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Local Impacts of Unconventional Gas Development within Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Region: Gauging Boomtown Development through the Perspectives of Educational Administrators

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Pages 389-404 | Received 14 Aug 2012, Accepted 24 Mar 2013, Published online: 14 Feb 2014

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