

Development practices that respond quickly to changes in economic drivers.
In times of expansion respond in a way that allows timely and efficient response to needs.
In times of contraction respond in a way that allows reduction of services and cost structures
without losing service and will match economic conditions.
Development seeks to create diversification during expansion cycle to lessen the impact
of contraction cycle.
Diversification built on extending core expansion economy. Oil / Gas into refinery and
reformulation technologies which give rise to more finished and intermediate goods
processing possibilities.




PPP type agreements will also be limited by boom - to - bust cycles since they are based on future revenue streams created by economic activities. Special terms will need to be used for economic contraction portion of agreement.


Regardless of problem domain, solutions should be incremental in their implementation, balancing service needs with economics and physical scale of solutions. These solutions exist in social services such as education, health care, community services such as recreation and arts to name a few; also in physical services such as water/wastewater, solid refuse and recycling, power delivery networks and communications networks. Physical development of facilities for governance, housing and commerce also a part of expansion / contraction planning.
