Unconventional risks: The experience of acute energy development in the Eagle Ford Shale

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-98

  Ellis, Colter ^a   Theodori, Gene L ^b   Petrzelka, Peggy ^c   Jackson Smith, Douglas ^c   Luloff, A E ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy development; Perceptions; Risk; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989869614     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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