Local residents' risk perceptions in response to shale gas exploitation: Evidence from China
Local residents' risk perceptions in response to shale gas exploitation: Evidence from China
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10.1016/j.enpol.2017.10.004
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2018-02
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9
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Chin-Hsien Yu;Shih-Kai Huang;Ping Qin;Xiaolan Chen
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作者：
Chin-Hsien Yu;Shih-Kai Huang;Ping Qin;Xiaolan Chen
2014年，中国成为继美国、加拿大之后全球第三个实现页岩气商业开发的国家。然而，中国仍然缺乏对公众，特别是开采地点附近居民对页岩气勘探潜在环境风险的担忧的全面分析。本文旨在通过对 730 名参与者进行面对面的入户调查，探讨四川盆地长宁-威远地区页岩气开发的风险。约 86% 的受访者表示，他们认为页岩气开采会造成三种以上的负面影响，最常见的是噪音、地下水污染和地质破坏。具有统计显着性的风险感知预测因素包括人口特征（年龄、性别、教育程度）、环境意识水平、山体滑坡经历、对过去页岩气事故的认识、信息来源、页岩气常识、对是否可以观察和控制负面影响的看法以及对中央政府和石油公司的信任。我们讨论了我们的研究结果的意义，目的是为中央和地方当局制定保护当地居民免受页岩气开采风险的政策制定提供信息，并更好地向居民传达风险。
In 2014, China became the world's third country to accomplish shale gas commercial development, following the United States and Canada. China still however lacks a comprehensive analysis of its public's concerns about potential environmental risks of shale gas exploration, particularly those of local residents near extraction sites. This paper specifically aims to explore risks perceived as associated with shale gas development in the Changning-Weiyuan area of Sichuan Basin, by conducting a face-to-face household survey with 730 participants interviewed. Some 86% of respondents reported their belief that shale gas exploitation causes more than three types of negative impacts, the most commonly perceived being noise, underground water contamination and geological disruption. Associated variables that were statistically significant predictors of risk perception include demographic characteristics (age, gender, education), environmental awareness level, landslide experience, awareness of past shale gas accidents, information sources, general knowledge about shale gas, and perspectives on whether negative impacts can be observed and controlled, along with trust in the central government and the petroleum company. Our findings implications are discussed, with the goal of informing both central and local authorities’ policy development in protecting local residents from risks of shale gas exploitation and better communicating risks to residents.