The contested future of fracking for shale gas in the UK: Risk, reputation and regulation

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 377-390

  Jones, Peter ^a   Hillier, David ^b   Comfort, Daphne ^a  

^a Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking); Planning framework; Reputation; Shale gas resources; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943387983     PISSN: 17460573     EISSN: 17460581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WREMSD.2015.072051     Document Type: Article

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