Whitton / Cotton / Brasier Governing Shale Gas

Development, Citizen Participation and Decision Making in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-26756-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Energy Policy

Shale energy development is an issue of global importance. The number of reserves globally, and their potential economic return, has 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 "social license" to operate.

This book maps the development of shale gas in multiple democratic governance systems: the US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany and Poland. The authors compare these governance systems and modes of regulation, describing the opportunities that these different systems of governance present to the general public, such as opportunities to engage and become involved in shale gas decisions. They also draw on recent social science and energy justice research to develop guiding principles for community-led, participatory processes in relation to large-scale energy production that would lead to robust, socially sustainable decisions over the long term. 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 in shale gas development, and energy policy and governance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whitton, John

Cotton, Matthew

Brasier, Kathy

Charnley-Parry, Ioan M.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Overview

1. Shale gas governance and the ‘Dash for Gas’

2. Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling

3. Global energy demand and supply

4. Conventional and unconventional gas production worldwide

Part II: Governance and Decision-making (UK, US, Canada, Australia, Germany, Poland)

5. Governance and regulation of unconventional oil and gas

6. Mineral and land-use rights

7. Safety and environmental aspects

8. Social and economic aspects

9. Current status

Part III: Participation and Social Justice

10. Institutions and opportunities for citizen participation

11. Lobbying and social movements of opposition

12. Social sustainability of shale gas communities

13. Principles of fairness and justice

Part IV: Developing a Social Science Research Programme

14. Social science research – gaps in the literature

15. Future social science research and a programme for action

Über Autor(innen)

John Whitton is the Head of UCLan Energy at the University of Central Lancashire, UK

Matthew Cotton is a Lecturer in the Department of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield, UK

Kathy Brasier is an Associate Professor of Rural Sociology at Pennsylvania State University, USA