| Description |
1 online resource (x, 460 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
History of the urban environment |
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History of the urban environment.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shale gas industry -- Case studies
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Shale gas industry -- Political aspects
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Hydraulic fracturing -- Political aspects
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry.
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FICTION -- General.
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SCIENCE -- General.
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Hydraulic fracturing
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Shale gas industry
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti, editor, author
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| ISBN |
9780822983019 |
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082298301X |
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