Public and stakeholder participation for managing and reducing the risks of shale gas development

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8388-8396

  North, D Warner ^a   Stern, Paul C ^b   Webler, Thomas ^c   Field, Patrick ^d  

^a NorthWorks Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c Social and Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

^d Consensus Building Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC RISKS; SHALE;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; REGULATORY DECISIONS; RISK DECISION MAKING; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; U.S. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCILS;

SHALE GAS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GAS; INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; CONSUMER; HUMAN; MINING; POLICY; RISK;

NATURAL GAS;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; NATURAL GAS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905662036     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405170k     Document Type: Article

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