Understanding public perception of hydraulic fracturing: a case study in Spain

Costa, Daniele; Pereira, Valdecy; Góis, Joaquim; Danko, Anthony S.; Fiúza, António

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.001

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“…Yet other domestic US studies [40] find that citizens have limited familiarity with fracking processes and their potential impacts, but have increased familiarity and association with environmental impacts, correlating strongly with opposition fracking. This was also found in smaller, non-representative sample data of public perceptions [47]; and mirrored in a Spanish national-level case study, where issues of proximity and prospect of shale gas extraction were strong influencers of public opinion [48]. In contrast, surveys in Texas communities found limited knowledge of fracking processes and impacts, that in turn led to misconceptions related to environmental health risks and possibly increase public risk concerns [49].…”

Section: Discussion -Public Perceptions Of Unconventional Oil and Gasmentioning

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Beyond opposition and acceptance: Examining public perceptions of the environmental and health impacts of unconventional oil and gas extraction

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Charnley-Parry

2018

Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health

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Section: Discussion -Public Perceptions Of Unconventional Oil and Gasmentioning

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Beyond opposition and acceptance: Examining public perceptions of the environmental and health impacts of unconventional oil and gas extraction

Cotton

Charnley-Parry

2018

Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health

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“…This study has some theoretical contributions by providing theoretical insights that help to understand the determinants of residents’ acceptance of local SGE. While the majority of qualitative studies have examined the determinants of the public’s attitudes with the use of general population samples (e.g., [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]), this study focuses on the decision-making process of people living nearby SGE activities. Moreover, our research framework fits the data well, and results from the SEM largely confirm the hypothesized causal relationships: perceived benefits and perceived risks directly affect residents’ acceptance, while fairness, knowledge, and trust indirectly affect residents’ acceptance through risk and benefit perceptions.…”

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“…Whitmarsh et al [ 7 ] conducted an online survey of the UK public and also found more knowledge was associated with more favorable attitudes of SGE using the linear regression analysis. Using samples from nationwide studies conducted in the US [ 34 ] and Spain [ 35 ], results from the regression analysis even showed that knowledge negatively influences the acceptance of SGE.…”

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The Psychological Process of Residents’ Acceptance of Local Shale Gas Exploitation in China

Yao

Sui

Liu

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Local communities and their opinion on shale gas exploitation (SGE) play an essential role in the implementation of energy policies, while little is known about the reasoning process underpinning the acceptance of SGE. The present study develops a conceptual framework to examine the psychological process of residents’ acceptance of local SGE, in which the impacts of trust, knowledge, and fairness are mediated by risk and benefit perceptions. Structural equation modeling has been applied to analyze the hypothesized relationships based on a dataset of 825 households in China’s largest shale gas field. Our results indicate that residents’ perceived fairness and trust positively affect their benefit perceptions and negatively affect their risk perceptions, which results in positive influences on acceptance, and knowledge of SGE’s environmental impacts positively affects perceived risks, which results in a negative influence on acceptance. Moreover, residents’ acceptance is primarily determined by their benefit perception, followed by perceived fairness, and knowledge is the least important determinant. Thus, our study contributes to the literature by exploring the structural relationships between various psychological predictors and the acceptance toward SGE, and the results from our empirical survey provide insight into designing appropriate strategies in the process of generating and communicating shale policies.

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“…Theoretically, local residents’ acceptance of SGE can be improved by their positive beliefs since SGE contributes to local development by increasing employment and income opportunities, improving public infrastructures, and fostering community pride [ 23 , 24 , 25 ]. Moreover, local residents’ acceptance of SGE can also be weaken by their negative beliefs as SGE poses a level of threat to health and environment, especially when the regulations are not sufficient to address these threatens [ 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Therefore, the following hypotheses are proposed.…”

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“…The measurement scale for Acceptance , Risk , Benefit , Trust , Affect , and Fairness contained 12 specific indicators ( Table 1 ), which were derived from several scales in relevant empirical studies with high reliability and validity [ 8 , 21 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ]. Moreover, a set of socio-demographic factors, as suggested by previous studies [ 8 , 14 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 28 , 29 , 36 , 37 ] has also been included for model estimation.…”

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Explaining Local Residents’ Attitudes toward Shale Gas Exploitation: The Mediating Roles of Risk and Benefit Perceptions

Yao

Zhang

Lai

et al. 2020

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Using Fishbein’s multi-attribute model, this paper proposes that the impact of socio-demographic and psychosocial factors on local residents’ overall attitude toward shale gas exploitation (SGE) is mediated by their risk and benefit perceptions. The proposition has been validated with the generalized structural equation modeling approach with a cross-sectional dataset of 825 residents from China’s Fuling shale gas field. Results indicate that the influence of benefit perception on residents’ overall attitude outweighs that of risk perception. Moreover, residents’ perceived fairness, affective feeling, and trust in regulatory agencies have positive influences on their overall attitude, primarily via their risk and benefit perceptions, in decreasing order of influences. Finally, we also find that residents’ attitudes have been significantly influenced by their socio-demographic factors, including age, residential area, and political ideology. Thus, our study extends the literature with theoretical and empirical models by exploring the influences factors of local residents’ attitudes toward SGE, and results from our empirical survey provide insight into policy design to promote the acceptance of SGE.

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Understanding public perception of hydraulic fracturing: a case study in Spain

Cited by 21 publications

References 36 publications

Beyond opposition and acceptance: Examining public perceptions of the environmental and health impacts of unconventional oil and gas extraction

Beyond opposition and acceptance: Examining public perceptions of the environmental and health impacts of unconventional oil and gas extraction

The Psychological Process of Residents’ Acceptance of Local Shale Gas Exploitation in China

Explaining Local Residents’ Attitudes toward Shale Gas Exploitation: The Mediating Roles of Risk and Benefit Perceptions

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