Environmental justice and fracking: A review

Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2018, Pages 14-18

  Clough, Emily ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Environmental justice; Fracking; Hydraulic fracturing; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064639837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24685844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2018.02.005     Document Type: Review

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