The Social Impact of Oil

The Social Impact of Oil (1982) examines how the town of Peterhead in the UK, hitherto a remote fishing port, was changed by North Sea oil. It analyses the way the town changed, the advantages oil brought, often unintentionally, as well as the many challenges.

Robert Moore

1. Speculation 2. Planners' Dilemma 3. The Community Mobilises 4. The Peterhead Harbours 5. The Community of Peterhead 6. The Social Impact of Oil