Attitudes toward hydraulic fracturing: The opposing forces of political conservatism and basic knowledge about fracking

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-117

  Choma, Becky L ^a   Hanoch, Yaniv ^b   Currie, Shannon ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy attitudes; Hydraulic fracturing attitudes; Knowledge; Political ideology; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84961130101     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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