When Fracking Comes to Town

Sabina E. Deitrick is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Codirector of the Urban and Regional Analysis program, University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a coauthor of The Rise of the Gunbelt. Follow her on Twitter @deitrick.Ilia Murtazashvili is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Associate Director of the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Political Economy of Fracking and several other books. Follow him on X @IMurtazashvili.

• Introduction: Beyond the Boom, by Sabina E. Deitrick and Ilia MurtazashviliPart I: GOVERNANCE1. The Shale Boom in Historical Perspective, by Ilia Murtazashvili and Ennio Piano2. Local Jurisdictions and Variations in State Law in theMarcellus Shale Region, by Heidi Gorovitz Robertson3. How the Legal Framework of Fracking in Appalachia Disserves the Poor, by Ann M. Eisenberg4. Framing Fracking through Local Lenses, by Pamela A. Mischen and Joseph T. Palka, Jr.Part II: PLANNING5. Using Boom town Models to Understand the Consequences of Fracking, by Adelyn Hall and Carla Chifos6. Hydraulic Fracturing and Boom town Planning in Western North Dakota, by Teresa Córdova7. Local Planning in Beaver County and the Shell Cracker Plant, by Sabina E. Deitrick and Rebecca Matsco8. The Resource Conflict and the Local Economic Trade-Offs of Fracking, by Anna C. Osland and Carolyn G. LohPart III: ECONOMIC IMPACT9. Local Labor Markets and Shale Gas, by Frederick Tannery and Larry McCarthy10. Shale Energy and Regional Economic Development Impacts in Northwest Pennsylvania, by Erik R. Pages, Martin Romitti, and Mark C. White11. The Boom, the Bust, and the Cost of the Cleanup, by Nicholas G. McClure, Ion Simonides, and Jeremy G. Weber12. Private and Public Economic Impacts of Fracking in Wyoming, by Gavin Roberts and Sandeep Kumar Rangaraju13. An Economic and Policy Analysis of Shale Gas Well Bond, by Max HarlemanConclusion: Lessons and Extensions, by Sabina E. Deitrick and Ilia Murtazashvili

Each [chapter] is well written and clear, drawing variously upon empirical data, economic analysis, and theoretical development. Clear insight is provided by the authors and editors [...]the book would be of broad interest to scholars and graduate-level researchers in the fields of economic geography, rural sociology, energy economics and environmental justice.(Journal of Urban Affairs) This volume can serve as a blueprint for local decision-makers to aid in decisionmaking that more holistically weighs the tradeoffs of energy development. It will also serve as a useful teaching resource to introduce both undergraduate and graduate students to the realities communities face when fracking comes to town.(The Pennsylvania Geographer)