To frack or not to frack: Perceptions of the risks and opportunities of high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the United States
To frack or not to frack: Perceptions of the risks and opportunities of high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the United States
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压裂还是不压裂：对美国大容量水力压裂的风险和机遇的看法
DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2016.05.010
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
E. Norman
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作者：
Amanda Kreuze;Chelsea Schelly;E. Norman
尽管支持者称赞天然气是一种清洁和丰富的能源，但从非常规资源中提取天然气的过程，即水平大容量水力压裂（HVHF）或“水力压裂”，其各种影响和不确定性引起了人们的关注。本项目探讨了美国密歇根州两个县的居民对与HVHF相关的风险和有利机会的认识，其中一个县目前使用HVHF生产天然气，另一个县不使用HVHF。通过对每个案例研究地点与HVHF相关的媒体内容的分析以及对两国利益相关者的访谈，该比较研究有助于了解受非常规天然气开发影响不同的社区对风险和机遇的看法的异同，为具有不同HVHF经验的公众的共同关注点和不同观点提供理论见解。提供对形成社区观念的因素的新理解以及改善环境政策和水治理的方法的洞察力。
Although proponents praise natural gas as a clean and abundant energy source, the varying impacts and uncertainties surrounding the process of extracting natural gas from unconventional sources, known as horizontal high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) or “fracking,” have raised important concerns. This project explores public perceptions of the risks and beneficial opportunities associated with HVHF as recognized by the residents of two counties in Michigan, USA, one that currently produces natural gas by HVHF and one that does not. Through an analysis of media content related to HVHF in each case study site and interviews with stakeholders in both counties, this comparative study contributes to understanding the similarities in differences in perceptions of risks and opportunities in communities differently impacted by unconventional natural gas development, offering theoretical insight into the shared concerns and divergent perspectives among publics that have different experiences with HVHF, insight that provides new understandings of factors shaping community perceptions and means of improving environmental policy and water governance.