Contributor
Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti, editor author.
Imprint:Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2018.
Descriptionx, 460 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographic references and index.
