NIMBY: Natural Resource Development Issues - Tensions behind energy resource development, growth and preservation of small town values

Natural resource developments, very often, have had effects on the living standard of the individual. They sometimes stimulate the economy but give less chance to the community to develop. They most often generate adversity among the people, affect the political stability, social relationships and community development of any given environment in which they happen to take place. As a result tensions arise between residents, particularly between old folks and newcomers. An example is what s happening in Rio Vista, a small town in California. The tension behind gas development issues in this city is a factor that has to be debated and revisited for a number of community development actions to take place.

About the author

Tometi K. Gbedema is a candidate for Ph.D. in Geography at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis). He is currently working on his dissertation. Gbedema holds two Masters: an MA from Université du Bénin in Lomé, TOGO (West Africa), and an MS from UC Davis.

Product details

• Authors: Tometi Gbedema
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783838345994
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-4599-4
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology