Governing Shale Gas Governing Shale Gas
Routledge Studies in Energy Policy

Governing Shale Gas

Development, Citizen Participation and Decision Making in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe

John Whitton y otros
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Descripción editorial

Shale energy development is an issue of global importance. The number of reserves globally, and their potential economic return, have increased dramatically in the past decade. Questions abound, however, about the appropriate governance systems to manage the risks of unconventional oil and gas development and the ability for citizens to engage and participate in decisions regarding these systems. Stakeholder participation is essential for the social and political legitimacy of energy extraction and production, what the industry calls a 'social license' to operate.

This book attempts to bring together critical themes inherent in the energy governance literature and illustrate them through cases in multiple countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Germany and Poland. These themes include how multiple actors and institutions – industry, governments and regulatory bodies at all scales, communities, opposition movements, and individual landowners – have roles in developing, contesting, monitoring, and enforcing practices and regulations within unconventional oil and gas development. Overall, the book proposes a systemic, participatory, community-led approach required to achieve a form of legitimacy that allows communities to derive social priorities by a process of community visioning.

This book will be of great relevance to scholars and policy-makers with an interest in shale gas development, and energy policy and governance.

GÉNERO
Negocios y finanzas personales
PUBLICADO
2018
27 de julio
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
310
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Taylor & Francis
TAMAÑO
3,8
MB

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