The shale dilemma : a global perspective on fracking and shale development /

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The Shale Dilemma brings together experts working at the forefront of shale gas issues on four continents to explain how countries reach their decisions on shale development.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Series:History of the urban environment.
Subjects:
Shale gas industry > Case studies.
Shale gas industry > Political aspects.
Hydraulic fracturing > Political aspects.
Gaz de schiste > Industrie > Études de cas.
Gaz de schiste > Industrie > Aspect politique.
Fracturation hydraulique > Aspect politique.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry.
FICTION > General.
SCIENCE > General.
Hydraulic fracturing
Shale gas industry
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The shale dilemma / Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
  • Part I : the United States
  • Mixed fortunes : the risks and rewards of developing shale gas / Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
  • Should benefits and costs be spread more evenly: political battles over local government powers, taxation, regulation, and disclosure / Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
  • Part II : Europe
  • The United Kingdom
  • To develop or not to developone nation or localization/ Jim Skea
  • Poland
  • Disappointed expectations : energy security vs. bureaucracy and geology / Michael Labelle
  • France
  • The power of public opposition : from permits to protests to bans / Patrice Geoffron
  • Germany
  • The German Energiewende and the decision to ban unconventional hydraulic fracturing / Miranda A. Schreurs
  • Part III : emerging economies
  • China
  • Replacing coal with shale gas : could reducing China's regional air pollution lead to more local pollution in rural China/ Alvin Lin
  • Argentina
  • Energy extraction and communities : can shale development proceed without causing pollution and conflicts/ Maria Florencia Saulino
  • South Africa
  • Trying not to repeat history : are shale gas development and broad-based economic development compatible/ Barry Morkel and Maarten de Witt
  • Conclusion
  • How and why countries decide on shale, and how they can make better decisions / Shanti Gamber-Rabindran.

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