Scenarios for shale gas development and their related land use impacts in the Baltic Basin, Northern Poland

Energy Policy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-95

  Baranzelli, Claudia ^a   Vandecasteele, Ine ^a,b   Ribeiro Barranco, Ricardo ^a   Mari i Rivero, Ines ^a   Pelletier, Nathan ^a   Batelaan, Okke ^c   Lavalle, Carlo ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Land use modelling; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FORESTRY; GASES; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SHALE GAS; WATER RESOURCES;

ALLOCATION PATTERNS; DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; DRILLING ACTIVITY; LAND ALLOCATION MODELING; LAND USE MODELLING; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS; WATER REQUIREMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; LAND USE CHANGE; WATER RESOURCE;

BALTIC REGION; POLAND;

EID: 84937689717     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.04.032     Document Type: Article

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