‘Fracking’: Promoter and destroyer of ‘the good life’

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 59, Issue , 2018, Pages 142-152

  Evensen, Darrick ^a   Stedman, Rich ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracking; Human flourishing; North America; Perfectionism; Social impacts; Unconventional gas development

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014548802     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.02.020     Document Type: Article

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