Learning from Lancashire: Exploring the contours of the shale gas conflict in England

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 47, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-36

  Bradshaw, Michael ^a   Waite, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracturing; Lancashire; Shale gas; Social licence; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATION; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE GAS;

ENGLAND; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85033695553     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.005     Document Type: Article

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