The Commuting alternative
Subtitle: a contemporary response to community needs in the resource sector
By: edited by Robert Robson.
Contributors: Robson, Robert Stewart.; University of Winnipeg. Institute of Urban Studies.
Series: Northern studies -- 1; Northern studies (Winnipeg, Man.) -- 1
Publisher: Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Winnipeg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Resource-based communities -- Canada, Northern.; Company towns -- Canada, Northern.; Commuters -- Canada, Northern.; Miners -- Canada, Northern.; Indians of North America -- Canada, Northern -- Employment.
Description: Resource development and exploitation has traditionally played a prominent role in the development of Canadian society. Traces the evolution of the resource community from the primitive townsite facilities of the mining camps to the more contemporary long distance commuting option, a non-permanent community alternative. Discusses the commuting option with reference to the mining sector and the ramifications for both northern development and northern peoples.
Notes: Papers originally delivered at the Canadian Housing and Urban Studies Conference in Feb. 1988.

Includes bibliographical references.