Regulating hydraulic fracturing: The effects of issue redefinition

Lecture Notes in Energy

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 225-244

  Tosun, Jale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; ENERGY SECURITY; HEALTH RISKS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PUBLIC POLICY; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

ENERGY SUPPLIES; EUROPEAN COUNCIL; EUROPEAN LEVELS; EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; POLITICAL DEBATES; POTENTIAL RISKS; REGULATORY REGIME;

ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 84921876618     PISSN: 21951284     EISSN: 21951292     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-6645-0_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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