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The Impact Of Oil Shale Development On The Uintah School District, Dominica Onyesonam Alozie
The Impact Of Oil Shale Development On The Uintah School District, Dominica Onyesonam Alozie
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The aim of this study is to estimate the future school enrollment in the Uintah School District that results from oil shale development. Future need for classrooms and teachers is also projected, and costs to the school district for providing this need are estimated.
Yearly revenue from the oil shale plant and from new residential buildings due to the plant is also estimated. The annual costs and revenues are compared and it is observed that the costs exceed the revenue during the first five years. The deficit can be reduced, however, if stagger sessions are used to provide needed classrooms …
Projected Employment And Population Impacts Of Oil Shale Development In Uintah County, Utah, Muin S. Kakish
Projected Employment And Population Impacts Of Oil Shale Development In Uintah County, Utah, Muin S. Kakish
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study provides a critique of regional base method for population and employment impacts. It uses a new approach to calculate the regional employment multiplier. The new approach tries to preserve the advantages of the regional base method and at the same time avoid some of the problems associated with it.
This study estimates the changes in local service employment by industry and population in Uintah County, Utah, resulting from an oil shale development project with a 100,000 barrel-per-day capacity and an operating labor force of 2500. It also estimates the changes in total local service employment and population on …