Just fracking: A distributive environmental justice analysis of unconventional gas development in Pennsylvania, USA

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Clough, Emily ^a   Bell, Derek ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dasymetric mapping; environmental justice; fracking; hydraulic fracturing; Marcellus Shale; unconventional wells

Indexed keywords

GAS HAZARDS; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SHALE; SURVEYS;

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GAS DEVELOPMENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LEVEL OF EDUCATIONS; MARCELLUS SHALES; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS;

SHALE GAS;

CONTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHALE GAS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959378980     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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