Fracking and environmental (in)justice in a Texas city

Ecological Economics

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-107

  Fry, Matthew ^a   Briggle, Adam ^a   Kincaid, Jordan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Environmental justice; Mineral property rights; Participative justice; Royalties; Split estate doctrine

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRILLING; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GAS WELL; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MINERAL; OWNERSHIP;

DENTON COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947474591     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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