Fracking equity: A spatial justice analysis prototype

Land Use Policy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2018, Pages 10-15

  Meng, Qingmin ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental and social justice; Fracking equity; Land use; Society and environment; Spatial justice; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85031712031     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.021     Document Type: Article

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