reality suggests that many community officials will be disappointed with major development projects - many of which are portrayed as economic boons - as they often cannot fulfill officials' high hopes
Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Local community · Oil shale · Political science · Population · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Sustainable development · Vulnerability (computing · American Environmental and Regional History · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Engineering · Mining and Resource Management · Law · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 1.7 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |