John S. Gilmore is an American
sociologist who has written extensively about western energy
boomtown
A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although ...
s in the 1970s and 1980s.
While employed by the
University of Denver Research Institute Gilmore wrote a number of influential papers and books regarding boomtown growth management. The most influential of which is the 1975 book ''Boom Town Growth Management: A Case Study of Rock Springs – Green River, Wyoming'' (with Mary K. Duff) (
Westview, Florida Press).
Also influential and heavily cited is an article that appeared in the journal ''
Science
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'' on February 13, 1976, called "Boomtowns May Hinder Energy Resource Development". The article outlined a hypothetical western boomtown called "Pistol Shot USA", which summarized for the first time the
social
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,
political
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, and
economic
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problems various energy boomtowns had been experiencing during the 1970s.
See also
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Gillette syndrome
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Boomtown
A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although ...
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Company town
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External links
"A Growth Management Case Study: Sweetwater County Wyoming 1975"- by John S. Gilmore and Mary K. Duff.
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American sociologists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)