Place-based perceptions of the impacts of fracking along the Marcellus Shale

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-37

  Sangaramoorthy, Thurka ^a   Jamison, Amelia M ^a   Boyle, Meleah D ^a   Payne Sturges, Devon C ^a   Sapkota, Amir ^a   Milton, Donald K ^a   Wilson, Sacoby M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy development; Fracking; Health impacts; Qualitative research; Sense of place; Social and psychological stress; US

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SENSE OF PLACE;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; UNITED STATES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACKING; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CHANGE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEST VIRGINIA;

UNITED STATES;

EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84953708814     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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