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Leadership, Community Decisions, and Geothermal Energy Development: Imperial County, California
Power structures are made up of decision makers who are largely responsible for the actions and nonactions in organizations at all levels in the United States. At the individual level, the ability to make deci...
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Population-Economic Data Analyses Relative to Geothermal Fields, Imperial County, California
Geothermal energy worldwide exists in diverse geological, ecological, climatic, and socioeconomic settings. The oldest developed field in Lardarello, Italy has been producing electrical energy since 1904 (Wehl...
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Projected Population, Growth, and Displacement from Geothermal Development
With a complicated geothermal energy source, there are many pathways that the development process can take, depending on such factors as total amount of recoverable energy, land ownership, permitting and regul...
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Research Conclusions and Policy Recommendations about Geothermal Development
Much of this research has implications and generalizability for other areas potentially undergoing geothermal or other energy resource development. The immediate goal of the overall study,† however, was to pro...
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Geothermal Energy in Imperial County, California
Geothermal energy is the natural heat of the earth. Anyone who has witnessed a volcanic eruption or penetrated the interior of a deep mine will attest to the observation that temperature rises with depth in the e...
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Regional Employment Implications for Geothermal Energy Development in Imperial County, California
This chapter examines possible employment and associated local labor market effects of geothermal development in Imperial County, California. We first discuss available historical evidence from similar past re...
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Public Opinion about Geothermal Development
A recent review of public involvement in planning public works projects carried out by the Comptroller General’s Office of the U.S. Government suggested that public participation in the government’s decision-m...
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Geothermal Development Update
The socioeconomic characteristics and geophysical parameters for Imperial County have undergone detailed exploration in earlier chapters. The unfolding of geothermal development in a real community, however, i...
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An Integrated Assessment Model for Public Policy Alternatives, Priorities, and Outcomes in Geothermal Environments
During the course of a research project on geothermal development in Imperial County, California, it became apparent that a broad perspective was essential if public policy alternatives, priorities, and possib...
