Alaska OCS (Alaska Outer Continental Shelf) Social and Economic Studies Program. Technical Report Number 93. Cold Bay: Ethnographic Study and Impact Analysis

摘要

This report is an analysis of the socioeconomic impact of several scenarios for future oil-related development in and around Cold Bay, Alaska. The report is divided into two parts, an Ethnography of the community and the Forecast Scenarios for future development. The ethnography is an analysis of the current structure and functioning of the Cold Bay socioeconomic/sociocultural system. It is utilized as a baseline in the second half of the work from which to project changes under three different potential scenarios for future development. The primary scenario assumes no OCS-related development in the region and is an analysis of how Cold Bay would develop if 'left to its own'. The second scenario considers the effects of a major gas and oil facility in the region of Cold Bay but with no road link to the community. The final scenario considers the effects of a major development in the community of Cold Bay itself.