When Fracking Comes to Town: Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the US Shale Boom
Sabina E. Deitrick and Ilia Murtazashvili
Abstract
This book traces the response of local communities to the shale gas revolution. Rather than cast communities as powerless to respond to oil and gas companies and their landmen, it shows that communities have adapted their local rules and regulations to meet the novel challenges accompanying unconventional gas extraction through fracking. The multidisciplinary perspectives of the book's chapters tie together insights from planners, legal scholars, political scientists, and economists. What emerges is a more nuanced perspective of shale gas development and its impacts on municipalities and resid ... More
This book traces the response of local communities to the shale gas revolution. Rather than cast communities as powerless to respond to oil and gas companies and their landmen, it shows that communities have adapted their local rules and regulations to meet the novel challenges accompanying unconventional gas extraction through fracking. The multidisciplinary perspectives of the book's chapters tie together insights from planners, legal scholars, political scientists, and economists. What emerges is a more nuanced perspective of shale gas development and its impacts on municipalities and residents. Unlike many political debates that cast fracking in black-and-white terms, this book embraces the complexity of local responses to fracking. States adapted legal institutions to meet the new challenges posed by this energy extraction process while under-resourced municipal officials and local planning offices found creative ways to alleviate pressure on local infrastructure and reduce harmful effects of fracking on the environment. The book tells a story of community resilience with the rise and decline of shale gas production.
Keywords:
shale gas revolution,
gas extraction,
fracking,
energy extraction,
shale gas production
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2022 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781501760983 |
| Published to Cornell Scholarship Online: May 2022 |
DOI:10.7591/cornell/9781501760983.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Sabina E. Deitrick, editor
University of Pittsburgh
Ilia Murtazashvili, editor
University of Pittsburgh
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