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Ephemeral Population : Housing for a Transient Workforce
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Western North Dakota is currently experiencing a tremendous oil boom which is attracting people from all over the country because of the prospects of money, work, and a better way of life. Communities are desperately trying ...
Recycling the Oil Boom
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis provides some answers to the question, how can a small community sustainably adapt to a localized oil boom? The typology for this examination to the problem is a recycling center. The theoretical premise/unifying ...
Boom Abodes : Designing for the Transition
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
With recent technological advances in oil extraction, communities across the Midwest are being hit by an oil boom. With a rapid growth of migrant workers flooding in to rural counties, economic strain and housing shortages ...