An Institutional and Opinion Analysis of Colorado’s Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Policy

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 115-134

  Weible, Christopher M ^a   Heikkila, Tanya ^a   Carter, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

fracking; Implementation; institutional analysis; policy process; shale gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962054904     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2016.1150776     Document Type: Article

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