Fracking Lancashire: The planning process, social harm and collective trauma

Geoforum

Volumn 98, Issue , 2019, Pages 264-276

  Short, Damien ^a   Szolucha, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collective trauma; Corporate influence; Extreme energy; Planning policy; Social harm; Fracking

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PERCEPTION; PLANNING PRACTICE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85015261634     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.03.001     Document Type: Article

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