On the complexity of ethical claims related to shale gas policy

Local Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1290-1297

  Evensen, Darrick ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compensation; distributive justice; energy policy; procedural justice; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHICS; SHALE GAS;

EID: 85020248825     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2017.1336520     Document Type: Article

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