Governing Shale Gas Development Citizen Participation And Decision Making In The US Canada Australia And Europe | Environment & Sustainability

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. |Governing Shale Gas Development Citizen Participation and Decision Making in the US Canada Australia and Europe | Environment & Sustainability